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Sometimes, to move a story forward, you have to look backwards...

*Winner Chapter 5 of The Story Beyond the Still*

Crew:

Directed/Shot/Edited by Ryan Booth | ryanbooth.net
Story by Ryan Booth and Dan Steele
Written by Dan Steele
Additional camera/grip work by Cody Bess | codybess.com
Jib operated by Andrew Hudson | krop.com/andrewhudson
Original music by Brian Mann | brianmannmusic.com

Cast:

Cabbie: Tom Lynch
Allison: Hanna Seay
Business Man: Shwahh Mass
Beachcomber/Agent: Matt Hammon

This is a continuation of the previous four chapters. Feel free to catch up:

Chapter One: The Cabbie - vimeo.com/groups/beyondthestill/videos/8595246
Chapter Two: Job Security - vimeo.com/groups/beyondthestill/videos/9394817
Chapter Three: The Beach - vimeo.com/groups/beyondthestill/videos/10363683
Capter Four: Allison - vimeo.com/groups/beyondthestill/videos/11434588

Thanks for helping, thanks for watching. It's an honor to be a part of the competition.

For more information, notes, the script, and behind the scenes photos visit: blog.ryanbooth.net

Want to continue the conversation? twitter.com/ryanbooth

**for the gear heads out there, this piece was shot with the following:

Canon 5Dmk2
24-70mm f2.8 L series lens
Zoom H4n + Fostex FR2LE + AT835b shotgun mic
Glidecam2000
Manfrotto 055XPROB sticks + 501HDV head
1K Mole-Richardson Molequartz 6" Baby Solarspot 3081 + bounce cards
Jony JibPro (15')

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Premiere Pre and Post (P3) 1 year ago

just awesome sir
Ryan Booth 1 year ago

thanks so much! it's nerve-wracking to submit an entry to this competition...took me 5 chapters to build up the nerve. best of luck...
sharon Anita 1 year ago

WHAT!!!!

You doubted yourself.

Please enter all the stuff you passed over . . . please.
You guys are pretty darn SOLID. Just go for it. Please!!!
Nikolai Kongelf 1 year ago

Amazing!
Ryan Booth 1 year ago

thanks nikolai...
Zach McNair 1 year ago

yes. yes. yes. and yes.
had no idea you were working on something this intense.
Austin Mann 1 year ago

Amazingly well produced and beautiful shots... But best of all it's great to see someone execute a story well unlike so many of the others that lack a strong narrative.
Ryan Booth 1 year ago

thanks austin...appreciate the support...
Brian Yarbrough 1 year ago

freaking awesome!
cherl redenius 1 year ago

I agree, strong story line, and I can follow it, as opposed to some of the others. Congrats...
Ryan Booth 1 year ago

thanks cherl! glad you liked it...
Chris Yu Films 1 year ago

I think this is great! the beginning reminded me of a little show called... Caprica :)
Ryan Booth 1 year ago

thanks! i haven't seen caprica, i'll have to check it out...
Konstantin Enste 1 year ago

Everytime I watch this video, it makes my flesh creep.
So beautiful.
Ryan Booth 1 year ago

kaumkau -

glad to hear...if it makes you feel something, then I've done my job, plain and simple. :)
david.bush 1 year ago

you've done it right, if this is the yardstick ;)
Tomball Bible 1 year ago

Great stuff here. Solid/well mapped story. I enjoyed it!
Rod 1 year ago

The best chapter 5!! You will win this chapter man!
Congratulations!
Ryan Booth 1 year ago

kind words malcolm...
Ricardo Santos 1 year ago

The little Alison have by far the best performance.
The father should have demonstrated a little more surprise enthusiasm (whatever) when he sees Alison.

Direction, editing and sound mixture are very pleasant nice work.

But i think the best of all is the story it self.

