The Beatdown

[ieatdirt]

This film is my golden movie. this is top rated and everyones favorite. i made it during the summer. and worked reaaly hard. i also used WMM at the time i didnt hvae vegas. and i think it turned out really good. tell me what yu think


THE BEATDOWN
http://youtube.com/watch?v=76Of3V7t8iQ

-michael

[ieatdirt]

oh come on now someone, review it or somethin

[BeyondForeverFilmss]

I like the shots, and that transition with the door to the coat. The story was a bit weak, kinda reminded me of rocky, but i thin kthat was the point =P. The sound was kinda crappy in the cuts, but hey, i dont have a mic yet either and when i film outside i get that shit quality too =( over all it was good =)

[edwardlavender]

Hey Michael, the video was pretty good. Here's something you can do to help the sound pops when you cut to other scenes. You can use the camera's mic if you don't have a separate mic yet.

What you do is after you shoot your scenes, record complete silence of the environment you are in. Say your outside and you just shot a scene, record a minute or two of just nothing happening. Just get the ambient noise of the background. In editing, lay that audio track underneath your scenes so you get a nice constant sound between scenes. That way you don't get that popping you get when one clip has audio that slightly differs from the other audio in the scene that it cuts to next.

Do that with any environment. If you are shooting in a place with a loud air conditioner, and you can't get it shut off, stick around after you shoot your scenes and just get some audio of that room. This way, you'll have a constant sound and no sound will sound different. it'll all generally sound the same.

and one other criticism but very constructive of course so don't think I'm ragging on your flick because it was pretty sic. The camera tilt up when you're in the garage revealing your characters standing outside. OIL your tripod, make it nice and slick so it never sticks. Otherwise you'll just get a jerky tilt (or pan) and that never looks good.

-zac

[ieatdirt]

well the sound was bad at some parts because it was raining outside and cars were driving through the puddles in the background. that really made me feel really weak as an editor have to listen to the terrible sound, plus i only had WMM at the time and you really cant do much with that. but now i have sony vegas and to me its a godsend. and i clicking you heard was the lens cap hitting the camera, but after i made this movie i figured out a way to prevent that.ad the garage scene was bad, i know. i actually had my tripod to tight, i wanted to refilm it but the rest of the crew said it was fine and wasnt that bad of a problem. i shouldnt have listen to them, after all im am the director.lol. but still thanks for the feedback

[Joshbond]

I thought it was very funny, great camera work, and really good lines. 8/10

[ieatdirt]

I thought it was very funny, great camera work, and really good lines. 8/10

thanks if you liked that you should check out the thread i made titled

CRUSHED CAN PRODUCTIONS

[edwardlavender]

still, you should always go for the wild track. and haha always listen to yourself if you're the director. if something doesn't turn out the way you want, do another take. that's the beauty of little things like this. there's no time, money, or film being wasted. just do another take!