"Film"

For those of you who follow the world of the cinema, you probably know that movies have traditionally been recorded on film, and in more recent years, video, using digital means.

Generally speaking, film is shot at 24 frames per second and video is captured at 30 frames per second. You have probably also noticed there is a difference in how the two mediums look - film "looks like a movie", and video looks like a TV show (again this is generally speaking - there are many differences that create the film look vs the tv look).

So the thing I don't understand, is that there seems to be a growing trend on newer TVs and Blu-Ray players to take movies and try to make them look like TV. They have various "enhancement" options to reduce motion blur. For any of you who have worked with video as independent film/movie-makers, you've probably wanted to make that video look as though it was shot on film.

So here's my question: why are the electronics manufacturers trying to undo what we spend so much time trying to do in order to create the traditional film look?

Do YOU like these motion blur reduction features? Or does just make your favorite movies look weird?

30 second Dirt Nap trailer

So we created a 30 second trailer for our short film Dirt Nap. Take a look, leave a comment, let us know what you think.

http://youtu.be/e95A2R8esd0

Rad FX motion logo for Dirt Nap.

Just so you can see - wanted to do a simple motion logo for the opening of Dirt Nap.

Back to the future

What my humble partner is trying to say here is that nothing could ever go wrong and we are working on an Oscar winning film! LOL! Ok, well it may be our first film, and it may or may not be "a hit", but it will be successful in the knowledge we gained, the people we met, and the fun we had doing it. And of course we hope it entertains you and makes you laugh and cry and scream, and allows us to make more films.

Happy Halloween and back to future!

-Arlo

P.S. This year is the 25th anniversary of Back To The Future - one of my all time favorite movies!

Score one for Dirt Nap!

We have a composer who is working with us to score the film: http://mariolanderos.com - take a look.

We're going through the creative process to get an idea of what the right flavor of music should be. I'm still working on the rough cut of the film, but once it's locked for the final cut we'll really get moving.

Production weekend photos...

We just finished our first major week of production - whew!

Check it out on our FaceBook page at http://www.facebook.com/radfx

"Dirt Nap" Synopsis

Mike’s life sucks.

He lives alone, eats junk food and works a job he hates. Returning home he finds yet another home owners association notice on his door. Having had it with people sticking their noses where they don’t belong, particularly the lady across the street with the ‘Yard of the Month’ sign boldly displayed, he begins to fume. If only he had a shovel…

Equipment arrives (mostly)

Woohoo! Second HPX300 and tripod arrives!! Just waiting for battery packs and media...

Dentures anyone?

Here's a first test of casting teeth for the main character's replacement teeth:















They're just a little shallow, but the quality is pretty good. Next go round will take care of that.

Triune Films - Tell: Making The Film

Howdy everyone!

Its been too long since our last post - we've been busy with, well, life. But I was just getting back into things, and saw that our friends over at Triune Films now have a blog and website setup for their upcoming film "Tell". Here's the intro video they did for the site:



You can see more at: http://www.tellthemovie.net, along with lots of great tips for all of you independent filmmakers out there. They have a wonderful listing of all sorts of things that us indie guys might ask - stop by and check it out.