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6. Piano Man
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My short film Piano Man, shot on the Red One camera and edited in Final Cut Pro.
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I found the Piano Man's voice a little bit tiring, too much taking perhaps.
Anyway, congratulations!
This was very well done IMO
You would do well to start on a feature with a concrete script soon. Well done mate.
love the music and gloved hands on the piano keys... nice touches - kudos to you and hope you do more and continue working with your composer friend
Beau Tyler
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The most haunting online short-films I've seen yet. The colours (editing), the narration, the daunting cuts. Terrific.
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It is selected for a review for the next short film day (next wednesday) on souslatoile.com (It is french web site, today we are making fun of Vincent Laforet) Congrats !
I did all the color work in Apple Color, which is so brilliant and provides direct access to your Raw files. Amazing.
The only critisism: I found the setting to be to easy. I asked myself, why didn't he do it himself if he does not mind murder? Would have been really easy and he'd have twice the money. And if it is important for him to not shoot the bartender, he could have been sure of that. For the same reason, I expected the other guy to shoot him aswell. Twice the money. So kind of predictable. To expicitly see that the bartender was his father would have been great. Or even more, if he would have tried to convince the other guy to not shoot anybody and in the end, you see it were both relatives of him. Or boyfriend and father.
Would be a different short film I guess. Would have been kind of my story on
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I guess.
But stunning work, flawless shots, the lighting was amazing. Great location. Great props. 2 thumbs up!
In my mind, the Piano man character is a small weakling of a character. He has other qualities - greed, self preservation, and even a degree of kindness - but these are all subservient to his weakness. He might be able to plan a murder - but to actually carry one out is far beyond his scope.
Funnily enough, I tried to insinuate that perhaps the Pianist is Lieberman, the rich mans, "Kept Boy". It doesn't feature into any dialogue but it was a subplot that I believe is there none the less, its is part of the universe of the short, though it is not implicitly shown in the short.
Thank you for spending time on such a lengthy reply, Kaspar, and I will be sure to watch your clip within the next two days or so...
Thanks!
Can you explain your post workflow to me? I've been reading about the ways to ingest RED. Actual experience would help. :-) Thanks.
In Final Cut, i go to import, folders, and choose "Piano Man r3ds". Then from there, i drag all of the appropriate proxy files into the time line. i work with either the small (p) or medium (m) proxy files. When the edit is finished, I right click on each file in the timeline and select - reconnect media. A dialogue window opens, I deselect the check box that lets you ind only matching files, and i connect the m or p proxys to the higher resolution H proxies. I then send it to color, and Voila.
Its MUCH easier than it sounds.
You're ready, direct a full length!
Really liked this!
Amazing.
could you possibly give some details of the equipment used, budget and the time frame from idea to completion? would be interesting to know. cheers.
fred
The budget was around five thousand dollars - I own the camera which cuts down on cost, and no body save for the assistant camera people were payed. We shot it in 3 days with a very small crew. It was me directing and dping, my buddy JB as camera operator and a focus puller, my brother as sound recordist/grip and my producer as grip/dolly grip what have you. All the lights were kino flo's, minus a 1k tungsten and a little china ball my camera op brought with him.
You should be proud of yourself Andrew, you've created something really beautiful.