CONCEPT TRAILER with some decent CG creature VFX

[jedburdick]

Hey folks, this concept trailer just went public today. We shot it in central MA last fall. We had the help of some great VFX artists...

It's a cool project... take a peek

Shameless crowd funding page: http://www.indiegogo.com/The-Legend-of-Oak-Swamp

HD VIMEO: http://vimeo.com/14019760

BEST QUALITY H.264: http://oakswamp.com/os/images/stories/videos/OakSwampTrailer-1920x1080Feb9.mov

DP: Brandon Lippard
DIT: David Kruta
STEADICAM: Jeff Melnason
1st AC: Sarah Tricker

 

[Rudi Herbert]

Looks very good, good luck!

 

[sergio arguello]

i thought it was awsome...

 

[Steve Sherrick]

Jed, wow! Looks great. Amazing job so far. Hope this all comes to fruition for you.

 

[Erich Ocean]

Well done! Much better than most concept trailers I've seen...

 

[C. Jagan Mohan]

He! Good luck. Looks good.

 

[Jason Beckwith]

Nice!

I was impressed. Good looking stuff!

I hope this works out great for you.

Best of luck.

 

[Raul Gonzo]

Great job!- what lenses did you use?

 

[J.K.Dibbets]

Really good job! Small amount of skew on 03:07. Can't that be corrected in post maybe? Not that it is horrible...was just the only moment I realized it wasn't on film

Glad you didn't make it super scarry though, cause I'm headding to the swamp for some timelapses tomorrow night. Sure I'll watch my back for that creature of yours anyway.

 

[Rick Burnett]

That was great, I really liked it and think the story looks like a lot of fun. What did you shoot on? (Camera wise) And what did you do your 3D in, Maya?

If I could critique just ONE thing, it would be the fast pans near the end. They wobble really bad. I have found shooting them slower then speed ramping them in post, for me, has always looked better.

Congrats though, you had me intrigued to know more!

(And I like your concept, we are doing the same thing with one of our films doing it independent)

 

[J.K.Dibbets]

but you need that quick pan in this case. Maybe just correct it with the foundry's pluggin. http://www.thefoundry.co.uk/products/rollingshutter/

 

[Rick Burnett]

but you need that quick pan in this case. Maybe just correct it with the foundry's pluggin. http://www.thefoundry.co.uk/products/rollingshutter/

Haha, well I am one that would just add the motion blur in post with AE, as I've done it before. I hate skew that wobble that much, but you are right, given now stationary object with regards to the camera motion means you could probably fix it up VERY easily with that plugin (from the results I have seen with it) good call!

 

[Julian Gerretsen]

Great stuff!...

...And thanks to JKD, I've learnt something about sorting rolling shutters in the future!

 

[Julian Gerretsen]

Did you know you can actually rent the Foundries software on a day by day basis (subject to a minimum $100 order).

 

[Philip Powell]

Really good work. I hope you get funding. Whoever did your CGI, is super talented.

 

[RedGiant]

Great work. The CG is seamless, very professional. Is that the same Chris Harvey doing your graphics that did Superman Returns, X-Men 3, etc? Plus the high concept story is there for competing with the big boys. Reminded me of the Spiderwick Chronicles.

 

[Ketch Rossi]

Very Nice, just like a Movie trailer, and better then some hehe, good work.

 

[Frank Glencairn]

Amazing job so far, very impressing. Really love the shot, when you see this CGI claw the first time on that tree.

All the best, Frank

 

[greg filipkowski]

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did you shoot it at 4k? or 2k?