I voted on you
Ryan Booth 1 year ago

thanks for your vote ricardo! i appreciate it very much...
chris seay 1 year ago

technically beautiful and powerful, but the sense of story that leaves you wanting more is the reason it seems to capture me much more than the others!
gary nadeau 1 year ago

Wow. Wonderful Ryan.
Ryan Booth 1 year ago

thanks gary, that means alot...
Luan Huynh 1 year ago

I thought the DP did a great job. It was my favorite part. More range from the father wouldn't hurt, but he does exhibit a kind nature.
Ryan Booth 1 year ago

thanks luan! given that i was my own dp, i appreciate that :)
Luan Huynh 1 year ago

Kudos to you then. Love the tilt down shot of the cemetary and the moving shots of him. The chess playground was also really cool.
kevin kowalski 1 year ago

Similar to 'LOST', this chapter took the previous chapters and put them in a whole new context with the flashback. I really liked that. The plot developments of the previous chapters were only so-so. But 'Miracle' makes me interested to find out more. More than any of the other finalists, I think your chapter asks the audience to invest in the whole story as opposed to only what happens next. Great job!
Ryan Booth 1 year ago

thanks kevin. definitely the goal...expand the existing story and (hopefully) enhance each of the chapters before it while providing new places to explore for the chapters to come...
Kathy Douglas 1 year ago

Ryan...amazing story line...far more interesting and intriguing than anything else...you kept me interested and wanting more! Great storytelling! See you on Friday and hopefully we are celebrating! :)
Ryan Booth 1 year ago

thanks kathy! glad it left you wanting more...that means I did my job :)
Parker Booth 1 year ago

I was left wanting to know what happens next. The music is so well matched with the story line and conveys the emotion I think you are trying to bring to the viewer. really great!
TIM HOLMES / BURNING HOLMES FILM 1 year ago

wow..selling my pany hmc 150-getting a d7.. please what did u use for sound and what lenses,un freaking believable shots man-great eye, u inspire me...we will definitely be seeing more of your work
Ryan Booth 1 year ago

Thanks Tim. Kind words... I recorded audio with an AT shotgun into a Zoom H4N or Fostex FR2-LE (depending on the day). Only used one lens: Canon 24-70 f2.8 L series. Great piece of glass. It was my first narrative piece, so I am raring to shoot another one :)
Maui Video Productions & Adv. 1 year ago

Really nice story line, I have only seen Miracle and now I have to check out your previous work. Great work!
Ryan Booth 1 year ago

thanks! unfortunately, there isn't too much else to check out. this is my first "film." i have been a photographer/audio engineer, until now :)
Layla 1 year ago

Congratulations!! Very intriguing storyline :)
Ryan Booth 1 year ago

thanks layla. i really appreciate that. i hope that it provides plenty of new narrative passageways to explore!
Layla 1 year ago

What crane did you use btw? Looks nice
Ryan Booth 1 year ago

hmmm. not sure. i'd have to ask andrew (it's his)...it was a little tricky cause we didn't have a monitor. shoot, playback, shoot, playback :) i definitely don't think one needs a jib, but, in my head the cemetery scene would be significantly enhanced by that one shot. thus, we worked hard to get it in there.
Ryan Maxwell 1 year ago

Congrats on the victory!
Ryan Booth 1 year ago

thanks ryan.
Ozgur Abaci 1 year ago

hey Ryan it is a great story line and also amazing visuals... Congrats! However there is a minor continuity mistake where Allison runs out from the house with her father. She normally takes her TeddyBear but on the wide shot, she doesn't have it anymore, and again we see it on the close-up, she has it... :)
Rosanna Iversen-Berdahl 1 year ago

Congratulations! I agree that this was beautifully written and directed, and that the little girl did very well acting.

I agree with a previous comment...any father seeing his daughter for the first time after being kidnapped wouldn't give a quick little nonchalant hug and move on. He'd grip her like nothing could tear them apart again with tears welling up.

Did anyone notice that Alison had the Teddy Bear in her hand as she exited the apartment, then no Teddy Bear on the way to the car, and then it was in her hand again as she entered it?

Great job overall for your first go! Again, congratulations!
Rick Macomber 1 year ago

I was going to mention the continuity issue with the teddy bear... but you beat me to it Rosanna. Perhaps there was some hidden reason behind this Ryan? Anyway... kudos for a fine piece of film making - especially with one lens!
Scott Lovejoy 1 year ago

"I agree with a previous comment...any father seeing his daughter for the first time after being kidnapped wouldn't give a quick little nonchalant hug and move on."

