
Solitude
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1. Solitude
5 months ago
Solitude
A universal feeling
A long journey in solitude searching for hope.
A film that communicates in a esthetic pictures poetry and emotion, to explore a new experience in Cinemato Graphy.
Created and directed by Robin Risser
robndesign.com
Entierly filmed with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II
shortoftheweek.com/2009/08/24/qa-with-robin-risser-solitude/
A universal feeling
A long journey in solitude searching for hope.
A film that communicates in a esthetic pictures poetry and emotion, to explore a new experience in Cinemato Graphy.
Created and directed by Robin Risser
robndesign.com
Entierly filmed with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II
shortoftheweek.com/2009/08/24/qa-with-robin-risser-solitude/
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Your "Flower" must be pleased with the dedication.
Really great stuff!
G
Any info you can give us on lenses or filters you used?
Cheers!
EDIT: Nevermind, I found your answer on another group.
I was wondering whether to keep checking for 5:08 or go back at the end once I watched it all through. I knew however as soon as it came on.
Inspired to continue striving with my 5d.
Well done.
At the begining of the shoot I tried the sharpening of the 5D but I was not satisfied with the result. It made this sort of artefact.
I low down a little bit.
"flat" picture ?
The cinematography and staging of each solipsistic image was breathtaking. An inspiration.
It says an immense amount about space, occupation of space, and coexistence. I felt the film teetering on a type of surrealism present in many of David Lynch's films (especially the whishy/whooshing sound design; very Lynchian).
The actor's walk was extremely effective. It's a simple mannerism, but it was strong and passionate.
A visual poem dabbled with philosophy and living instinct. Excellent work!
I'm curious to know whether you think solitude implies solipsism? Interested to hear your thoughts.
With the exception of the young birds in the beginning, the actor seems involved in modern ergonomic tasks (reading a paper, examining a watch, soldering a circuit board). He abandons this to go in search of something, and ultimately revels in a natural thing -- the flower.
You wrote that "the more the character seeks, the less he finds," and I find myself struck the same way by the film. Pleasure to hear your perspective.
I am impressed by your neatly observation. As you noticed each scene of the film has been thought through.
A beautiful film, to say the least. :)
I must ask, was Melville's "Le Samourai" an influence on this film?
I'm afraid, i never seen "Le Samourai". But I will, soon as possible.
Your character shares a lot of commonalities with Alain Delon's character in "Le Samourai." I highly recommend it.
Cela me donne envie de tourner un court-métrage au 5D mII, étant déja habitué à la gamme SLR Canon Eos, en tant que photographe.
I would love to know what lenses / filters you have used :)
But all in all, impressive. That's what a well made motionpicture should be like, every frame would be worth being used as a photography!
I aspire to capture something like this with my own Mark II.
I'm an Art Director and Photographer.
You can find more about me on my brand new website robdesign.com and my blog robnpainting.blogspot.com
Great shots and editing.
looking forward to seeing more...
cheers
If the story line was still open to editing, an effective emotional device at the end would involve the man taking off his gloves to touch the flower. But then again, the tension that is maintained by his gloves could be the author's intention.
One of my favorite moments is at the beginning when a slight shift in the man's position is accompanied by the creaking sound of tight wood.
Loved it...thanks for sharing!
How did you do your smooth dolly shots? What tripod etc were you using?
How did you colorize the footage?
Really impressive.
For the dolly I used a rail for circular saw.
My tripod is a 55XPROB Manfrotto with a 701HDV.
The Footage is color graded in a compositing software.
But whatever the material.
Thanks for all your comments !
Beautiful cinematography, well done!
To be Honnest with you !
I choose the 5D because I have no money to by an EX1 and put a Kit Mini 35 !
I'm a Graphic Designer and I know how the Depth of Field is important for the good looking of the picture.
The other adavantage of the 5D is the size of the capter and is sensibility in ISO ! No extra light on this film ! only Daylight and Reflector !
I use the compositing software, for reduce the color noise and bring this film the much closer of my Art Director's vision.
Les paysages sont trop jolies ( Vive la Charente héhé ! ) et le jeu de l'acteur est vraiment superbe ! Surtout avec ce très beau costume :-))
Bravo à vous et à votre équipe !
Vous allez faire concourir ce film ? ( Il le faut vraiment :D )
I am from Portugal, a country where People say that making Cinema requires a Lot of Money and a lot of Sponsoring.
I don´t believe that is only money and sponsoring...
And You are a living Real Example of it...
WOW!!!
Thank you for the Experience...
Keep Doing it....
Or more.... Keeep Arting It!
Certainly you shot in 30p. Did you do any conversion to 24/25 fps? Your movie is one more proof that frame rate is not that important for a quality movie. Congratulations!
God help us all!