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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

ENTIRE MX short doc just finished!!! "PROFESSIONal"

Frank Glencairn said:
Outstanding job. Really love your style and the slow rhythm.

I´m doing something like that here in Germany in the moment.
This kind of slow paced "take your time" documentary had a long tradition over here. Till the 1990s you could see them like 45 minutes long a lot. Now they do maybe 10 to 15 minutes stuff, edited like a music video (vomit).

I don´t care. I take my time to approach my subjects and do 45 minutes.
Most of the stuff is about old dying crafts, like hat makers or a petroleum lamp factory that still looks like 1930s.

best, Frank
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Frank,

Thanks for taking the time to check this out and for the nice comments..

I love shooting in places like this shop because of the texture and authenticity are captivating. There is always so many shots in places like this... or petroleum lamp factories surely..

thanks again for the kind words and we would love to see some of your docs.
 
Vita,

i'm interested that you shot this with available light. You've done such good work with that. Would you be willing to share how you worked? How large a crew did you work with? Shat kinds of support gear did you use (or not use). There are a lot of us who are trying to discover how light we can go with an MX Red and shoot wonderful stories. You seem to have done one very well.
 
This was very nice.
Get a few more like this in the can and you have a great doco going.
 
This is really the dream of RED being played out. Beautiful images in a touching story, by a filmmaker who is using technology.

Revolutionary. I want more of this. More films like this. Especially since America is very rich with stories right now.

David
 
vita brevis said:
I love shooting in places like this shop because of the texture and authenticity are captivating.
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Belief it or not, here in Germany the absence of grit is a problem.
I took quite a while for me to wrap my brain around that.
I was always asking myself, why US films look so different from what I can do here. One of those factors is the absence of grit. Everything is so clean, new, straight edge over here.

In the US you have tons of old houses and interesting structures. Like old apartment houses that have very rich patina and textures in the corridors, 20 layers of paint andwhatnot. We also have old apartment houses but they look like brand new inside - plastic doors new carpet and walls.. Also you got lot of relics from the 20s to 60s - most of that stuff is just gone here - old gas stations, workshops you name it. I always feel that in the US the history is much more present than here, where we manage to make medieval towns look like they where build yesterday. But I guess that´s a typical German thing. :violin:

Best, Frank
 
This was very genuine and incredibly well done. Its sad to see that real craftsmanship and pride in work is fading - but obviously not gone yet. Your craft was on display as much as his. Well done.
 
D Fuller said:
Vita,

i'm interested that you shot this with available light. You've done such good work with that. Would you be willing to share how you worked? How large a crew did you work with? Shat kinds of support gear did you use (or not use). There are a lot of us who are trying to discover how light we can go with an MX Red and shoot wonderful stories. You seem to have done one very well.
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D,

Thanks for the nice words!!! Our shoot was done in two increments... We shot one day for about four hours.. shortly after we went back to do some dolly work for about two-three hours.... that was really it... the shop is small and all of the shots were so close to each other...

We had with us Director Skylar Nielsen, dp and assistant, and Michael Hall who did some really clean on set audio work.. so 4 people

we used O'connor support donated from Redman movies and stories and Otto Nemenz.. a doorway dolly.. and that was about it..

We just knew that the light was perfect at his shop and added to the mood of what it really looks like in there.

Thanks again for all of your kind words!
 
Dave Dessel said:
This is one of the best films I have seen on the web.

I was touched.

Outstanding work.

-Dave Dessel
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Dave,, WOW!!

Thanks for the incredible comment and kind words!! were glad you enjoyed seeing the film...

We look forward to doing more works like these in the future..

Thanks again for taking your time to watch it!!
 
Michael Schrengohst said:
This was very nice.
Get a few more like this in the can and you have a great doco going.
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Michael,

Thanks for watching the short, and for the nice comments...
We plan on shooting more of short docs in this series.. we are currently looking for the next subject..

Thanks again!
 
David Battistella said:
This is really the dream of RED being played out. Beautiful images in a touching story, by a filmmaker who is using technology.

Revolutionary. I want more of this. More films like this. Especially since America is very rich with stories right now.

David
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David,

Thanks for taking your time to watch "Professsional"

I couldnt imagine having shot this on any other camera than the RED MX..
With the amount of texture, detail, and atmosphere in Neils shop, I know that no other camera could have portrayed the feeling better.

We are currently working on finding more stories to do similar works on..

Well keep you informed!

Thanks for the kind words!
 
Yep,

Until RED most of the world would have assumed this was shot on 35mm film.

David
 
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