Unexpected feedback on test film
Posted on December 12, 2009
Two years ago, I received my SgPro adapter (35mm adapter), for my camcorder. With this equipment, I could use different camera lenses on my camcorder, to achieve the typical “Film look” on my videos. Some days after I received this adapter, I went to my cabin in Valdres with family, and here I wanted to make a test film with the adapter. However, I didn’t just want to make some simple shots with it; I wanted to make some kind of a short film, so I could see how it might look like if I made a film with it. I didn’t care about how good the short film would be, since it just was a test of the equipment, so I simply made a script one night. The day after, we started to shoot the test (short film). I used my uncle, my sister, my father and my cousins as actors. We used three days to shoot the film, using only the XH A1 with the SgPro adapter (with Pentax 50mm f1.7 lens), the shotgun mic (Sony ECM-674) I had attached to my camcorder, a homemade shoulder rig and a follow focus. I pulled the focus myself, recorded the sound from the shotgun mic on my camcorder, and used no external light what so ever.
Then, after some weeks, I came home and edited the short. I uploaded it to vimeo.com, to show people this test (short film) I had made with my equipment. Suddenly, for my big surprise, a huge bunch of people started to comment on this video after a couple of days. They wrote that it was the best short they had ever seen! The comments just poured in, and people started to comment the short as if it was a well planned short film, instead of commenting the equipment I hade tested. As mentioned, it was a big surprise for me, but I was also very happy to see that people liked my work.
Here are some of the comments:
Chris Fallon: I have no idea what they are saying yet everything still makes sense. Everything about this is wonderful. Editing, sound, music, and especially the grading. 10/10!!!!!
Me7sin: Don’t dare do anything else with your life. If you could do that in a hurry I’m eager to see what you can do with a real production
Shannon Solis: Good stuff, Some of the best I’ve seen. Your cinematography was pretty impressive, I’d think twice about letting someone shoot your next film…
Adam K.: damn, you’re so talented. This shot is really impressive.. Everything looks so pro..
Adam Cooper: this is the end to boring norwegian films, excellent job
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