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As the War in Europe rages, a young composer prepares for his debut - unaware that the United States has already prepared a draft for nearly a million soldiers. While he is thrust into a war he never asked to fight, the final blow comes after the last shot is fired, and he returns to New York.

A short film of epic proportions - which took nearly a year to complete along with hundreds of man hours to perfect the film.

Shot on three HV20's with one 35mm adapter. Edited on Adobe Production Suite CS4, color corrected in Magic Bullet.

CREDITS:

Directed by Damon Stea
Starring Daniel Kash as Maestro.
With the talents of Sean Lask as The Recruit
and Philip Dye as The Veteran
and Andrew Corbett as The Trench Boy
Produced by Sean Lask
Cinematography by Damon Stea
2nd Unit Cinematography by Cassandra Chowdhury
Editing by Damon Stea and Cassandra Chowdhury
Sound Design by Damon Stea and Cassandra Chowdhury
with Production Assistance by Jessica Erberich
Music provided by USC Concert Orchestra (appearing as the 1919 New York Philharmonic) conducted by Michael Powers - "The Planets" originally written by Gustav Holst

Credits

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  • Jaygali 8 months ago
    Excellent and Brilliant !Was all this film shot on Cine Mode 24p?See I also own this pretty HV30 which I am learning to use.So just curious about the settings.Please don't mind my questions,you can always choose to ignore my questions,I can understand:-).
    Well all said and done...WOW..I wanna make a film like this some time ....:-)
  • Damon Stea plus 8 months ago
    24p, not cinemode (it takes too much fine control away). I actually sold the camera a month ago, but the HV30 or 40 should give you similar results if you know what you're doing
  • Jaygali 7 months ago
    Hei thanks for the reply :-).
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  • dwyzak 8 months ago
    Holy shoot, that is completely amazing.

    Someone employ this man, NOW!
  • Damon Stea plus 8 months ago
    Thanks man! I only wish someone with 100 million to burn would say that...
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  • JON ZOMBIE plus 8 months ago
    I really liked this piece. Bravo, Bravo.
    great looking film. and the fact that you used HV20 encourages me alot.
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  • BroHenle 7 months ago
    Captivating work, Damon! You opened up the Maestro's soul through his eyes. I could relate with him. Beautifully done...Bravo
  • Damon Stea plus 7 months ago
    Thank you - that's exactly what I was hoping for
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  • Shiksa Studio plus 7 months ago
    Powerful story. Amazing job!
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  • Marc Hens 7 months ago
    The images are indeed strong. What location was used for the war-scenes? Ieper in Belgium keeps some trenches as a memorial.
    The message during rehearsal is still a mystery to me.
    During the shots of the orchestra, the music is not in sync. I understand that for the rehearsal, this would require more cameras or more complete performances. But I think it could be possible during the performance in the theatre where there's only two camera's shooting the orchestra.
  • Damon Stea plus 7 months ago
    Thanks for your analysis. It certainly kills me that the sync is off in the music scenes - I may see what I can do to continue correcting it and release one final cut :)
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  • bwwd 7 months ago
    Dont shoot on auto exposure guys
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  • Aaron Freeder 7 months ago
    Absolutely spectacular, this may well be the best film (and the most time spent on) I've ever seen shot on an HV20. what did you use to record your audio? Also, out of curiosity what does your rig look like?
  • Damon Stea plus 7 months ago
    Well my rig was actually pretty modest - just a 35mm adapter and a 50mm lens
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  • Matthew Fredrick plus 7 months ago
    I love this film, great great colors and it feels so real! This is one of the best looking films on vimeo! Just watch out for that auto exposure, on my film in between shots we would turn the HV20s off and the only setting that doesnt stick is the auto exposure, ever time you turn it on set it to a constant exposure. It really doesnt have that much of an effect on this film because it seem to be almost a little stylistic is a sence. Great job to everyone that worked on it!

    btw
    what settings did you use to export this, i use final cut at am exporting x264 at 10000 bit rate and yours just seem so much clearer then mine. See if you can tell a difference.
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