Am I mistaken to think that when The Cabbie sees her, it isn't right after she had been kidnapped, but right after something else entirely? Unless I viewed it wrong, "how did you do this?" was not in reference to her being kidnapped.
Ryan Booth 1 year ago

that's correct scott, he had just buried (or thought he buried - up to you!) his daughter and yet there she is, sitting before him...thus he is asking "how did you do this?"
i wish we had more time to display/explore a full arc of emotion that one must feel in that moment. revulsion (how could you play this joke on me!), incredulity (is it really you?), excitement, tenderness (thank you), fear (who are you that you could make this happen)... but, alas, we were working with a time limit and had a lot more ground to cover :)

and good catch on the continuity guys...i'll DEFINITELY have a continuity person on set next time. thanks for being a little forgiving :)

glad you all generally liked the film...
Ryan Smith 1 year ago

congratulations on the win! I voted for your submission, as I felt that not only was the cinematography great, but it moved the story forward in a wonderful way. Hope to follow in your steps on a future chapter! :D
Ryan Booth 1 year ago

thanks ryan! best of luck...
Matthew Brown (Matty Brown) 1 year ago

I hope the image at the end shifts the story into something completely different, hehe.
Ryan Booth 1 year ago

i hope you take it there!
Matthew Brown (Matty Brown) 1 year ago

;)
Myles Lewando 1 year ago

Wonderful. Brilliant cinematography, excellent acting and dialogue. Well done!
Ryan Booth 1 year ago

thanks myles...
Pope Johnson Video / Hal S. Pope 1 year ago

Great work. What did you use to record your audio?
Ryan Booth 1 year ago

either a zoom h4n or a fostex FR2LE depending on the day... music was tracked on a nord into logic...
Abdul Sesay 1 year ago

Brilliant Simply Brilliant
Mahaveer Naik 1 year ago

camera work & editing is good.
Austin Marti 1 year ago

Beautiful. Amazing job on this.

Teddy bear disappears from her hand when daughter and dad walk out of the house, eh? :P

And, is that little white dot moving in an arc along the ground reflecting of your camera jib or something? My best guess.
Olaf Schöllhorn 1 year ago

wow - just wow!
Dominic Stevenson 1 year ago

this is proof that story is more important than special effects. Wonderful job!
Ryan Booth 1 year ago

thanks dominic. appreciate that...
MJ-Mainjune Kim 1 year ago

Awesome!!!
this film gonna get prize
I pretty sure.
Joshua Kendell Martin 1 year ago

great short film
Megan Kimmel 1 year ago

Impressive. Creative, and deeply moving.
Will Pargeter 1 year ago

CONTINUITY ERROR - (sorry, had to point it out) if you watch from 2:30, there is a shot of the girl carrying her bear, then in the next shot it's gone, and then it's back again in the on after that.
OTHER COMMENT - Still an awesome video, and thoroughly deserved to win!
Ryan Booth 1 year ago

no worries, i love catching those things at the theater... :)
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Sean T. McCoy 1 year ago

Since you apparently haven't watched the others, the acting was on par. Besides, it's not like Tom Sizemore is willing to act in one of these.

And come on, do you really expect a director to negatively comment on the volunteer performances of friends and locals willing to help him out for a competition?

So much negativity from people who haven't even stepped up to the plate. You should never apologize for being an ass. Just don't be an ass.
Rudy Cohn 1 year ago

@Ryan
omg. Im speechless!!! Awesome!!!

@airmax95
This is so far the worst type of promoting your profile to other people to see & compare your work w/Ryan, trying 2 b negative it will not work in your benefit.
Just my opinion & Im only a Mobile DJ.
Hugo Bernatas 1 year ago

Very nice !
F.D.A CP Film makers 1 year ago

The score that you have chosen to accompany the visuals, haunting and melancholy, yet filled with so much tenderness works perfectly with the narrative. And I feel this really comes across, the tenderness of the piece, never trying too hard, never attempting to force it-self upon the audience.
good stuff.
Ryan Booth 1 year ago

kind words...
i definitely didn't want to force anything on anyone. glad that came across and yeah, i agree, my friend who composed the music did a fabulous job...
Rex Venator 1 year ago

