tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40028648899392024312024-02-06T18:38:12.059-08:00Élan VitalAdventures in Postproduction (and Beyond!) for an Independent Movie by Mutiny Universe.Mutiny Universehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049761458248023755noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002864889939202431.post-7002394683361598262008-11-09T05:20:00.000-08:002008-11-09T05:30:27.450-08:00"Élan Vital" WorkweekNew soundtrack music at <a href="http://mutuni.com/">mutuni.com</a>, to be released between Monday the 10th to Friday the 17th:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Monday, 11/10: "Somnus/Mors"<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJY1nTPBThUSretnfTSydQ0K4aiX9zGq0pNsc_yYRPiQhLXnWIX9yDEKBrHzmZUhKyL4yI44azd0xcrbut0_4XwzxdC0-Mu1JYUx6_22y2AFb7kkemtCVBrH10YYGGct7l7KkTMHCyoVqt/s1600-h/19+Somnus-Mors.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 270px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinC5l4CxwEgkPkhj8YfE22CzGPm3kmH_huyg292CFSBdfbGO6nX-0UhjK5L-Bg7BiG3rmy9kBjIqeEgINffPkbZd7WwC7GYWWNseogZUxFGp1nOdMTDYVC2s8LIgcbfw2sHy6fNSUZ5wqO/s400/21+Steve%27s+Identity.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266648260785886002" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Thursday, 11/13: "The Stranger"<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4bNNw33UAq8dEmwwhI7XLXQrm9OK-bm4eaPWias7jR7XjAwbLovPL4plF149UQoiE-VxeSyAAtnoN7zVuP7Ki3KDAcJOqhWDr9NG5L3DI0PPeR1Qm0EXLA5CVBjP7uC-aHJMARjpKKOCk/s1600-h/22+The+Stranger.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 270px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4bNNw33UAq8dEmwwhI7XLXQrm9OK-bm4eaPWias7jR7XjAwbLovPL4plF149UQoiE-VxeSyAAtnoN7zVuP7Ki3KDAcJOqhWDr9NG5L3DI0PPeR1Qm0EXLA5CVBjP7uC-aHJMARjpKKOCk/s400/22+The+Stranger.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266648262373365106" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Friday, 11/14: "<span style="font-style: italic;">Élan Vital</span> Trailer" (Audio Only)<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrFJ7aY1A70TIPrsIY6NKG7bLrwJMsDpOxAxitE_05xua5AOzLWmktzn4TjkYpCx0jNsPZzAmTZRdswqsFLn0qTnmvpu8jIY1VguoLzCIKv2vrI-at3xIHV4SsjB6jnNtQEt3RB97dl6Yh/s1600-h/23+Trailer.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9zEgKZFh7lIYt7ZXR44FTqGZ0_9Skc_KShqzz4gsoMevb3Bc6OD8lzsDNc2L06O9n3yaCfL_4KbsmT-jfZQSy-3lEhBQcvZnCxLvFLSIq7HIfYhohtnCJMv2TDmXyWEiXVHQGj5Rqa1lX/s400/05+Do+the+Code.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251595010919500290" border="0" /></a>[<span style="font-style: italic;">Taken from </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://mutinyuniverse.com/mu/content/view/115/30/">mutuni.com</a><span style="font-style: italic;">.</span>]<br /><br />I recorded the demo in F, but when I went to rerecord the song, I tried two new options: Lower the key to A like Elvis' "Blue Suede Shoes," or slightly lower to Eb like "Jailhouse Rock." The key of A didn't work. I liked how my horrible, horrible Elvis-Meatloaf impression sounded in Eb, so I was going to rerecord all the other instruments in Eb. Then I listened to the F demo again, and I really liked how the guitar sounded in F, so I just bumped up the Eb vocal to F, and that was that.<br /><br />In other words, producing music is complicated and satisfying.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mutinyuniverse.com/audio/080929-Do-the-Code.mp3">Download</a> "Do the Code"<br /><!-- AddThis Bookmark Button BEGIN --><br /><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" onclick="addthis_url = location.href; addthis_title = document.title; return addthis_click(this);" target="_blank"><img src="http://s9.addthis.com/button1-share.gif" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" border="0" height="16" width="125" /></a> <script type="text/javascript">var addthis_pub = 'Mutiny Universe';</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://s9.addthis.com/js/widget.php?v=10"></script><br /><!-- AddThis Bookmark Button END -->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002864889939202431.post-48758321653786444222008-09-29T14:01:00.000-07:002008-09-29T14:05:01.394-07:00More Élan Vital MusicSubscribe via <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/mutuni">FeedBurner</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiUdlffHmGZHdPKkYQbiL0JPRdt1gnt7ADfKtwkuf2HIF5UlmbZG_qlUK3dbZu6UghrmPVx2U7J7ZfL4j6V3RKtvVq74VhPGFxmHSq-cLofv_vE-r4VFjpC7_I9XIcM7VI6nL9gztLFvd4/s1600-h/04+Do+the+Code.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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Anyway, Mutiny Universe's John Michael Tan had the freshest eyes (and ears) when it came to cutting the first trailer for the film:<br /><br /><center><a href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=40226902">Élan Vital Trailer</a><br /><object height="360" width="425"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="movie" value="http://mediaservices.myspace.com/services/media/embed.aspx/m=40226902,t=1,mt=video,searchID=,primarycolor=,secondarycolor="><embed src="http://mediaservices.myspace.com/services/media/embed.aspx/m=40226902,t=1,mt=video,searchID=,primarycolor=,secondarycolor=" allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="360" width="425"></embed></object></center><br /><br />Music-wise, I just did a basic remix and mash-up job when it came to the various <span style="font-style: italic;">Élan Vital</span> themes, depending on what John wanted. In any case, please go to <a href="http://www.myspace.com/elanvitalmovie">myspace.com/elanvitalmovie</a> for more information in the coming weeks!<br /><br /><!-- AddThis Bookmark Button BEGIN --><br /><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" onclick="addthis_url = location.href; addthis_title = document.title; return addthis_click(this);" target="_blank"><img src="http://s9.addthis.com/button1-share.gif" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" border="0" height="16" width="125" /></a> <script type="text/javascript">var addthis_pub = 'Mutiny Universe';</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://s9.addthis.com/js/widget.php?v=10"></script><br /><!-- AddThis Bookmark Button END -->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002864889939202431.post-54593662963627089762008-08-03T16:53:00.000-07:002008-08-03T17:11:33.117-07:00The Picture Has a Voice!After many months of hard work, Jedediah Jones and Ryan DeRamos are in the final stages of the sound design. I was extraordinarily pleased with the first draft and after making just a few key notes, the guys are polishing the music and sound for what seems to be only a two draft process! <br /><br />Of course Ryan and Jed each had several drafts as Ryan honed the score and Jed, the sound design and dialog in what many would consider a tedious process in which one must balance one's own sensibilities with the pre-made world that we had created so many months before. As the director, I have been pleased to see Ryan's and Jed's sensibilities craft something unique that took many of my ideas and not only elaborated on them but often re-envisioned completely in order for them to become the perfect auditory compliments to the visual world that we had created.