a shortfilm by bomby von bombsville...

Bomby · 07-06-2009, 07:57 PM

Not the greatest thing in the world, but I made this last October for class.

This was shot on black & white 16mm film.

Edit: I now realize this probably should've been posted in the videos forum. Feel free to move it if you wish, Sean.

Panfan · 07-06-2009, 09:44 PM

well, since it's only a minute and ten seconds, there's not much to go off of. Camera looked a little bit shaky, but not too bad.

Of course I must say I love it if not only for including one of my favorite Joy Division songs.

Bomby · 07-06-2009, 09:49 PM

Yeah, the project was supposed to be focused on capturing interesting patterns of light with a running time around 1:00. We edited our projects by cutting and taping the actual film together. I wasn't able to get my outtakes through the telecine process (the conversion of film into digital video) so unfortunately I couldn't add more. I was able to correct one sloppy edit, though.

I would've loved to have been able to use a steadicam for the moving shots, but the University doesn't provide those for intro to production students. Besides, I was going through an "emulate Christopher Doyle" phase. There are definitely a lot of things I would do differently if I were editing it now.

I'm somewhat proud of this work, but I'll admit that there were a few other students whose projects I thought were better than mine.

***Cosmonautical*** · 07-07-2009, 03:16 AM

I liked the use of lighting. What causes the broken up, wavy appearance in the movement? Is that a side-effect of manipulating with the editing software? Just curious.

NIN made heavy intentional use of it in their video for "the Hand that Feeds":

YouTube - Nine Inch Nails - The Hand That Feeds: Album Version, Closed Captioned

Bomby · 07-07-2009, 01:13 PM

It's the ****ty telecine, which was done by the kind folks at PBS for free. The film itself runs at 24 frames per second, but they converted it to an NTSC analog rate of 29.97 fps so it could be played on a standard definition television. In doing so, they interlaced the frames to perform a 2:3 conversion. Personally, I would've rather they just added repeated frames, so they could be taken out and viewed at a natural 24 fps without the interlacing.

Sean P Kelly · 07-08-2009, 09:42 AM

You can keep it here. I made a short film once for school too (though that one was Super8).

07-06-2009, 09:49 PM	#3
Bomby You just freaking blew Joe Biden's mind! Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: WHAT?house Gender: Posts: 19,491 Thanks: 513 Thanked 1,449 Times in 849 Posts Blog Entries: 5	Yeah, the project was supposed to be focused on capturing interesting patterns of light with a running time around 1:00. We edited our projects by cutting and taping the actual film together. I wasn't able to get my outtakes through the telecine process (the conversion of film into digital video) so unfortunately I couldn't add more. I was able to correct one sloppy edit, though. I would've loved to have been able to use a steadicam for the moving shots, but the University doesn't provide those for intro to production students. Besides, I was going through an "emulate Christopher Doyle" phase. There are definitely a lot of things I would do differently if I were editing it now. I'm somewhat proud of this work, but I'll admit that there were a few other students whose projects I thought were better than mine. Last edited by Bomby; 07-06-2009 at 09:59 PM.

07-06-2009, 09:44 PM	#2
Panfan AND HE PRAYS Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Grayskull Gender: Posts: 18,806 Thanks: 1,405 Thanked 2,247 Times in 1,337 Posts Blog Entries: 15	well, since it's only a minute and ten seconds, there's not much to go off of. Camera looked a little bit shaky, but not too bad. Of course I must say I love it if not only for including one of my favorite Joy Division songs.

07-07-2009, 03:16 AM	#4
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	I liked the use of lighting. What causes the broken up, wavy appearance in the movement? Is that a side-effect of manipulating with the editing software? Just curious. NIN made heavy intentional use of it in their video for "the Hand that Feeds": YouTube - Nine Inch Nails - The Hand That Feeds: Album Version, Closed Captioned

07-07-2009, 01:13 PM	#5
Bomby You just freaking blew Joe Biden's mind! Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: WHAT?house Gender: Posts: 19,491 Thanks: 513 Thanked 1,449 Times in 849 Posts Blog Entries: 5	It's the ****ty telecine, which was done by the kind folks at PBS for free. The film itself runs at 24 frames per second, but they converted it to an NTSC analog rate of 29.97 fps so it could be played on a standard definition television. In doing so, they interlaced the frames to perform a 2:3 conversion. Personally, I would've rather they just added repeated frames, so they could be taken out and viewed at a natural 24 fps without the interlacing.

07-08-2009, 09:42 AM	#6
Sean P Kelly Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Gender: Posts: 3,789 Thanks: 19 Thanked 58 Times in 46 Posts	You can keep it here. I made a short film once for school too (though that one was Super8).