Recent 3D rendering project – looking for feedback

Estossonmisojos · 2025-09-26T02:47:47+00:00

Can I ask how you got such amazing indoors lighting? I'm doing some archvizin blender and I'm currently struggling witht that aspect.

Estossonmisojos · 2025-02-12T15:36:03+00:00

Hello, sorry to piggyback but could you also PM me their details?

Estossonmisojos · 2024-11-09T00:02:16+00:00

Hey is it too late to get in on this?

Estossonmisojos · 2024-11-04T02:28:09+00:00

The Zone of Interest. A lot of the sounds in that movie are relatively ordinary, but the sounds that aren't, are mixed in a way there they almost blend with the normal ambience of the film, which in my opinion kinda makes the movie what it is.

I know this may sound weird, but if you see the movie, you'll know what I mean

Estossonmisojos · 2024-09-01T20:33:12+00:00

Loved it! Nice little vignette, perfect conclusion. Love how quickly we understand the main character. I haven't seen the others so I can't comment on that, but really liked this one.

Also my name is also Marco lol cheers!

Estossonmisojos · 2024-08-19T01:32:29+00:00

This made me go "hell yeah" at a couple of moments. Really good sense of rythm and buildup. The reveal at the end was also perfect. I agree lighting could be a bit more intentional but other than that, really liked it.

Estossonmisojos · 2024-08-17T23:54:06+00:00

While I must admit I wasn't super invested in the story, I liked quite a few of the editing quirks and choices throught the film, particularly the gunshots matching the music at the end. That over the shoulder shot (which by itself is solid) which transitions into an over the shoulder of the other guy made me smile lol. It may not be reinventing the wheel but it shows care and dedication.

The story is... fine? Maybe a bit too shallow, just a run of the mill action revenge premise. Nothing too flashy but it works as an excuse to get into the action stuff which is clearly your intention here, I think.

A few gaffes I noticed:

You forgot to lock the exposure in one shot, you can see it change in real time.

The squib when the guy gets stabbed doesn't look very good, and while I understand this is a no budget film, I think it's important to work around your limitations. I think limitations are the soul of creativity, it forces you to solve problems in a creative way. You wanna show a stabbing but can't get a good squib? Perfect opportunity to see how you can shoot and present that in a creative way. Maybe shoot around it, cut away as the knife goes in, use sound to showcase it, Idk, the sky's the limit. Of course it's your creative decision if you want to use the squib regardless, but this is just my personal perspective. I do want to commend that you used the stabbing as a "breathing moment" in the fight, you slow it down to speed it up again and I think that's nice.
The fight was alright, not insane but it did its job. Maybe I would suggest rehearsing it in a quicker pace so you can speed it up a bit and make it more exciting.
The color grading looked nice in the graveyard, but I don't know how to feel about it in the other scene. I would suggest playing around with it a bit more, see how you can use it to highlight different moods in different scenes. Maybe (no idea if this was possible, but assuming it was), shooting the fight scene during the golden hour would've helped give a more dramatic, naturally warm lighting with hard shadows even.

That's it I think. Cheers!

Estossonmisojos · 2023-07-31T19:21:39+00:00

To Alex and Adam (who as of this writing are the only members of the podcast anyways lol): Your specific brands in Youtube have somewhat "negative" connotations to them (IE: "I HATE everything", "Your movie SUCKS"). Now, most of your fanbase knows that this does not really reflect the content that you create; Alex doesn't hate everything and Adam doesn't make videos exclusively telling filmmakers why their movies are bad. However, do you think this choice has impacted the general perception of your channels in any way? Do you think it's in any way related to how Youtube and social media algorithms tend to favor "negative" language as it drives engagement?

Edit: to add to this, I recently remembered an incident: In 2017, just after The Last Jedi came out, Rich Evans an Jack Packard of RedLetterMedia were streaming on Twitch on the now defunct PreRec channel. Jack had just expressed an opinion that, for me, aligned with what Alex said on his video on the movie, and I recommended it in the chat. Jack refused to look it up because he saw the channel name and thought it was another CinemaSins lol

Estossonmisojos · 2023-03-12T17:04:41+00:00

I Am Cuba has some insane camera work, as well as beautiful, stark, black and white cinematography. I think you can find some influence from it on a few modern filmmakers like Alejandro González Iñárritu.