<br /><br />With color correction finished and the sound scape nearly complete, we have only the credits left to do before we have ourselves a finished film. I look forward to unveiling it to everyone soon!<br /><br /><!-- AddThis Bookmark Button BEGIN --><br /><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" onclick="addthis_url = location.href; addthis_title = document.title; return addthis_click(this);" target="_blank"><img src="http://s9.addthis.com/button1-share.gif" width="125" height="16" border="0" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" /></a> <script type="text/javascript">var addthis_pub = 'Mutiny Universe';</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://s9.addthis.com/js/widget.php?v=10"></script> <br /><!-- AddThis Bookmark Button END -->Jason J. Loyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05514417357350303607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002864889939202431.post-60122994415528753322008-05-02T12:36:00.000-07:002008-05-03T21:40:30.007-07:00A quick noteJust a quick blog note to say how impressed I am with this film. It's a pretty daunting feat to tackle a multi-faceted plot with lots of actors and sets, special effects and a lengthy running time and do it all for - a staggeringly low budget - and have it look great!<br /><br />And it does!<br /><br />Kudos to everybody on the team for making ELAN VITAL a success and to our new post-pro friends who are helping to get it polished and ready to take the world by storm!<br /><br />Boogie Woogie!<br /><br /><a onclick="addthis_url = location.href; addthis_title = document.title; return addthis_click(this);" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank"><img height="16" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" src="http://s9.addthis.com/button1-share.gif" width="125" border="0" /></a><script type="text/javascript">var addthis_pub = 'Mutiny Universe';</script><br /><script src="http://s9.addthis.com/js/widget.php?v=10" type="text/javascript"></script>Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09566912388177074860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002864889939202431.post-62679219217545216912008-04-03T11:59:00.000-07:002008-04-03T12:46:09.243-07:00Technology Is Supposed to Be Inconvenient?Yes, part of the time...and it is <span style="font-style: italic;">so</span> worth it!<br /><br />While home/office-based digital audio workstations and video editing bays will definitely speed-up, cost-down, and overall democratize the process of getting effectively professional results, it shouldn't stop you, me, or anyone else to take current technology to areas where more experienced producers, engineers, and technicians go. That scary place, where things usually fall flat and you have to start over several times. The place that the owner's manual PDF file doesn't cover. You know what I'm talking about - go there. Often.<br /><br />Several years of trial and error (failures, mediocre results, and some cool stuff) sort of gave me the indication to experiment from time to time, but recently I signed up for one of those gimmicky free videos through <a href="http://www.digidesign.com/">Digidesign</a> (the company that makes Pro Tools, which is a subsidiary of Avid, etc.). It was for a handful of free videos from <a href="http://www.grooveboxmusic.com/store/home.php?">GrooveBoxMusic.com</a>, which featured tips from music producer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Gioia">Kenny Gioia</a> (the guy who produced the '90s hit "Sex and Candy," and someone who apparently made the transition from analog console recording/mixing to Pro Tools and brought a lot of cool analog techniques with him).<br /><br />Anyway, Gioia's Pro Tools videos gave me a lot of information that I might have found out much later (or not) - little tips to make various trivial tasks less tedious and grandiose stuff that's worth taking the time to try. For example, there's one video where he de-esses vocals the long way, without using a de-esser plug-in to automate the process. This isn't a sales job to buy/rent whatever GrooveBoxMusic.com is selling, as I just watched the free videos and don't intend to spend money on other videos (though I might sometime later...). However, viewing the videos caused my creative wheels (which are always turning) to spin even faster, so I am now in the current mindset to not only<span style="font-weight: bold;"> fail </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">often</span>, but also to take my "game" to a higher level.<br /><br />I think Walt Disney once said, "If you can dream it, you can do it." <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Arthur_Ward">William Arthur Ward</a> said something similar: "If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it." So if your technology can't help you do what you've dreamt: A. You might need some help with your technology (and Google will be your friend), or B. You might need to change/modify/upgrade your technology (and Google will be your research buddy in this instance).<br /><br />But for all this talk about technology, it really comes down to the user - you, me, and to whomever this rant may be relevant.<br /><!-- AddThis Bookmark Button BEGIN --><br /><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" onclick="addthis_url = location.href; addthis_title = document.title; return addthis_click(this);" target="_blank"><img src="http://s9.addthis.com/button1-share.gif" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" border="0" height="16" width="125" /></a> <script type="text/javascript">var addthis_pub = 'Mutiny Universe';</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://s9.addthis.com/js/widget.php?v=10"></script> <br /><!-- AddThis Bookmark Button END -->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002864889939202431.post-2018499518922844232008-02-08T15:24:00.000-08:002008-02-08T15:35:52.269-08:00Post-postWe continue to quietly make progress on the film. We are now in the final stages of post-production as we go into sound, music, ADR, and color correction (post-post). I cannot be specific on when the film will be complete and ready for a premier but I can say that we are closer than we have ever been. I can also say that everyone who worked on this picture should be very proud. We will keep you posted. ...and don't worry - I have not forgotten about anyone - though some of you haven't seen me since production, I saw you many hundreds of times during the editing process and - man - do I appreciate the effort and artistry! :-)<br /><!