Ernesto Mantaras Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Hi! The band I made this video for finally released it and I'm very happy, so I wanted to share it with you guys. It was a lot of work and it's not without its flaws, but considering the crew (three people including me apart from the make-up artist) and the time we had it came out quite decent. Please tell me what you think! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhqTsAmPYYs By the way, I shot it with the Driftwood Apocalypse Now! 6GOP Nebula patch, and the lenses I used were: · Rokinon 28mm f2.8 · Minolta MD 50mm f1.7 · Minolta MD 135mm f2.8 If you have any questions just ask! Mondo, Taxrummawoodo and Andrew Reid 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurtinMinorKey Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Jaw dropping. It's the best thing i've seen posted in a long time. No joke. This shit is primetime. Ernesto Mantaras 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilmMan Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Very nice stuff. Ernesto Mantaras 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernesto Mantaras Posted February 17, 2013 Author Share Posted February 17, 2013 Wow, thanks a lot HurtinMinorKey! And thank you Filmman! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axel Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 I bet you used all pre-production tools of the trade, storyboards, moodboards, production design planning. What else? Very impressing. Ernesto Mantaras 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernesto Mantaras Posted February 17, 2013 Author Share Posted February 17, 2013 Thanks, Axel. I did make a storyboard which I synched to the song to get an animatic and build the idea tightly around the song. That way I also knew the timings I needed for each shot and added or removed as was necessary. I then printed that storyboard and wrote annotations on each shot by hand. That was my guide on the whole shoot, and it was a bless. The rest was in my head. I will upload a three way comparison (storyboard/raw footage/final image) to my Vimeo account in the next few days. I will also upload the the music video in (hopefully) higher quality (I reckon Vimeo's compression holds grain better than YouTube). There'll be a 12Mbps video to download as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernesto Mantaras Posted February 21, 2013 Author Share Posted February 21, 2013 Hey, guys! Here's the three way comparison I promised, along with the Vimeo version of the music video for you to watch with a little better compression. https://vimeo.com/60161809 https://vimeo.com/60013574 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuickHitRecord Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Really impressive stuff. Did you do all of the compositing and effects work yourself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernesto Mantaras Posted February 21, 2013 Author Share Posted February 21, 2013 Thanks! And yes, I wrote, produced, directed, DP'ed and made the camera work, edited and did absolutely all the post production work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuickHitRecord Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Even more impressive. My hat is off to you. That was a real feat to tackle all of that and come out with a product this good. Congratulations! Ernesto Mantaras 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernesto Mantaras Posted February 21, 2013 Author Share Posted February 21, 2013 Thank you! It was worth it. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mondo Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 This is incredible. Love the look of the Minolta lenses as well. Been looking into getting a few of those and this may have swayed me! Amazing VFX work as well. Mad props. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vas907 Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Dope! Ernesto Mantaras 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernesto Mantaras Posted February 22, 2013 Author Share Posted February 22, 2013 Yeah, I bought these Minolta lenses because they were cheap, back when I bought the GH2 and they were used. I've become very fond of them. I only wish the wide open performance of the 28mm was better, but I still like the organic feel they bring to the table. I want no digital lenses today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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