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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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  • Santiago Samaniego 4 months ago
    Really good work!
    I found the Piano Man's voice a little bit tiring, too much taking perhaps.
    Anyway, congratulations!
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  • Glyn Williams 4 months ago
    Really liked this.
  • Andrew Wilding plus 4 months ago
    Thanks guys!
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  • Mark Jacinto 4 months ago
    Incredible short man. Had me sucked in from start to finish.
  • Paul Lockhart 4 months ago
    Same here. I think if you found this interesting you should also watch Illegal by Andrew OH. It is a little lengthy (20 minutes) but it was great from start to finish.

    This was very well done IMO
  • Rob Ouellette 4 months ago
    When I first read your comment Mark before I watched the film. I thought the film included an incredible short man. Short as in a midget. hmm, I was wrong.
  • Andrew Wilding plus 4 months ago
    I think that probably led to a whole lot of disappointment. Perhaps in my next short.
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  • adam revington 4 months ago
    That was brilliant! Wow, I really liked it. What made you think of the idea?
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  • Jacob Meaux 4 months ago
    You are so close to the big leagues Wilding, a little better acting (less is more, try to get them to show it) and a little better dialogue (cut out the YEAHS and the UMMMS unless you fancy it) and you will most certainly make it.
    You would do well to start on a feature with a concrete script soon. Well done mate.
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  • Cire Ztiwoksi 4 months ago
    The music is brilliant, of course...
  • Andrew Wilding plus 4 months ago
    All credit there goes to Erik Iskowitz, my brilliant composer friend. He dreamed up the theme in mere moments and is beyond easy to work with.
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  • Zenith Pictures 4 months ago
    this is one of the coolest most beautiful films i have ever seen. LOVED it
  • Andrew Wilding plus 4 months ago
    Thank you! Really glad to see this resonating with people!
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  • CandR Productions 4 months ago
    Looked great. Very interesting film!
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  • David McSperitt 4 months ago
    An excellent short! You are definitley talented and have a great creative vision.
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  • Jane Wang plus 4 months ago
    terrific cinematography and love the props (ever try to find a phone booth in boston ???
    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
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  • Davin Leivonen 4 months ago
    The most haunting online short-films I've seen yet. The colours (editing), the narration, the daunting cuts. Terrific.
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  • Rescue Signals 4 months ago
    Absolutely brilliant!

    Beau Tyler
    Rescue Signals
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  • sazoda 4 months ago
    wow, that was awesome.
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  • Daniel van Hauten plus 4 months ago
    really nice work. which camera did u use?
  • Andrew Wilding plus 4 months ago
    The Red One. Amazing camera. It deserves most of the credit here.
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  • Hampus Lideborg plus 4 months ago
    This was a beautiful piece. Thank you
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  • Jared Soule 4 months ago
    this made my day
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  • Wambui Bahati 4 months ago
    I thought it was beautiful. I don't usually like 'murder and blood' stuff. I enjoyed the monologue realistic --subtle humor - -and the way the scenes were shot. Continued success.
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  • lee w 4 months ago
    Saw your short film recommended by Vimeo and enjoyed it, thanks! Couldn't help looking out in the credits - is that Antony Langdon of (ex-) Spacehog?
  • Andrew Wilding plus 4 months ago
    It is indeed. He is a total song and dance man - between takes he was improvising songs on the piano and playfully ridiculing all of us crew...
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  • lisa.liang 4 months ago
    Davin Leivonen 12 hours ago
    The most haunting online short-films I've seen yet. The colours (editing), the narration, the daunting cuts. Terrific.
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  • Zach Wolfson 4 months ago
    I thoroughly enjoyed your film. You are truly remarkable in your craft – synthesizing your writing, direction, cinematography and editing. Wonderful work!
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  • Eben Hall 4 months ago
    Brilliant story. Well done.
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  • Kenan Sulayman 4 months ago
    Great. Amazing. Story.
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  • Gavin Victor 4 months ago
    awesome film
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  • Jeff Hodges 4 months ago
    Great video but like you said the audio is still a bit rough. I love the images the Red One produces.
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  • Jr.canest 4 months ago
    What a great film!
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  • Paul Treacy 4 months ago
    A fine achievement.
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  • Nate 4 months ago
    Very nice!
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  • icebreaker 4 months ago
    Really nice, but mind the details. You could see the gun was welded with black metal in the front. And with those old phonebooths you needed to talk in to the "trumpet" or how you want to call it and listen threw the other one, he was turned backwards so the guy on the other end could never have heard him. Ok it would look stupid if he looked one way all the time so i get why you filmed it this way. But the rest was perfect :) especially the ending.
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  • Kasraaa.de 4 months ago
    You gotta start a feature film.Seriously, it's a way more than just a short. 100% pure talent. congrats.
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  • Sous la toile 4 months ago
    INCREDIBLE ! Short film with a proper story are rare these day !

    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 !
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  • Eric Elofson 4 months ago
    Great film, what kind of color work was done in post? What visual references did you look to before shooting?
  • Andrew Wilding plus 4 months ago
    Well, I didn't go over any references, exactly, because I both did the cinematography and directed it. I think references are likely of most use between a director and his cinematographer, to get both on the same page. i did do an absolute ton of testing though - I wanted to be able to shoot this at around t4 (i ended up having to shoot with the lens just slightly more open though) and had to figure out just how many bloody Kino Flo's I was going to need. I have done more photographer in my time than anything else - flickr.com/photos/andrewwilding - I wanted the images to be iconic and photographic than cinematic - so I tried to replicate natural light as much as possible and avoid complex back lights, hair lights, eye lights, etc. I stuck, to the most part, with a single source key and used bounce boards to cut down on the contrast, or sometimes a single Kino 45 to provide fill.