-- AddThis Bookmark Button BEGIN --><br /><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" onclick="addthis_url = location.href; addthis_title = document.title; return addthis_click(this);" target="_blank"><img src="http://s9.addthis.com/button1-share.gif" width="125" height="16" border="0" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" /></a> <script type="text/javascript">var addthis_pub = 'Mutiny Universe';</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://s9.addthis.com/js/widget.php?v=10"></script> <br /><!-- AddThis Bookmark Button END -->Jason J. Loyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05514417357350303607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002864889939202431.post-24222820319315331802008-01-31T00:00:00.000-08:002008-01-31T02:59:47.719-08:00Pro Tools M-Powered Trial and ErrorI was testing out some relatively new equipment and programs so I could successfully implement these new aces-up-my-sleeves for the <span style="font-style: italic;">Elan Vital</span> soundtrack. Anyhow, some of the equipment is (hopefully subtly) implemented in this new Mutiny Universe commercial:<br /><br /><object width="425" height="373"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PTchjjaelNQ&rel=1&border=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PTchjjaelNQ&rel=1&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="373"></embed></object><br /><br />In the process of creating the above video, I stumbled upon a new problem with Pro Tools M-Powered, as well as a possible workaround (through the process of trial and error). When using Pro Tools M-Powered with the Mobile Pre USB to score to a video file, make sure the video file is on the computer's hard drive and not on an external drive. If both the music files and the video are on the same external hard drive, the external M-Audio interface/sound card will make a hideous noise to prevent any and all productivity...or at least on my shoestring budget equipment. I'm guessing that my external hard disk drive isn't as fast as the computer's hard disk drive to access video.<br /><br />To reiterate the above spiel: Save your music files on an external hard disk drive (as recommended by virtually everyone who uses Pro Tools), and have Pro Tool M-Powered access the video on the computer's main hard drive. The interface will be less noisy, less often, and you will be more productive. (I just did a quick search on Google, and apparently, intermittent noise is inherent to M-Audio's Mobile Pre USB...which means I really should save my rubles and pesos and Euros to get a better Pro Tools-ready interface.)<br /><br />Also, on a related note: A few months ago, I discovered a catastrophic problem in Pro Tools M-Powered. Never, ever, ever add time to the beginning of the Pro Tools timeline, as it will give you an <a href="http://society.deramos.org/2007/08/pro-tools-731.html">Access Error involving the Tempo Map</a>.<br /><br /><!-- AddThis Bookmark Button BEGIN --><br /><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" onclick="addthis_url = location.href; addthis_title = document.title; return addthis_click(this);" target="_blank"><img src="http://s9.addthis.com/button1-share.gif" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" border="0" height="16" width="125" /></a> <script type="text/javascript">var addthis_pub = 'Mutiny Universe';</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://s9.addthis.com/js/widget.php?v=10"></script><br /><!-- AddThis Bookmark Button END -->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002864889939202431.post-55537114129919207092008-01-09T17:37:00.000-08:002008-12-13T00:07:04.863-08:00See (Hear) the Forest AND the Trees!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5GYWQaG8fsahrYArrSzBimtxZtd0niRvFBy9QXf72GAshNrdUUYPTgrXiSDrbv2Akr1J50ktmaWrh2bUEcB10GBoDTGIxFvZzMIgGAw_O1gbRRIUeY0wRPFnIGiD3fhu3hB0QFXjoZSpk/s1600-h/EVBlogScore.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5GYWQaG8fsahrYArrSzBimtxZtd0niRvFBy9QXf72GAshNrdUUYPTgrXiSDrbv2Akr1J50ktmaWrh2bUEcB10GBoDTGIxFvZzMIgGAw_O1gbRRIUeY0wRPFnIGiD3fhu3hB0QFXjoZSpk/s200/EVBlogScore.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5153656502942075714" border="0" /></a>To save my computer (and myself) from needless strain, I recorded each soundtrack song separately. While still a long way from saying each song is "complete," I've taken early drafts / recordings / demos of each song and mixed them down as separate WAV files (actually a left-mono and a right-mono file for each song).<br /><br />I put the songs in order at each precise point of the film (think <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://elanvitalfilm.blogspot.com/2007/12/burnt-in-timecode.html">BITC</a>). And now the <a href="http://www.jasonloya.com/">director</a> and I can see the soundtrack as a whole. I personally can tell which parts need tightening and how to craft a <span style="font-weight: bold;">unifying score</span>, rather than a loose collection of songs that fit the movie...kinda, sorta.<br /><br />Here is a cryptic track list for the soundtrack, with links to cool people:<br /><br />1. First<br />2. Drone<br />3. Samba<br />4. <a href="http://www.alessandracelletti.com/">Alessandra</a><br />5. Isabelle<br />6. Boogie<br />7. <a href="http://www.katrinalenk.com/">Katrina</a><br />8. <a href="http://www.myspace.com/moxyphinx">moxy</a><br />9. Waltz<br />10. Jazz<br />11. Stranger<br />12. Robert<br />13. Christine<br />14. Last<br /><!-- AddThis Bookmark Button BEGIN --><br /><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" onclick="addthis_url = location.href; addthis_title = document.title; return addthis_click(this);" target="_blank"><img src="http://s9.addthis.com/button1-share.gif" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" border="0" height="16" width="125" /></a> <script type="text/javascript">var addthis_pub = 'Mutiny Universe';</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://s9.addthis.com/js/widget.php?v=10"></script><br /><!-- AddThis Bookmark Button END -->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002864889939202431.post-16176950542784870612007-12-09T00:00:00.000-08:002008-12-13T00:07:04.972-08:00Many Baskets<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpBSPZ3RvnkfOFYOh0tgp5wm4t14thh4LxiBrmDOoy6FvhYBUcC1P2PTiyjb0NVccHRTshepPWm3caTH0kNx6T45U-cPNFV4FWVeJAjeLwGNAQXE4fuMVwEdJEQVFCjZ_uuFgoMK1HUvaX/s1600-h/00-04-49-23.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpBSPZ3RvnkfOFYOh0tgp5wm4t14thh4LxiBrmDOoy6FvhYBUcC1P2PTiyjb0NVccHRTshepPWm3caTH0kNx6T45U-cPNFV4FWVeJAjeLwGNAQXE4fuMVwEdJEQVFCjZ_uuFgoMK1HUvaX/s200/00-04-49-23.