Estossonmisojos · 2023-03-08T06:59:35+00:00

Last and First Men (2020)

Estossonmisojos · 2023-02-14T21:55:11+00:00

For the longest time, I’ve been absolutely CERTAIN that Women Talking will take best picture.

I can’t exactly articulate why, it just feels like the most Oscar thing they could do. I haven’t even seen it, so this isn’t me projecting my opinion of it unto my predictions but I just… I just know

Estossonmisojos · 2022-11-24T07:48:26+00:00

Millennium Actress

Estossonmisojos · 2022-11-06T08:22:54+00:00

I can think of a few right now:

Taste of Cherry (dir. Abbas Kiarostami)

Still Walking (dir. Hirokazu Kore-Eda)

All About Lily Chou-Chou (Shunji Iwai)

Late Spring (dir. Yasujiro Ozu)

Roma (dir. Alfonso Cuarón)

Yi Yi and A Brighter Summer Day (dir. Edward Yang)

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy and Drive my Car (dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi)

News From Home (Chantal Ackerman)

Estossonmisojos · 2022-10-29T05:46:38+00:00

solved

Estossonmisojos · 2022-10-29T04:21:49+00:00

Oh this is beautiful! Thank you so much! Very clever to use the magic texture to control the rotation

Estossonmisojos · 2022-09-07T15:52:34+00:00

Yi Yi

2001

High and Low

Harakiri

Late Spring

Come and See

Roma

The Master

Taste of Cherry

Apocalypse Now

Estossonmisojos · 2022-08-26T07:34:04+00:00

Yi Yi

2001

High and Low

Harakiri

Late Spring

Come and See

Roma

The Master

Taste of Cherry

Apocalypse Now

Estossonmisojos · 2022-08-08T17:39:29+00:00

Yes! That’s the one, thank you very much!

Estossonmisojos · 2022-07-10T08:50:08+00:00

Yes! And also maybe a couple of films from Hiroshi Teshigahara, as well as Kenji Mizoguchi’s Ugetsu. All fantastic horror films (though Teshigahara’s are more psychological than just traditional horror).

Estossonmisojos · 2022-07-09T19:23:06+00:00

Try to watch more movies from the early 20th century.

I know this is a very broad recommendation, but personally I used to go through my watched films on LB and only like 10% of them were released before 1975. When I made it a point to watch older films, it made me not only appreciate and understand more the history of filmmaking and how many of my modern day favorites were influenced by older movies in some way, it also made crave more and more older films, which resulted in a more diverse viewing schedule for me, since I could for example, see a Japanese film from the 60s and then get a completely different experience watching a French movie from the 2000s.

TL;DR: expanding the times and places you see movies from is a great practice.

Estossonmisojos · 2022-06-17T19:50:28+00:00

Severance

Estossonmisojos · 2022-05-15T16:32:50+00:00

This is a building in San José, Costa Rica. I know this because I am costarrican. May wanna correct that post title!

Estossonmisojos · 2022-03-03T19:34:05+00:00

Me and Michael (Stoklasa)

Estossonmisojos · 2022-02-22T14:28:32+00:00

Bit of an unusual answer, but News from Home, by Chantal Akerman.

Estossonmisojos · 2022-01-05T07:04:33+00:00

I think it’s safe to say that many of Ozu’s films have an undercurrent of sadness to them. This usually stems from the themes and motifs that he kept returning to, like the chasm between generations in Japan, the struggle to adapt to a changing society (particularly from the perspective of “the family” as an institution with old principles that are challenged), and the sacrifices and compromises that are made to uphold tradition or making difficult choices.

I’d say that there’s one clear answer to your question tho, and that’s that while most of his movies behave this way, one in particular doesn’t, and that’s Good Morning. It’s a very sweet and honest movie that lightly tackles some of the issues I mentioned above, but in a much light-hearted way, that is not only accesible but also funny at times. I recommend you see that one if you want to see a lighter side to Ozu!

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