I greatly appreciate character driven films, and this one goes to how a well composed series of elements can make for a good film on the rise.
Ryan Booth 1 year ago

thanks rex!
Popeye Theophilus Barrnumb 1 year ago

I didn't understand it. I couldn't tell what parts were flashback sometimes and what parts were current time. Could just be me. Is the building the guy going into the "warehouse" that we saw Alison in in the last Chapter film? I thought you had the cabbie running away with Alison after he was reunited with her instead of taking her back after a week, but then what happened? "They" kidnapped her and he's going to get her at the warehouse? It just doesn't make sense. I watched it a few times trying to figure out what I was missing.
ewolistick 1 year ago

yeah men. kinda lost too. it was the teddy bear that throw you off. flash back: allison is carrying a teddy bear that looks like/same color/same size in the current time. its a mistake. He should have used different color/size of teddy bear if he is trying to say that allison loves teddy bear in the flash back. or made a scene that her dad bought it for her in the flash back before they start playing around. Overall it's good! cheers men! just helping you out!!!!
Taylor Smith 1 year ago

you killed it man! great story, great music, great characters. well done
Ryan Booth 1 year ago

thanks taylor. appreciate it!
ZX Wang 1 year ago

Congratulations!!
Dominik Häring 1 year ago

Very, very nice ! How it will be ending?
Ryan Booth 1 year ago

that is up to you! the next chapter of the contest begins with the final image from the above film...it could go anywhere :)
Bernard Lau 1 year ago

i love LOST and the music and storyline was clearly inspired by it. The film brings extra depth to the driver... now all I'm waiting for now is some smokey and Jacob encounter ;-)
enricotrippa 1 year ago

You've just raised the interest around this story man! Good writing!
Nathan Bloch 1 year ago

Really well shot and edited, but the acting fell pretty flat for me. Seems like most people on Vimeo focus on the image exclusively, but don't pay attention to the quality of performances they get from their actors.
Jeremy Phillip Floral 1 year ago

Not me! Real director here!
Jeremy Phillip Floral 1 year ago

Booth, get r dun. We would all like to know what equipment you used. That's part of the contest. You should put on your page all the equipment used in this film. Love the audio, what boom mic did you use? Real supreme, and the train shots. When cabbie was walking, behind shots and low shots, what kid on stabilizer did you use? Was that a shoulder mount? Were u just holding it low, or was it a glidecam? Of glidecamrealgood job balancing, I can't balance worth of shit.

Jpf
Ryan Booth 1 year ago

haha. thanks...it was glidecam...and yeah, i'm shooting a combo "gear+timeline" behind the scenes thing as we speak...
ARedakeim 1 year ago

Nice work Ryan... You're an artist...
May god help you to be a great director.

Love !
Ryan Booth 1 year ago

i'm praying that too :)

(now to keep practicing...)
bob lorrimer 1 year ago

Very well photographed, executed and delivered Chapter - a little open ended perhaps...but so well done.

My 'BEAR' is ineligible because he is British ... You are welcome to my ending!

vimeo.com/12228873
Ryan Booth 1 year ago

haha! i'll take it... loved bear behind, bob. too bad it can't be entered. i'd vote for you :)
bob lorrimer 1 year ago

Thank you Ryan.
Arjun paudel 1 year ago

very cool video ,, Love it , Nice Creative work !!!

Regards,
Arjun Paudel

Founder
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Conflict Victim Child of Nepal
cvcon.org
''Our mission is to give shelter and education for those children who lost their parents during ten-year Maoist insurgency''
Ryan Booth 1 year ago

thanks arjun!
dmytriy_golumbevskiy 1 year ago

It`s a great idea and great movie, I like it!!!))))
Nabil 1 year ago

This is highly inspired by LOST. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Anyway, it was beautiful. Very well done. Congrats for the win!
Ryan Booth 1 year ago

well, i mean, anything that is flashback heavy is going to be compared to LOST...it's going to cast a long shadow for years to come... :)
Steven Cutbirth 1 year ago

Congratulations bro! It was a beautiful video. Im so happy you guys won! and way to go Hannah, great job!
Frank Philip 1 year ago

Congrats!!!
Matt Battershell 1 year ago

powerful, love the music, best one of the series! Love it!