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5142219578369958626" border="0" /></a>The computer I'm using to record the <span style="font-style: italic;">Elan Vital</span> score is decent when it comes to editing a <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5357904927484884288&q=peter+chavez+version+z&pr=goog-sl">music video</a>, recording a <a href="http://society.deramos.org/">rock band</a>, and producing a <a href="http://radiomu.blogspot.com/">half-hour podcast</a>, but the size of this film - length and layers - pushes the system to its limits. Even if your computer has a fast CPU and lots of RAM, it's still wise to never, ever, ever, ever, put all your eggs in one basket. In our case, <span style="font-style: italic;">eggs</span> mean <span style="font-style: italic;">songs</span>. By <span style="font-style: italic;">baskets</span>, I mean <span style="font-style: italic;">Pro Tools files</span>.<br /><br />Consider this checklist for the film scoring process:<br /><br />1. Make sure either your reference video has <a href="http://elanvitalfilm.blogspot.com/2007/12/burnt-in-timecode.html">BITC</a> or your digital audio workstation can read accurate SMPTE timecode. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Check.</span><br /><br />2. <a href="http://elanvitalfilm.blogspot.com/2007/12/beatmapping-movie.html">Beatmap</a> the entire film in broad strokes, with more accurate mapping for pre-existing songs. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Check.</span><br /><br />3. Using the above file as your template, copy this file to use for each song individually. You'll inevitably modify the tempo and timing for the new songs in the score. If you're working on the entire score on the same Pro Tools file, then things will move around, causing lots and lots of frustration. Even if you have a good amount of RAM, it'll still not be enough, and frustration will ensue. Now that we have these caveats established, create separate files for all your songs, and have an extra template file to bring all the songs together. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Check, check, and check.</span><br /><br />4. Work on each distinct song as separately or as together as is wise to do so. To save myself the trouble of all the pitfalls mentioned above, I have identified 10-14 individual songs for the <span style="font-style: italic;">Elan Vital</span> soundtrack - some have been already recorded, some have been demoed, and the rest needs to be written. There will be layers and layers of tracks for the score, so to keep myself on my creative toes, I've resolved to work on a different song every day. (The holidays will inevitably stand in my way, but I'm currently optimistic about being productive.) By the end of this (presumably) two-week period, I'll have a skeleton of a score.<br /><br />5. With the songs recorded in separate Pro Tools files, output each song as an lossless audio file, and put them all together onto the extra template file mentioned in Step 3. Since you've worked on these songs within days of each other, there's a good chance that the songs will flow together well. There's also a good chance they won't. Regardless, congratulate yourself with the completion of the score's skeleton. Get some feedback from the <a href="http://www.jasonloya.com/">director</a>, and move forward with more layers, organs, and skin, and clothes!<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I realize I've been erratically shifting from the second person (</span><span>you</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> in the how-to sense) to the first person (</span><span>I/me</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> in the personal experience sense), and vice versa, but roll with it...please?</span><br /><br />6. Wash (write), rinse (record), and repeat Steps 4, 5, and 6 as necessary. I anticipate this cycle to be as thorough as the film deserves...and <span style="font-style: italic;">Elan Vital</span> truly deserves a transcendent form of <span style="font-style: italic;">thorough</span>...or is that a Transcendental form of Thoreau (which is redundant)?<br /><!-- AddThis Bookmark Button BEGIN --><br /><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" onclick="addthis_url = location.href; addthis_title = document.title; return addthis_click(this);" target="_blank"><img src="http://s9.addthis.com/button1-share.gif" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" border="0" height="16" width="125" /></a> <script type="text/javascript">var addthis_pub = 'Mutiny Universe';</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://s9.addthis.com/js/widget.php?v=10"></script><br /><!-- AddThis Bookmark Button END -->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002864889939202431.post-89337733281952559522007-12-06T00:00:00.000-08:002008-12-13T00:07:05.187-08:00Beatmapping the Movie<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyAbKNExtUquHQsugKljB38dXWWa50GS_iLVHScEq4mlq1deq_xBwDX5FzGEF65eKa5khjtmshJvOvyvAy3gb6dy0W23iXZIbvZjERAIOhgWFoygdFPoR43LqIhIm2Tkht1QvaQUfoDgIA/s1600-h/EVBlogScore.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyAbKNExtUquHQsugKljB38dXWWa50GS_iLVHScEq4mlq1deq_xBwDX5FzGEF65eKa5khjtmshJvOvyvAy3gb6dy0W23iXZIbvZjERAIOhgWFoygdFPoR43LqIhIm2Tkht1QvaQUfoDgIA/s400/EVBlogScore.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5142210494514127570" border="0" /></a><br />Replacing the temp track on a previous Mutiny Universe production, <a href="http://mutinynews.blogspot.com/2007/11/outcastsagain.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Outcasts</span></a>, involved accurate beatmapping of the temp track, which was used in the editing of the film and therefore essential to the film's timing. Using this click track of multiple tempos, the original song <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/thesocietyofgloves/%7E3/188256530/timeloseyourhold.mp3">"Time (Lose Your Hold)"</a> by The Society of Gloves (featuring <a href="http://www.myspace.com/moxyphinx">moxy phinx</a>) was recorded at the locked pace of that particular scene of the film, preventing any major restructuring on the video end of things.<br /><br />The soundtrack of <span style="font-style: italic;">Elan Vital</span> is essentially ten (possibly <span style="font-style: italic;">fourteen</span>) times the amount of beatmapping, click tracking, and obsessing during the recording process of "Time (Lose Your Hold)." When you have an entire film right in front of you - with demo songs, songs by third-party artists, and blank space where music should be - it would be a good idea to beatmap the entire film in broad strokes (the more accurate, the better). <span style="font-style: italic;">Elan Vital</span> currently has its share of demos I recorded earlier this year and three songs by artists that aren't me, and that music is part of the locked picture. The music itself isn't locked, as there are parts of the demos that need to be rearranged or rerecorded to perfectly fit with the video. This is why it would be a good idea to accurately identify the beats per minute, the time signature, and where each song/theme/cue/leitmotif should begin in the movie. If you're using virtual instruments in addition to flesh, blood, metal, and wood instruments, then creating an accurate click track is essential for effective film scoring.