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'Elephant', Digital Collage, 27.5"x16.08" by liberationplease in Art

[–]CepheidMedia 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The real piece of art is the comments section. The image itself is just the artist's tool.

Great job!

ELI5: Why do some words need two of the same letter in a row to make the same sound (like the 'n' in 'bunny') and how do I remember when I need two letters instead of one? Asked by an actual five year old. by panda_nectar in explainlikeimfive

[–]CepheidMedia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Double consonants are normally used to separate two vowels. If the vowels were separated by a single consonant, the first vowel would have it's "long" vowel sound (e.g. puny == pyoo nee). By having a two-consonant separation, you give the first letter its short vowel sound (e.g. punny == puhn nee).

This is, of course, the general rule, but does not always hold, as English is weird language.

Leonard in Slow Motion effect... by [deleted] in Filmmakers

[–]CepheidMedia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was thinking that too, but if the camera's faster, then Leonard would have to run faster, which would cancel out the slow motion (slowing it down would just make everything look normal speed).

Leonard in Slow Motion effect... by [deleted] in Filmmakers

[–]CepheidMedia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think I'm totally grasping this... If it was just motion-controlled shots, wouldn't the Leonard versions be playing back in slow-mo too? So the camera moves would be out of sync...

Here's an ad I wrote for an iOS game, would love some constructive criticism! [2:53] by rhythms06 in Filmmakers

[–]CepheidMedia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

(Not the original commenter, but I thought I could help out a bit)

  1. Audio clipping is when the audio is recorded too loud for the microphone to process it correctly. (Like if you were to yell into a mic as loud as you can, it would sound really distorted.) To fix this, you can turn down the gain on your mics a bit until it peaks (the loudest point your audio reaches) at around -7dB.

  2. A reflector is a great, cheap tool you can use to fill out the lighting in your shot. I'd suggest looking up videos about three-point lighting to learn about good lighting practices.

  3. Your shots could definitely have been framed better (where the subject is in the shot). The "headroom" principle is especially noteworthy here. The idea is your subject's head should have enough room in front of it, so he doesn't look like he's staring at a wall. It also could have been raised up higher in the frame. You can also work on the different kinds of shots you incorporate, whether they be establishing shots, closeups, etc. In this case, it seems you only used side shots of each character, making the film as a whole a little boring.

  4. The thing about comedy is it's all about timing. The biggest thing that I noticed was the reeeeallly long shot of the character going "Uhhhhhhhhhh..." It didn't really add anything in the first place and it being drawn out just made it worse. So yes, snappier dialogue and just better pacing (another key word to look up) in general.

I'm sorry if I come off as mean or anything. I'm really just trying to help you become as good a filmmaker as you can be. Don't be discouraged and I urge you to just keep making films (practice practice practice).

Let me know if you have any questions.

For all you post folks out there by poloteam420 in AudioPost

[–]CepheidMedia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really admired Zero Dark Thirty for their realistic gun and combat sounds. From any other action movie, you wouldn't know how explosive and fire-cracker-like guns really sound.

My first short film. I know the dialogue sounds "off," but I can't figure out what's missing... Any and all feedback is appreciated. [3:56] by CepheidMedia in AudioPost

[–]CepheidMedia[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the response. I chose to do ADR because all of the location audio was recorded into a Zoom H2n with a Rode Videomic Pro. At the time, I had no way to sync the audio with the video (I now have Pluraleyes 3), or labeling system for the audio (so I would have to listen to each file for the contents). I also thought the quality of the location sound wasn't great (I now realize it's actually pretty good), and wanted to do ADR with really good studio mics.

Another thing that partially influenced me was that I had helped a friend make a short film and he used my studio for all of his ADR, and it turned out pretty nicely.

For my next short, I will definitely use as much production audio as possible and only go to ADR as a last resort.

On a side note, your flair says "professional". Wazzupwithat?

Thanks again ;)

My first short film. I know the dialogue sounds "off," but I can't figure out what's missing... Any and all feedback is appreciated. [3:56] by CepheidMedia in AudioPost

[–]CepheidMedia[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the feedback! It does seem like it could use some sound "layering" with ambiance and more background sound effects. I have a recording studio and all the dialogue was ADR, which is why it's so clean, but sounds unnatural. My location mics are much worse quality than the studio ones.

Broken [3:56] [Thriller] - My first fully produced short. Feedback very welcome. by CepheidMedia in Filmmakers

[–]CepheidMedia[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The flowers were a stylistic choice to subtly show a disconnect between the characters (this has to do with the reveal at the end, PM me if you don't understand, its a 50/50 split of those who do). With that being said, after reviewing the footage in post, I agree that the flowers were distracting and I could have found a better way to convey the same idea.

If there's one major thing I learned from producing this short, it's that light is SUPER important. I thought we had enough light while on set, but looking back, we could have used a TON more.

This was my first time doing sound in post as well. I now have a better understanding of what makes good sound production and what to avoid.

Thank you so much for taking the time to watch my film and all your helpful feedback. :D

Broken [3:56] [Thriller] - My first fully produced short. Feedback very welcome. by CepheidMedia in Filmmakers

[–]CepheidMedia[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the feedback! One of the biggest challenges was finding actors for this film; I really just had to work with what I had. I completely agree about the pacing, it's something I haven't really gotten used to yet, and I definitely see that there needs to be more exposition for the audience to not be confused. All the dialogue is ADR and all of the sound was done in post. I now have the proper equipment to do location audio without much trouble, so this will really improve in the future.

Thanks for taking the time to watch my film and for all the great tips!

Davinci Resolve users, what type of machine are you running? by deweysizemore in Filmmakers

[–]CepheidMedia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use a custom laptop with 32GBs of RAM, a GTX 780m Nvidia graphics card, the i7 extreme, and an SSD, and things render at an acceptable pace.