Trying new things

This was supposed to be posted a week ago, but I got busy finishing the project I mention.
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So I’m realizing that when you have a limited amount of time to deliver something, might not be the time to get overly ambitious and try something completely new.

You might be asking, “dude! Stop with the riddles, what are you talking about?” and I’d respond with, “woah, settle down! I was just getting there.” Then you’d say “well hurry up with it then I don’t have all day…you tool!” I’d feel hurt and start to cry, then you’d comfort me in your warm embrace, while I told you this.

So I’ve never done green screen before, but when I was invited to participate in this show at the Mendel I decided to try it. So with just over a month I set out to master chroma keying, motion tracking, and all the other post prossessing elements, plus come up with a cohesive story, and try to make it as good as Hollywood.

I set myself a time frame, ordered some green screen material started building a world, and figured I’d be good.

Lesson #1

The first thing I learned is never give yourself a time frame if you have no idea what you’re doing.

But as the fool I am that’s what I did. I jumped into the deep end head first not knowing that the deep end was actually the shallow end. After suffering some head trauma I realized that I’d have to change things up a little.

Been a while

So it’s been a while since I posted something, and I think I need to get back into it.

The reason that I haven’t been posting for the past few months is the level of busy that is currently monopolizing my time… Lame, I know. Anyway as a result I haven’t done anything. The video posts just take too much time, so they’re going to become a little less frequent… But possibly more frequent than the last 2.5 months. The written posts however will become quite a bit more frequent as I have an iPhone and can post while I’m on the toilet and waiting for things.

What this means is that the format of the blog is going to be changing a little. It will become a lttle more cereberal an a little less practical. Those in phd programs will enjoy that. It will also cover a broader range of stuff and be less focused solely on cinematography, or even film.

Well that’s what it is, and I’m who I am, and this is a blog, an you have a computer.

Have a lovely day.

Somewhat unrelated

Ok so I realize this has nothing to do with film making, or even artistic practice, but I just felt I had to share this book.

http://www.amazon.com/How-Live-Huge-Penis-Meditations/dp/1594743061/ref=pd_sim_dbs_gro_1

04. Captain Yield: a Tale of Woe, Whoa, and WHHOOOAAAA!!

The Saga continues with it’s 4th part… CAPTAIN YIELD: a tale of woe, Whoa and WHOOOAAAHH!!

More videos below and writings below

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The Boivin Process

Remember the demo reel from a few posts ago? I’ve been watching more and more of his stuff and am loving it more and more. I came across this article with him, and I’m thinking of following this process with my own work. It’s an interesting approach.

http://www.articlesbase.com/art-and-entertainment-articles/qa-with-patrick-boivin-650482.html

Here’s him talking about his process.

“Actually, for lots of my recent work, I’ve been doing it on my own. But I usually make very precise plans, and then I go shoot my film once with a mini DV camera, alone with an actor, and then edit it as a first draft. If I’m happy with it, I use it as a prototype and show it to every key member of the crew. Then I choose stills from the film to build a precise storyboard for the actual shoot.”

I really like this process idea. Now it’s going to be a little more work, but it clearly works. I’m going to implement this process with the Halloween short I was planning. It’s going to take a little longer, but I think it’ll yield better results.

Until next time.
Andrei Feheregyhazi.

03. Video Class

This is part 3 of the about Andrei exodus.

More videos below.

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Autodidact

I learned a new word today while surfing the youtube.

Autodidact: Self taught.

I learned this while meeting my competition for the first time. Well not competition in the sense that I want to beat this person, but in the sense that I now have something to strive for.

He is the #1 most subscribed on Youtube Canada, and from what I’ve seen he definitely deserves it. Who is this mystery man. (Edit) He’s actually #25 most subscribed on Youtube Canada, but he’s 1st on Page 2.

Patrick Boivin, and he too is an Autodidact Director. The only difference between him and I is that he’s Waaaayyy better than me.

Here’s his 2008 demo reel

Anyway, so there’s something to shoot for at least. Looks like I’m going to have to work even harder than I planned to reach my goal.

Now I’m probably not going to get into the animation and effects as much, but, he’s still my competition/goal…for now.

Until next time
Andrei

More Interesting Two

So after hours of slaving and doing back breaking labour in the pursuit of being watchable, I came up with one way to make me someone you dear reader could love.  It’s short, it’s sweet and its to the point… sort of.  Although trying to keep my thoughts organized is an effort, I’ll do it for you.  Why?  Because I care.

Enjoy.

Male pattern

So I’m in my hotel room taking a shower, and my hair is falling out as usual. When suddenly I look at the wall and one of my hairs has stuck to the wall and looks like a boob. So I do what any sane man would do… I finish the woman with some more of my hair, take a picture with my phone and post it to the Internet. I may have found the upside to male pattern baldness.

Enjoy

More Interesting

So being concerned that I might be boring people as an earlier post stated, I decided to try and interest my self up a little.  To do this, one of the things I did was light myself better.  I know production values don’t make people more interesting, they do however sometimes make them more attractive.  Also, since this blog is all about production