<br /><br />Once you have the structure and accuracy of a beatmap / click track and <a href="http://elanvitalfilm.blogspot.com/2007/12/burnt-in-timecode.html">BITC</a> / timecode, then all that remains is the artistry...in theory, anyway.<br /><!-- AddThis Bookmark Button BEGIN --><br /><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" onclick="addthis_url = location.href; addthis_title = document.title; return addthis_click(this);" target="_blank"><img src="http://s9.addthis.com/button1-share.gif" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" border="0" height="16" width="125" /></a> <script type="text/javascript">var addthis_pub = 'Mutiny Universe';</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://s9.addthis.com/js/widget.php?v=10"></script><br /><!-- AddThis Bookmark Button END -->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002864889939202431.post-51867959043737590542007-12-03T00:00:00.000-08:002008-12-13T00:07:05.413-08:00Burnt-in Timecode is a BITC!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNeFRnA1B_WCKhc6vV_Cif_eoJ4LF8tmTrNs22Y6vGzMXCVUVKrm9XpRebI53hQdYcuXvELCyunka9C8e95lgk_Z5mYX6j30tHfClgVB9WUguT6ZloriwJgPQF2EppPIPJFh2IA-oKjHlY/s1600-h/00-25-38-04.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNeFRnA1B_WCKhc6vV_Cif_eoJ4LF8tmTrNs22Y6vGzMXCVUVKrm9XpRebI53hQdYcuXvELCyunka9C8e95lgk_Z5mYX6j30tHfClgVB9WUguT6ZloriwJgPQF2EppPIPJFh2IA-oKjHlY/s200/00-25-38-04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5142197867310277314" border="0" /></a>With SMPTE timecode pretty much standard in A/V editing programs, burning a timecode stamp (burnt-in timecode or BITC - pronounced <span style="font-style: italic;">bit-see</span>) onto a digital video should be unnecessary for this day and age. Unfortunately, this is not the case if you are using Pro Tools M-Powered 7.3 to record a film score.<br /><br />Pro Tools LE (the one bundled with the Mbox or Mbox2) can be upgraded to show SMPTE timecode, in addition to measuring time in bars-and-beats, samples, and minutes-seconds-and-decimals. Unfortunately, you have to spend extra dollars on something called the DV Toolkit.<br /><br />If you've spent the retail value of a new car on Pro Tools HD, then any applicable DV options had better be there!<br /><br />The bottom line is this: For the robustness of my music program of choice and necessity, it is missing SMPTE timecode, which is a universal language when it comes to film postproduction. The only way to remedy this is to go old school by using BITC.<br /><br />And that, my friends, can be an odyssey in an of itself. It was for me!<br /><br />With Final Cut Pro, you'll need to nest the entire movie's timeline and add BITC as a video filter on top of the video nest. This also means you'll have to render a new video, and if you're using prosumer or consumer hardware - you'll have time to catch up on a good book or two.<br /><br />If you're using Adobe products, you'll probably need to call in the entire cavalry to do this <span style="font-style: italic;">simple</span> act. Earlier versions of Premiere Pro lack this simple filter, so you'll need to turn to After Effects to add a timecode filter. Instead of creating glowing lightsabers for seconds at a time, you'll need to render an entire movie with BITC. Read a book; rendering will take a while.<br /><br />You'll be able to add BITC with any frame rate - in our case, roughly 24 frames per second - however, the rendered movie from After Effects might end up as a 30 fps movie. This will cause all sorts of confusion if you're going to import the BITC movie in Pro Tools, so you'll need to import the video into Premiere Pro. With this program, you can output the entire movie in 24 fps, and you'll be able to either take a nap or read another book.<br /><br />When you're done, open Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, and Flash for good measure. You probably won't need these specific programs for BITC, but they need love, too.<br /><br />Any way you slice it - OS, Windows, or Linux - you'll need to render a movie, and rendering sucks. Few exceptions include: Fast, professional hardware and/or exporting to tape with a deck/camcorder that creates BITC.<br /><!-- AddThis Bookmark Button BEGIN --><br /><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" onclick="addthis_url = location.href; addthis_title = document.title; return addthis_click(this);" target="_blank"><img src="http://s9.addthis.com/button1-share.gif" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" border="0" height="16" width="125" /></a> <script type="text/javascript">var addthis_pub = 'Mutiny Universe';</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://s9.addthis.com/js/widget.php?v=10"></script><br /><!-- AddThis Bookmark Button END -->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002864889939202431.post-8270977090707753392007-11-16T12:20:00.000-08:002007-11-16T12:37:09.111-08:00LockingSince last I wrote here, we've changed our hardware set up. We are now working on a 24" iMac Core2 Duo Extreme. Believe me - it makes a difference over the Powerbook. We are working on locking the picture now for sound. Much of the effects work is done but we decided to stop working on that for now so we can lock a final edit for Ryan. He is doing the score and the dialog and I now understand cannot really dive into this until he has the final final edit. This process is not terribly difficult but does require meticulous attention to detail and two sets of eyes for quality control. <br /><br />Once we are satisfied on the picture end with the way the thing is cut together, we'll pass it on to Ryan so that he can start digging in. At that point, I will go back to the picture, finish the special effects, and color correct scene by scene. I will then insert sound effects. Once all of this is finished, Ryan should have something for me to listen to. I'll probably put it in the edit temporarily and we will talk about any changes that need to be made. He'll keep honing and we will by that time know what ADR will be necessary so we can arrange for certain actors to re-record certain dialog. At the end of all of this - and a lot of credits - will be the marriage of sound to picture and the film will be complete...Complete - but still locked in the hard drive. Getting it out of there at the highest possible quality is a whole other blog entry.<br /><br />So as you can see, there is a lot more work ahead of us - but - we are actually able to see the light at the end of the tunnel now. It is a good feeling. It's all about small victories adding up when you're making a film independently. And so we trudge on...