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Using the Letus35 Extreme film lens adapter, I shot my first short film inside an abandoned warehouse near my home. The lens used was a $30 Korean 28mm f2.8 prime. The vignetting and color grading was done with Magic Bullet Looks. I used a homemade dolly system for the slow cinematic slides. The film was shot in 1080i HDV and edited using Final Cut Pro. Please go to tomguilmette.com for more info. If you have an old computer, turn HD off. Music selection: Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I - Track 2.

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  • Ray 2 years ago
    Very nice! Beautiful colors. The shallow DOF is awesome. I've been looking around at 35mm DOF adapters, but there are so many choices. How do you like the Letus extreme? Are you satisfied with it? I'm assuming the vignetting is intentional, right?
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  • Tom Guilmette plus 2 years ago
    Thanks Ray. I love the Letus Extreme. As for the vignetting, it was intentional. I used Magic Bullet Looks for vignetting and grading.

    But... I did notice in my raw footage that there was some soft and minor vignetting on the extreme sides and each of the four corners of the frame. I do not know if this was because of the Letus Extreme or the $30 28mm f2.8 prime lens I had mounted on the front. I will be doing more experimenting at my website.

    I will be getting a much more expensive prime lens set (24mm, 28mm, 50mm and 85mm each at f1.4) soon and hope to work on similar projects to post up here on vimeo. For more info, keep an eye on my blog at tomguilmette.com
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  • My vimeo viHDeo ! 2 years ago
    dude that was sweet quality
    you recorded it in 1080i yeah
    what frame rate ?
    what format did you upload this?
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  • Jim Renaud plus 2 years ago
    this is awesome. love the effect - love the bokeh
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  • Tom Guilmette plus 2 years ago
    Danny, yea it was recorded in 1080i 60i at 29.97 frames per second and i edited the hdv with final cut. I exported the entire timeline as a quicktime video with h.264 codec. I kept the current frame rate and limited the data rate to 3000 kb. The frame size was set to 1280x720 and I de-interlaced the video. The total file size was 65.49 MB. I hope this helps. If you own a PC computer, recycle it and buy a brand new Apple Mac. Just trust me, I made the transition four months ago and have never looked back.
  • Kjewbee plus 2 years ago
    3 months ago I bought a brand new mac 24".... sold it..... back to pc.. and will never look back.. at mac.
  • Keith Gabbard 1 year ago
    Hmm... you must be kind of slow
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  • ricci ocampos 2 years ago
    nice..love the bokeh
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  • Blake Whitman staff 2 years ago
    nice work.

    if you have pictures of your rig, I'd love to see them. and if you have/setup a flickr account, you can add them to the side of this page.
  • Jon Rawlinson plus 2 years ago
    Ya I second that. I'd love to see your dolly rig!
  • Tom Guilmette plus 2 years ago
    check out my blog on my homepage for pictures. it is located at tomguilmette.com
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  • Brad Groux 2 years ago
    Nice use of Nine Inch Nails song 2 from Ghosts I... it is such an amazing track. I know the entire Ghosts collection was released under creative commons but you should still have put a credit in there for it... your name is credited so should those of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (who both wrote the particular track) or simply "Nine Inch Nails."

    With that said, it was an excellent piece... and you might be interested in Trent Reznor's announcement today about a "Ghosts Film Festival" that just launched with "that other" video site. See NIN.com for details.
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  • Jon Rawlinson plus 2 years ago
    Fantastic dolly moves. Lovely visuals. Really nice piece. How do you like Magic bullet looks? Worth buying?
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  • Steve Holt 2 years ago
    Really looks great. Very nice.
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  • Tom Guilmette plus 2 years ago
    Jon, I do like Magic Bullet Looks. It is worth it. MBLooks is like $350 and the entire suite is just over $700. I just have MBLooks. I added a music credit in my description, thanks for pointing this out. NIN deserve credit. As for the dolly in this project, here is my blog on the production from my website: tomguilmette.com/Site/Toms_Blog/Entries/2008/3/10_Left_For_Dead_Short_Film_Behind_The_Scenes.html
  • Brad Groux 2 years ago
    I appreciate the update, I wasn't meaning to be a hard ass about the credit, but as a fan I do love to see Trent and company's music put to good use... which you have splendidly done... and I'd like to see his fanbase improve whenever possible since he is one of the few artists that actually cares about his fans. Thanks again for a wonderful piece and I hope you look into the NIN Ghosts movie festival, this is easily a solid entry.

    Also, thanks for posting an indepth behind the scenes look, it's great stuff for amateurs like me to see how a real professional does it.
  • Tom Guilmette plus 2 years ago
    Thanks Brad. I will look into the film festival. I hope to continue posting behind the scenes blogs on future projects.
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  • Tom Guilmette plus 2 years ago
    I just bought six more lenses for my letus this morning. As I create more content, it will hit my website first at tomguilmette.com and then it will be posted here. Thanks for viewing it.
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  • Jay Boy's Random Cutz 2 years ago
    Damn man! nice!
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  • BorisG 2 years ago
    that was amazingly beautiful
    35mm + dolly + HD = WIN
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  • Tom Guilmette plus 2 years ago
    Thank you. I am shooting in New Hampshire with the dolly track on Monday. I hope to post more here by the end of the week.
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  • Dave Windle 2 years ago
    A really classy piece. For me the smoothness of the movement was stunning. One critisism, if I may, the first 'running man' worked very well after that it was a bit gimmicky. Having said that...I wish I could produce something as good. !!
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  • Josue Ibañez 2 years ago
    love it!. Nice work ;)
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  • Jorge Quinteros 2 years ago
    Great camera use, editing and the soft tones make the film even more intriguing. Of course the music also tops it off.
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  • Tom Guilmette plus 2 years ago
    check out "the warehouse" in my other videos. shot at the same location but this time, with a story and actors. same dolly moves.
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  • Ozan Basar 2 years ago
    which cam are u using? Z1?
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  • Tom Guilmette plus 2 years ago
    yea. "left for dead" and "the warehouse" were both shot with the z1u. i now own the sony ex1. it looks even better than the z1u.
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  • Mike Gill 2 years ago
    ok...now this reminds me of some dodgy places I know in Dublin....home sweet home ey....nice vid mate - as always....
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  • dataproduction 2 years ago
    so goooooood...i'd love to download it!!!!


    ddm
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  • Ivan Forastiere 1 year ago
    Hi, great video!
    Great movement with dolly.
    I used a homemade dolly in my shortmovie, if you want let me know what you think.
    By.
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  • Clan McCloud plus 1 year ago
    Loved it! Beautifully shot. I really liked all the dolly work.
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  • A.J. Garces 1 year ago
    Sweet camera moves. Very nice!
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  • jo gol 1 year ago
    Nice Music,nice pictures.Kind of hypnotic!
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  • John P. Fitzpatrick 1 year ago
    was shot 1:54 handheld? it came out very well
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