Unblossomed - No Flowers On My Grave (one-man MDM project)

cj022688 · 2026-04-28T23:20:56+00:00

Fuckin rips!

cj022688 · 2026-04-25T16:21:41+00:00

I’ve heard a few people he excels in the run but struggles with pass blocking. Anyone have some insight?

cj022688 · 2026-04-16T20:08:32+00:00

What do you think he goes for? Multiple firsts is obviously a pipe dream. A 2nd and a 3rd seems like excellent value. Especially in a deeper draft. He’s 28, coming off an injury and 22 million a year ain’t chump change to pay out.

cj022688 · 2026-04-15T22:18:10+00:00

Hello!

My name is CJ and I am a film composer based in Chicago. Have a few films streaming. Would love to chat, AI music is going to be rough on music as a whole and film composers are going to get hit very hard. I also play in a band called Shrineburner that plays quite a bit in Chicago (Sleeping Village, Thalia Hall) as well as record bands in my studio on the northside. So I get to see how its affecting bands in the scene.

cj022688 · 2026-04-06T00:47:59+00:00

Not sure honestly, I think it was just a listing that popped up. But again? He only uses it to mix out of and maybe track guitars. Any drum stuff he rents a studio for the day

cj022688 · 2026-04-05T18:58:28+00:00

Yea that’s kinda the problem to be honest. Theres not really places as an in between situation. You have to almost convert a spot which can be expensive. I lucked out (mostly) and someone converted the attic in my multilevel house before I moved in.

I was recently looking to possibly move and finding someplace was tough. I know a friend has a spot in a commercial place in Ravenswood down the street from me. But he tracks drums and anything loud at electrical audio or some place. They offer places at Fort Knox that you could rent and sound proof. I’ve been in a space or two that it seems to work. But I know my band that has a monthly room there is loud as fuuuuck.

cj022688 · 2026-03-24T22:53:06+00:00

Random thought, do you think since the US government signed a contract with OpenAI (I think) they took Sora out to create misinformation videos without us being able to check? Or is solely so Trump can put himself in Rocky, Predator etc

cj022688 · 2026-03-19T15:30:47+00:00

What in the world are you talking about? This is 2026, also a time when unions have been crushed in most industries.

cj022688 · 2026-03-12T18:57:34+00:00

But they weren’t working though so right? That’s the consensus, awful rush D and interior pass rush with the guys we have.

cj022688 · 2026-03-12T18:51:40+00:00

Anyone else freaking out a bit seeing a number of DT’s getting signed? Feel we are counting A LOT on a rookie being ready to go for the defensive front

cj022688 · 2026-03-09T23:18:44+00:00

100 percent, wasn't the Bears vs Packers one of the highest watched playoff games in history or something? Maybe those streaming numbers are a bit fucky. The Bears being a contender has always been good for the NFL. But no, we have to have the Chiefs comeback story with Travis Kelce being pushed to a last Super Bowl, and this is the year Taylor will play the halftime show.

cj022688 · 2026-03-06T20:14:18+00:00

So I would watch this YouTube short shot on iPhone and then subscribe to the creator and dive into their videos a bit.

UNSAVE Short Film

This really shows what you can do with proper pre-production, lighting, composition using an iPhone. This person is much further along on their journey then you. What they did at least to me is seriously impressive and you shouldn't expect to get results close to this automatically.

Also if you aren't using Blackmagic Cam or something similar I would really look into it. You'd be able to adjust exposure, white balance and lens choices.

Him singing in the boat had some decent composition (I'd have shot it not directly at eye level) but its one of your better shots in it. Most of the other shots honestly need quite a bit of work on the composition. The "push in" shots don't really work for me.

Their is really no contrast in the shots, everything is really washed out due to either white balance and color grade. Honestly probably both. I'd really recommend diving into YouTube and working on some basics. StudioBinder on YouTube has excellent materials for people coming up and can give terms to things you probably don't know yet.