<br /><!-- AddThis Bookmark Button BEGIN --><br /><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" onclick="addthis_url = location.href; addthis_title = document.title; return addthis_click(this);" target="_blank"><img src="http://s9.addthis.com/button1-share.gif" width="125" height="16" border="0" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" /></a> <script type="text/javascript">var addthis_pub = 'Mutiny Universe';</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://s9.addthis.com/js/widget.php?v=10"></script> <br /><!-- AddThis Bookmark Button END -->Jason J. Loyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05514417357350303607noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002864889939202431.post-76847552993721558772007-11-01T01:09:00.000-07:002007-11-01T01:48:38.255-07:00Post Production: Getting ThereWe are getting there with the movie. A film tends to take on a life of its own. It reminds me more and more every time I work on it of a painting. There just is not a formula. It is so much like life. Unexpected twists and turns and wonderful surprises wait around every corner. Besides crafting the "cut" of the scenes, I've been working with visual effects which is an ongoing learning experience, an experiment, and an exhilarating process all at once. It's also very technical. Final Cut 6 is a fantastic program that has evolved considerably from previous versions in a seeming effort to steal some thunder from Adobe After Effects. The Color program as part of the FCP suite is also fantastic and robust program, proving useful as I get into the color and effects process. <br /><br />On another note, this is a phase that has me a bit on edge. In the past, I've had complete control of all aspects of the post process for my projects. I had the footage, sound effects, music, and any extraneous material right in front of me. This case is a little different. I have the footage and access to thousands of sound effects and visual effects but what I do not have readily available is the score and finished dialog. Mr. Ryan DeRamos has been working hard on these aspects of the film in a different studio with his own pro equipment. This causes two disparate things to happen at the same time: First, I get all anxious because I'm at a point in the process where I'd really like to see this picture a step closer to completion. Second, I get kind of a charge inside as I keep honing the picture and all its thousands of details into the one that I am looking for. This charge occurs because I realize that soon, when Ryan's work is added to mine, a HUGE jump will be made in the quality and impact of the work that I have been doing on Elan Vital. I look forward to this point and I am sure the film will evolve even more from that point on as sound and picture should be a marriage with a long engagement and not a blind date.<br /><br />So - we're getting there. It is taking longer than I expected but the film may actually be longer than expected and (better) than expected - but you can be the judge of that when we are all through. In the mean time, I continue shaping away the story and fine tuning the details. Anyone interested in an inspiring story of a director's first film against all odds, take a look at these facts about the film, <i><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074486/trivia">Eraserhead</a></i> from 1977 (the year I was born) - and don't worry - Elan Vital will not take nearly as long to complete. Thank God for digital!<br /><!-- AddThis Bookmark Button BEGIN --><br /><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" onclick="addthis_url = location.href; addthis_title = document.title; return addthis_click(this);" target="_blank"><img src="http://s9.addthis.com/button1-share.gif" width="125" height="16" border="0" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" /></a> <script type="text/javascript">var addthis_pub = 'Mutiny Universe';</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://s9.addthis.com/js/widget.php?v=10"></script> <br /><!-- AddThis Bookmark Button END -->Jason J. Loyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05514417357350303607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002864889939202431.post-69582306159558191982007-10-19T22:57:00.000-07:002008-12-13T00:07:05.708-08:00Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My...Robot?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiURIiN0qjZWyrLKXTPHOk0HsQFsUyvdITY0owPqshdSQBJho1STAt7TYD5L9ZblaZbSIuMQctUY814kei7QVBOuzFAhyphenhyphen13mtkA2Ke3kGlLgrTX2Y_5Q9yULN_rBsRSYfghaR1gKwUgf4w7/s1600-h/EVBlogNathan.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123302551165277250" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiURIiN0qjZWyrLKXTPHOk0HsQFsUyvdITY0owPqshdSQBJho1STAt7TYD5L9ZblaZbSIuMQctUY814kei7QVBOuzFAhyphenhyphen13mtkA2Ke3kGlLgrTX2Y_5Q9yULN_rBsRSYfghaR1gKwUgf4w7/s200/EVBlogNathan.JPG" border="0" /></a>In an ideal world, we would track the drum parts for the soundtrack this way: We would hire a professional drummer, just like the actor who played the role of the drummer (Nathan Gallaher, pictured to the left, is also a real-life drummer extraordinaire). We would somehow acquire a great sounding drumkit, made out of the finest wood and with the product name "Yamaha ____ Custom." We would record all drum performances in a good sounding drum room with about 15 microphones. A competent engineer would record and mix all that goodness. And it would be good...so very, very good.<br /><br />In our low-budget real world, I've been using the next best thing to the ideal: A robot (well, a Pro Tools plug-in called <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000KNUFKC?ie=UTF8&tag=mutinyuniverc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000KNUFKC">Digidesign Strike</a><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; MARGIN: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" height="1" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=mutinyuniverc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000KNUFKC" width="1" border="0" />to be exact) that could emulate all of the above factors. It's like how the sugar substitute Splenda is sweet because it's a sugar by-product. Strike will pretty much do as you tell it (well, let's anthropomorphize it as "him"), but I'm pretty sure that if you piss off Strike, he'll shoot lasers at you.<br /><br />And so I've been telling Strike to not only mimic, but to improve upon the demo drums that were created from samples and loops. While Strike is theoretically akin to a sequencer that uses samples and loops, there's this added dimension of human-like randomness and feeling for grooves and jamming. It's incredible.