    I did all the color work in Apple Color, which is so brilliant and provides direct access to your Raw files. Amazing.
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  • Jorge Scassa 4 months ago
    congratulations! The short marvellous one
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  • Kaspar Lerch 4 months ago
    Congrats, great short film!

    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
    vimeo.com/5409122
    I guess.

    But stunning work, flawless shots, the lighting was amazing. Great location. Great props. 2 thumbs up!
  • Andrew Wilding plus 4 months ago
    Will check out your film ASAP - thank you for the kind words.

    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!
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  • Naveed Ahmad 4 months ago
    really nice..the only thing that is pitching me here is the length..dnt you think its alil too stretched it can be more smaller like 4 to 4 mins only
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  • Justin Kane 4 months ago
    Ok so I've let a day sink in for me to comment on the piece. Your cinematography is outstanding (especially at the house). Great lighting choice for the minimal kinos and bounce. A true move of a photographer that knows what to get in for the desired goal. And I'm happy to see that the red did some justice here. The camera movements and overall pace of the short plays very well with the story and I really liked those dare i say Godard-esque shots of the sculptures (think Contempt). very surreal and it says a lot about the nature of the people involved. Can't wait to see more!
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  • Travis Jones 4 months ago
    Andrew,

    Can you explain your post workflow to me? I've been reading about the ways to ingest RED. Actual experience would help. :-) Thanks.
  • Andrew Wilding plus 4 months ago
    Its super easy. I just organize the R3ds into a single folder, and then group them in subfolders indicating what footage is on them. So un my Piano Man R3Ds folders, there are folders like "reflection in glasses 50mm" and "smoking outside dolly" with the corresponding shots in each.

    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.
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  • William Wilkinson plus 4 months ago
    Wow. I absolutely loved it. Totally gorgeous, beautiful cinematography, great props, great story.

    You're ready, direct a full length!
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  • Luke Pygman 4 months ago
    Really excellent work!! Loved the cinematography...
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  • Michael Schultz 4 months ago
    Love the video, but did anyone notice that he isn't speaking into the phone the whole time! Plus why was it an old rotary phone in modern day?
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  • Stuart Sharpless 4 months ago
    That was a great short, some really nice shots in there. Very much enjoyed watching it.
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  • Great Work!
    Really liked this!
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  • Keri Lee 3 months ago
    Love the ending... beautiful work. Can't wait to see what's next for you!
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  • Ben Whitehead 3 months ago
    Simply fantstic, the fractured narraive works so well. Knowing he's dead so that the end moment is all the more tragic. Every single moment in the video pays off another.

    Amazing.
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  • Nick 3 months ago
    Very much enjoyed.
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  • SapB 3 months ago
    Very well produced short. lovely cinematography.
    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.
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  • moriza plus 3 months ago
    Great work, I enjoyed it and would love to see the completed version.
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  • Alain Edouard 3 months ago
    Nicely done, pal.
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  • Leo Cinema plus 3 months ago
    Great inspiration, awesome build up and amazing cast.

    fred
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  • Rory Blanchard 3 months ago
    Are the black frames a creative choice or an editing error? If it's not a creative function I'd fix that up, because it's extremely distracting and can take you out of the film.
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  • Rory Blanchard 3 months ago
    just noticed only 1/2 my comment posted. 2nd 1/2 said that if the black frames were meant to make someone feel uneasy then it worked for that jarring type of effect and the short film was pretty solid overall. Camera moved with a lot of ease.
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  • Matthew Fredrick plus 3 months ago
    great music. I have added it to my "original score" channel
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  • ellwyn plus 3 months ago
    Best narrative I've seen done on the 5d2 yet. Outstanding work!
  • Hampus Byström plus 2 months ago
    5d?
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  • Vasilis Petridis 3 months ago
    i am blown away...
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  • Thomas Midgley 3 months ago
    Best short film i have ever seen in any respect, mad props.
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  • Hampus Byström plus 2 months ago
    WOW, that's all I've got to say
  • Hampus Byström plus 2 months ago
    Oh, by the way, how did you get this widescreen? Is it cropped in post, or did you shoot the 4K anamorphic option?
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  • Thomas Midgley 2 months ago
    Andrew I find myself coming back to this video and re-watching it over and over, it is a magnificent piece of filmmaking. May I be as rude as to enquire the details of your camera setup/editing software etc?
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  • Luca Escriva 2 months ago
    Loved the shit out of it.
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  • Seth Fisher 2 months ago
    This is really great. Inspirational as hell for me. How many days did you shoot this in? What kind of budget, crew, etc?
  • Andrew Wilding plus 2 months ago
    Im so glad you liked it, man. As for your question -

    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.
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  • Luis Valladares 2 months ago
    Beautiful piece of work... loved it. Color, camera work, pacing, and editing all awesome.
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  • José Solé 1 month ago
    Beautiful!
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  • François Rousseau 1 month ago
    Brillant, brillant and too much brillant !!!
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  • Serbanned 11 days ago
    wonderful film & piano!
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  • George Horne 10 days ago
    This is one of my favorite shot films of all time.
    You should be proud of yourself Andrew, you've created something really beautiful.
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