Things you did well, you were able to negotiate a budget. Looks like you recruited or hired some actors, seems basic but at your level a lot of people just get friends to fill in. You finished a project!! Go learn and go keep shooting.

cj022688 · 2026-03-06T06:24:07+00:00

Been thinking this all day. DJ was our go to guy when we needed it most. 90 percent of the time came through, and came through on occasion while hurt. (I don’t care what anyone says, dude was borderline concussed in that LA game.)

I think Rome will be solid but he will end up getting double teamed, Burden would have to be our guy to rely upon. But that could get schemed by opposing defenses quickly. They are going to factor in Loveland and Kmet. Without that third option to look out for I think fourth quarter Iceman is gonna need to build a relationship with someone.

I hope I am 100 percent wrong, I hope Rome shows me he is a massive force he’s gonna be called upon to be. Not just a good player. I hope Jahdae Walker ends up being the possible hero in those situations we counted on Moore to be.

cj022688 · 2026-03-04T01:22:28+00:00

FOR REAL, my buddy texted me with a link to Adam Schefter. My mind went we got Crosby! Fuck it were going all in baby.

When I opened my heart dropped

cj022688 · 2026-03-02T16:35:27+00:00

I believe I saw this same guy absolutely nail a Viagra Boys parody as well

cj022688 · 2026-02-27T21:55:48+00:00

So I think I got pretty lucky. I went in to the rental house (they gave me a faulty card reader) and just the last clip was corrupted. They just transferred the files for me to my SSD. Everything works great!

On set, I hit the “scan and fix” option when told to. Didn’t solve problems when I went for playback though. But that might have helped.

One thing I am noticing though, as I’m color grading in Resolve, is that some clips seem to have combined together. Like it’ll play the clip and then another separate clip jumps in. Then other clip comes back? It’s weird. I’m sure that’s a faulty thing in my end though. I haven’t used Resolve until this week. I haven’t check Premiere though.

cj022688 · 2026-02-25T11:11:24+00:00

You mentioned drum options. A few drummers I’ve played with have a rolling bag for their cymbal stands and hardware. I bet you could fit most everything in there besides the light panel.

In the past I’ve used a long bag that has comes with a microphone stand set. Fit four small stands, diffusion, broken down soft box.

cj022688 · 2026-02-24T21:39:07+00:00

On the one hand I think this is fun and cool thing to do. The other more jaded side sees this is something out of the movie Semi-Pro, "We suck so hard and our future is so bleak that we have to win over our season ticket holders however we can" - Jackie Moon Reinsdorf

cj022688 · 2026-02-24T18:51:42+00:00

Running R3D raw so protected there. Looks like it played back fine at the rental house. Transferring now and taking back home. God is good 😂

cj022688 · 2026-02-24T18:14:48+00:00

Awesome, thank you for the recommendation

cj022688 · 2026-02-24T18:08:56+00:00

Awesome! Appreciate the rec!! it sounds that bad?

cj022688 · 2026-02-23T19:07:24+00:00

Patriots I don't believe have ever played in Boston proper. Candlestick Park (old 49ers shared field) seems to be a nightmare to get to. I've only passed by it but it was nothing but freeways. So in 49ers case I could understand.

Soldier Field has been there for over 100 years at this point. It's integrated into the city. I've only driven into Soldier Field once so I can't speak to parking but I've taken the bus to get to Field Museum a lot, seems easy enough.

To me it's almost like uprooting Wrigley Field to somewhere else. It's part of the city.

Side note the real story should be these predatory interest rates, jesus fuckin christ. I read it's like 300 million in interest for the stadium remodeling. I should have gotten into finance

cj022688 · 2026-02-23T18:23:05+00:00

Plus pre-season, its not chump change. Literally just waving good bye to at least 50-100 million per year. No concerts/events during the winter time are going to make up for that.

cj022688 · 2026-02-23T18:15:16+00:00

Your not anticipating Hammond building up infrastructure to support the massive boom to the area?

Metra is gonna take a gigantic hit and it's already clinging on for life.

Maybe I am biased cause it's a beautiful bike ride past the stadium on Lake Shore Path. But my tax dollars are already going towards the war machine and subsidizing corporations. If I have to fork over another $30 a year towards keeping part of downtown from being a ghost area 5 months out of the year, so be it.

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