<br /><br />So far, my biggest hurdle with my robotic musical collaborator was to figure out the best sounding drumkit for him to use consistently. The on-screen drummer performs two songs in the movie, and I'd like the drumkit to remain constant throughout the movie. There's a jazz kit that sounds good for one song ("the drone") but sounds muffled for the second song ("Do the Code" - the boogie woogie). I think we've found a happy medium that will leave the drone (ironically) jazzy and give the boogie woogie the punch it needs...all the while being a consistent drum kit. It's a bit of needed realism in a film that borders (and sometimes crosses into) the realm of the surreal.<br /><br />I wish I could provide some samples here for our readers to compare, but I guess you'll have to wait for <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Elan Vital</span>. Besides, it's back to work with my robot.<br /><br /><iframe style="WIDTH: 120px; HEIGHT: 240px" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=mutinyuniverc-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B000KNUFKC&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><br /><br />Strike will only work in a Pro Tools digital audio workstation, or else he'll turn into a kill-bot (or was that a porn-bot?).Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002864889939202431.post-2064650229793726392007-09-26T01:46:00.000-07:002007-09-26T02:30:25.394-07:00What a Difference a Day Makes!Would that it were only a day! In fact, I'm back in the lounge scene in Elan Vital and I haven't been there in a while. It has probably been over a month. I made a decision early on in this process to go through the entire story in order, laying down each shot in each sequence and moving on before the über-perfectionist in me took over. In other words, I just wanted to get the stuff organized before I worried about all the details. I stuck to this plan rigidly - and I am very happy that I did. Because I had scarcely looked back at anything I had just finished, my mind was allowed a break from the busy, obsessive machine that gets started in the midst of creation. Now that I am back in the lounge, smoothing it out - cutting and trimming and tightening, I can look at it with a fresh perspective. I am not bogged down by ideas and notions left over from the writing process or from production. Ironically, this being the case, the film is smoother and actually closer to what I had initially conceived than it would have been if I had not taken this approach. Problems from the rough cut are far more easily solved because, free of the vortex, I am able to see new solutions that simplify and improve the flow and begin to complete the picture. <br /><br />It really is a beautiful thing that happens when you create something that wasn't there before. You know there is a certain potential there - from the very beginning but you can't get too excited by it just yet. You have to get organized. This is what I have been doing. I knew during production that I got the stuff because everyone worked very very hard to help me achieve my vision. I think that everyone felt at one time or another that something great was happening. I certainly did and it was one of the smoothest film shoots that I've ever been on. Now the difference between that feeling and the actual great thing happening is what I've been writing about in this blog. My approach is not a favorite in this fast paced digital world because I need to get all the stuff out in front of me before I start to organize it - and I have to organize all of it before I start to finesse it. You can think of it like a tri-athalon participant. You would not ask the athlete to bike and swim or run and bike at the same time, right? That would be fantastically absurd but it wouldn't help the person win - and would put him or her at risk of drowning or a brutal bicycle chain injury. <br /><br />So if you consider logging to be stage 1 (which it should be considering the amount of footage), I am currently on stage 3 of the editing process. So far, it is my favorite stage - until the next one I suppose when we marry the sound to the picture. As of today, the process this time around has been smooth as silk and very satisfying. I could go on, comparing this process to painting but I'm sure I passed the average attention span a while ago. So now - let's have some comments!Jason J. Loyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05514417357350303607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002864889939202431.post-84848400399839603622007-09-19T23:31:00.000-07:002007-09-19T23:40:03.926-07:00Rough Cut CompleteThe rough cut of the film (not including the end credit sequence) is finished. Hooray. Now it's back to the beginning and we'll start all over. Anyone want to start placing bets on how many rounds this will go? Or how about who will be more reclusive until this thing is done - Ryan, Katy, or I? That may end in a draw. Either way, it's good news on this end - we're making progress on a great film and everyone involved should be proud.Jason J. Loyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05514417357350303607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002864889939202431.post-47473883276663052662007-09-02T14:03:00.000-07:002007-09-02T17:12:50.108-07:00Elan Vital Picture UpdateSo during production, people kept asking me when I projected the film would be complete. I would project anything from late July to August. Of course, this was because at the time, I was preoccupied with directing the film and actually had no idea how long it would take as it all depended on how the footage looked. On this point, I'll say that I have been an artist for much longer than I've been a filmmaker. I admittedly have some strange quirks that some people may not agree with but for which I cannot apologize since they are part of my process and seem to work for me at the moment. <br /><br />For one, I do not like watching dailies. I actually know when I see it on set if I got what I want. I did watch the Elan Vital tapes but it sent me into a neurotic frenzy because I just wanted to get in there and start working. I could see only errors and potential and it seemed to distract me from the pictures in my head. The experience only enhanced my decision to stop torturing myself with raw footage until it is time to start composing. This means I decided to trust my crew and my own judgment on the set. <br /><br />The other quirk that immediately follows this is that I do not like the idea of cutting together the film during production and certainly not by someone other than myself. Once everything is shot, I feel fine with working side by side with a competent editor but - you know - when you're in production, you're in production. Things are actually happening right there in front of you and beautiful things are being created - beautiful worlds. To break out of that world right in the middle of the experience just for the sake of efficiency is totally uncalled for. It's