Short Documentary

http://vimeo.com/49435110

Here is a link to a short documentary I did sound for. I thought the video came out very well. I really like the style that Anthony chose here. Most documentaries that I see have the sound synced with the person's mouth, but Anthony doesn't. I think it works perfectly and really stylizes the piece. All the BRoll shots look gorgeous. The pull focuses and rack focuses really add to the film. When we shot the film I had my own ideas as to how I thought the film would turn out, and it didn't turn out even close to how I had I imagined. I like it even better than I imagined. This just goes to show that even with the same footage, editing can drastically change a film. I was talking to Anthony the other day and he was saying that if he or I got the dailies to a movie like Prometheus and we were the editors, a drastically different film would be created compared to the one that was released in theaters. Drop a comment and let me know what you think of this short documentary.   



Matt Shouse

digital bands

for some reason the gorillaz are a band i can get into lol its weird something about it is so cool i love this idea of never showing yourself yet still making thousands of dollars its amazing  it would be awesome if soon they ll be doing holograms!

who needs fingers when you have a car and precisely placed objects?

yes im showing this lol this in my opinion was the best of 2012 music videp just read the main comment pretty much explains it lol this must have been the hardest a band has worked on a video for awhile id say chevy should make that commercial. the other film i got on here is pretty amazing check it oue :)

mind fudge music videos

i dont know about you but i could watch this video 1000 times and still not get it lol its amazing the older art like this nowadays people dont care as much when steve showed us this i was mind f***ed lol usually nowadays music videos are just the band filming themselves in different places theres no work in it thats why i loved this video

hedghog in the fog quiz 2

i love this film and how much work went into this  it allmost seems impossible when i look at this this is one of those films you just have to show other people. it seems like theres a big meaning in this thats so rich and inspiring thats why i wanted to do it on this video thanks.

A Comparison

Over the Thanksgiving break, I was able to watch 2 movies with my family. Although the debate wasn't very vocal, it was clear that we greatly disagreed about which was the better movie for different reasons. This class influenced my views when watching both films, which is why I'd love to share this experience via this blog...

The first movie we watched was The Mark (2012). If you haven't head about it yet, it will be hard to avoid it because it's a Christian film. I will say that I enjoyed it more than some of the other discipleship-themed Christian films because The Mark begins to tell the story of the Tribulation, which is an incredibly action-packed story. Still, besides the poor quality of the graphics and special effects, the story was still incredibly focused on a conversion message. It was also disappointing to see how it failed to live up to the hype of its trailer. The film was advertised surrounding a chip implanted into humans—a revolutionary new technology that would change the world. The purpose or capabilities of the chip were really not revealed. As soon as the rapture happened in the film, the entire storyline changed to a mere attempt to survive. Not to mention that the story wasn't resolved—even a little bit. The movie ended with a trailer for the sequel.

The next night, I convinced them to show Midnight in Paris, a film I missed being able to see at Signs and Wonders several weeks ago. My mom lost interest after the first 2 minutes. She complained that they had only shown shots around Paris, with a whole day passing before introducing any characters or plot. My little brother was mainly only engaged throughout the film because I turned on the French subtitles for his French homework, and my dad claimed to have enjoyed it once it was over, but I can't verify that he was awake the whole time; he knew I thought the film was good. A story like this one was well developed with a much more subtle message of contentment. This allowed it to be appealing to more people who might even recommend it to friends after seeing it.

In the end, I was very satisfied with the contentment theme in Midnight in Paris, especially since it was Thanksgiving weekend. I'm also pretty sure that I will watch the next Mark movie anyway, but it certainly won't be on my list of favorite films.

Music Video

Some of you may have heard that HU had a hand in the making of this music video, but for those who don't know much about it, I'll give you some insight. Remedy Live a company based in Fort Wayne was planning on producing a music video for the christian band Everyday Sunday. They wanted to shoot the video on a nice camera, and so that's where HU comes in. As most of you know, we have a Red Scarlet camera in the cage. Anthony Frederick served as Camera operator for the film and I was the first AC. We shot just about everything you see in the video except for the Airplane sequence, but we did shoot the hanger scene. Also, the camera on the car and the luggage was not Red footage, that was shot on Remedy Live's 5D MK ii. It was a blast to work on and I won't bore you with any more details. Check it out, and leave a comment telling me what you think.



Matt Shouse