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My original post gathered a lot of attention from this blog. And so 3 weeks later, I'm writing to those who haven't seen The Rivalry yet....watch it :)

Hey guys

So I have roughly 600$ to spend on a new light for my next short. I'm looking for something versatile, a ''main'' light to make my life easier.

What's popular out there at the moment?

Thanks!

Oh, and for those of you who haven't seen it... my first short...

I'm hopeless, I know.. :)

Congrats man! It's not easy getting something made!

Thanks! :)

I voted for your project, awaiting confirmation.

 

Bonne chance!

Merci mon chum!

Hi Maxime, with vimeo, it's possible to upload a new video file and it will replace the existing one. It's seamless for users who already have the url. 

 

For the audio files issue, you could go to your media library and then replace the source files there? Most editing software allow you to change a file to another one on your hard drive.  I don't see why you should that in your timeline. 

Thanks a lot Rak.

It was my first time using FCPX. I'm still learning. Man I wish I knew that then... lol

Thanks for the info buddy... you probably already know this, but if you haven't tried Frite Alors in Mtl, you have got to!

 

J'ai beaucoup aimé, c'est du très bon boulot, surtout si on considère que tu as quasiment tout fait toi-même, bravo!

J'espère en voir plus par la suite  ;)

 

Merci beaucoup Daniel,

J'ai hâte de commencer le prochain film. Disons que je commence à m'ennuyer de ma caméra. ;)

Just want to thank you all for the kind words and support.

When I first uploaded my film to the net I thought I would get destroyed (the internet CAN be a very scary place)

You guys and gals are truly kind people. :)

Impressive, you have the skills, now you need a budget. I recommend you do a Kickstarter/IndieGoGo campaign for your next film and I'll gladly contribute.

Well that's mighty kind of you, mtheory!

I'm crossing my fingers hoping that my film submission at the Music Bed's Film Supply contest will win. If not, I do plan on starting a Kickstater campaign to help raise $ for The Wind at my Door.

If you'd like....but only if you'd like...you can vote for it here. :)

https://www.themusicbed.com/projectfilmsupply/stories/the-wind-at-my-door

Haha, for someone uncomfortable socialising with other people you sure do a great job of marketing your stuff.

Anyway, that aside, commendable stuff! It's a hell of a lot of work doing this kind of stuff alone so well done. How long did the whole process take you?

Big thanks to you Greg, 

The film took forever (5 months). We shot mostly on weekends, at night. We didn't have a script so I would re-shoot a whole lot, trying to make sense of the story. For instance, when I first started shooting this movie, it was a drama about a divorce. 

It's safe to say I'll never shoot without a proper screenplay again. :)

That bitch was CRAZY! :o  Can you give a general idea of what you're going to do next Maxine? And was the falling snow added in post? Only thing I noticed, for the subtitles, when you put "uh" I think you should have used "huh" instead. But that was very well done. Looking forward to your next one.

Thank you Flynn,

The next movie (I think) will be a drama about a hit and run and the consequences for everyone involved. It's actually been submitted to The Music Bed's Film Supply contest and, so far, stands amongst the most popular submissions.

You can vote for me if you want lol :)   https://www.themusicbed.com/projectfilmsupply/stories/the-wind-at-my-door 

I'm aware I'm a shameless self-promoter, but in this day and age... ;)

Do you use a slider or are you just scaling in post?

 

Impressive piece btw :)

nooooooo...  a slider :)

I checked out your short movie and...

 

Wow, you bring forth inspiration to me. 

 

I'm a chicken when it comes to being creative, and I too, like to delve in making a movie.  Good settings, camerawork, lighting, sound they truly resemble a short movie, and only YOU and the support you have helped made that.

 

Be proud of yourself, better yet like others have said, put your work out on sites like Facebook (also, have you ever heard of Nofilmschool?).

 

Keep up at your craft, and I hope to see/hear more from you.

Big thanks for the kind words buddy!

I submitted to nofilmschool.com and I'm awaiting a response...

That was absolutely brilliant! The writing, the acting and presumably the direction, the camerawork and the lighting were all spot on!

Thanks Will! Glad you enjoyed it!

Horror can either be incredible or corny.  That's incredible!  The shots are so beautifully done.

 

Many of the greatest people have had impairments.  Work through yours, and keep creating films.

 

Michael

Thank you sir :)

That was outstanding, greak work!

Can I be your friend? :P

We already are. :)

Can I suggest everyone who likes this film do the guy a favour and put a link to it on their twitter/fb/whatever. What this guy needs now is exposure ...

That would be, well, extremely appreciated!

Thanks a bunch for suggesting that Matt! In French, you're what we call a ''chic type'' -- or great guy ;)

Loved it. Very impressive indeed. In a strange way your film's occasional moments of "amateurishness" (which didn't bother me by the end) seem to contribute to the scariness. 

 

Did you worry about scaring your niece? She looked genuinely terrified in the basement scene!

 

By the way, you probably know this, but just in case you don't, there is an audio watermark (a woman saying "... dot com") at about 14min.

 

Brilliant film. Now start the next one!

First off, thank you!

My niece didn't know she was in a horror movie. I remember shooting this scene with her, alone in the basement, and I would just tell her ''open your eyes wide...wider...widerrrrr'' lol... it worked perfecetly

I DID NOT KNOW about the dotcom watermark at 14min. That really pisses me off.  I would download the music I thought would go into the film and place the demofiles on my timeline. The last thing I did in editing was go and purchase all the music/sfx and discard those I didn't want. Then I was faced with the task of manually going over every demo sound file and replace them with the clean, purchased file from pond5. Looks like there's a demo soundfile in there I forgot to change...

BTW, anyone knows an easier way of doing this? As I was editing the film I was also downloading preview music from pond 5 and adding it to my time line. (I did not want to purchase the music right away, because I figured I could easiy change my mind later on). 

It was a real pain going over the entire movie to replace the preview sound files with the purchased ones. 

Tips, anyone?

Give feedback!

Thanks!

Amazing work Max. I loved it! Can you share any insights on how you made the film? What gear, etc.?

Thanks man! There's not much to share I jsut did with what I had. Lighting was mostly from home depot. I built a DIY track for dolly shots, I was shooting with Blackmagic MFT with Rokinon cine lenses. The sound was 50% post, foley, adr, taken with rode ntg3.

It was a lot of fun, but also a lot of fucking around.

Thanks fro watching!

Did I just happen to stumble on a forum dedicated the nicest, friendliest people on the net?

Thanks guys!