an abomination. I would sooner watch dailies than begin editing during production - and much like I would not ask another artist to do an under-painting for me before I paint, I cannot ask an editor to do a rough cut for me in order to save time and effort. <br /><br />In any case, it goes without saying that my initial estimate for when this film will be complete was pretty far off. I am not interested in throwing something together for the sake of immediate gratification. I worked with some amazing people on this film who worked very hard and gave so much with very little immediately in return. The completed film is the reward. I am putting the kind of energy and time into Elan Vital that I would into one of my top notch paintings. Every frame matters. If there is something that we missed during production or a shot that does not match the mood that I am going for, I find a fix. That's the beautiful thing about non-linear editing. There ALMOST always seems to be a fix. The tools are there - add some creativity and ingenuity and you find some unbelievable gems hidden in the cut that you just didn't know were there at first. Katy has been fantastic in the process. Sometimes I work alone and sometimes she's at the helm which allows me to step back and see things differently and find unique solutions to problems or more effective ways of conveying the sentiment of the scene. <br /><br />We will be upgrading soon to Final Cut 6 which has some features including a camera stabilization filter that will be wonderful to play with and we're armed to the teeth with post-production programs including Shake 4.1 and After Effects 6.5. For you techies out there, I am working on an Apple "Fall 2005" Powerbook G4 with 1.5G RAM, a Western Digital 500GB external hard drive, and until I get my package in the mail, Final Cut Pro 5.0.4. This level of preparedness will without a doubt add even more quality to the final movie. It also means adding a bit more time to the process. As Katy and I work the picture, Ryan is working hard on audio. <br /><br />As you all (who worked on Elan Vital) know, it is not exactly a conventional, point and shoot kind of film and I am no less than a Perfectionist who demands a lot from my work. Right now it is early September. I would really really really like to have the whole thing finished by November but even that may be ambitious. There is post-production where we edit the picture and sound which in and of itself is complex and takes several runs through. Ryan's posts below on sound and music will go in depth on that end. But even after the final cut of image is married to sound and music and credits are in place, there is post-post during which color correction takes place, a high quality output is processed, and the final tweaks are made to everything. <br /><br />I am eager to get the film out to festivals - especially in Europe and some deadlines will be missed this year due to time. We will surely try for those next year and in the mean time attempt to show off everyone's hard work everywhere possible. So in case you are wondering when it will be finished or if we have just dropped off the Earth, we are making wonderful progress daily and - yes - we have fallen off the Earth and into Elan Vital. I hope this post lends a little insight into my process and that of the entire post-production process of this very independent film.<br /><br /><center><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=mutinyuniverc-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B000PGVK5S&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="width:120px;height:240px;" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=mutinyuniverc-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B000BX5GGY&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="width:120px;height:240px;" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=mutinyuniverc-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B000E8JL80&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="width:120px;height:240px;" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe></center>Jason J. Loyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05514417357350303607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002864889939202431.post-12757673102401061662007-08-31T20:09:00.000-07:002007-08-31T21:13:45.527-07:00Jason J. Loya: Writer / Director / Lumberjack<a href="http://lh4.google.com/MutinyUniverse/RlILvb-0lQI/AAAAAAAAAaU/-yZ9UQtZeKI/ElanVitalMotelRoom%20014.jpg?imgmax=512"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://lh4.google.com/MutinyUniverse/RlILvb-0lQI/AAAAAAAAAaU/-yZ9UQtZeKI/ElanVitalMotelRoom%20014.jpg?imgmax=512" border="0" /></a>Our art director <a href="http://rgorgos.blogspot.com/">Robyn Gorgos</a> and gaffer Phillip Smith built the interior of a motel room from scratch. Check out our production stills - linked near the top of the page and near the bottom of the page - to see the motel room for yourself. Incredible, simply incredible.<br /><br />Producer Katy and production manager John also contributed to the construction effort. It goes without saying that in independent cinema, virtually everyone who has a stake in a movie takes on extra jobs above and beyond their credited position. Director Jason and yours truly (composer Ryan) drove around the seediest parts of the San Gabriel Valley to furnish the seedy motel room set with equally seedy set dressings.<br /><br />The budget of the movie - while it ultimately was <em>just right</em> to make the movie possible - didn't allow for truck rental to haul the furniture for the motel, and we couldn't come up with anyone within a 50 mile radius to loan us such a vehicle. So we had to transport a scuzzy bed comforter, a lampstand drawer, a couple of lamps, and a headboard (and probably more stuff) in Jason's four-door sedan, all at once. The intuition strengthened while playing Tetris was definitely helpful for this occasion.<br /><br />But when the headboard didn't fit quite right for the trunk, that's when Jason became a lumberjack (of sorts):<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='280' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx2WkhpX_c7mf3nRrvHgQ_BrzYv2roPBxfX6OHI92dYPzP129iXKlfI7S9BQznbQSgrYKDZ97u1gpb0dF3Ejw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='280' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxzimSSIJSt5rZqL0JSfrtwr-mffJjsh8VHxK2yLDw6UgKP76X3-FRLy4eXXqxda8_J8vkNjCu4iepKWceB-g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='280' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyAGBUGhWdcCjmsmSTa9xoBTGZBnkgdtIHiTdN6yq8VnDAngsvWBE0oKZIGmuf6tHcl3i8R04kNFqAGgyPKhQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />We'd like to give Salvation Army guy some thanks for his assistance, i.e., <em>the rusty saw</em> (which was better than nothing).Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0