Open Cut - Ready Set Go Susannah!

This is how it started.

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Begin forwarded message:

From: Torrey Loomis <tloomis@silverado.cc>

Date: May 14, 2008 6:00:28 PM PDT

To: kirsch_california@mac.com

Subject: Invitation to participate in OpenCut - World's First Open Source Film Competition

I wanted to extend an invitation to you to participate in OpenCut - the world's first open source film competition.

We are providing an entire set of 35mm film quality assets shot on the RED ONE Digital Cinema camera--including all video, audio, as well as storyboards and scripts. OpenCut will provide the material, and entrants will provide the editorial.

We are kicking off OpenCut with a short subject called "Susannah" which was directed by Evan Nicholas and executive produced by Joe Carnahan of "Smokin' Aces" and "NARC."

Entrants to the competition register at http://www.OpenCut.org and then send a blank hard drive to OpenCut. Our film personnel will transfer 170 Gb of RED ONE material along with supporting media to the hard drive.

At a set date, all hard drives are shipped back to the contestants. They have 30 days to complete their cut including all color correction, audio fixes, and anything that would need to be accomplished for a completed project.

At the end of the competition, all finished entries are uploaded to VUZE which is generously hosting files in HD for all entrants.

Judging will take place through July 6th and a winner is announced on July 7th.

The winner of OpenCut will receive a prize package from Silverado Systems including a brand new AJA IO HD. Further, the winning editor will be listed as the official "editor-of-record" at IMDB and the winning short will be submitted to film festivals around the country throughout 2008. We will also be finishing the winning entry on SCRATCH in native 4k resolution.

You can find out more information here:

http://www.opencut.org/

We'd love to have as many students register as possible before departing for the summer. The competition is open to students, amateurs, and professionals--and you can participate as an individual or in a group. Further, the competition is open internationally.

Please let me know if you would like more information.

Torrey

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Torrey Loomis

Project Director - OpenCut

Susannah the Movie

June 15, 2008


Tony, Dinah & Sig - Game plan meeting for 30-45 minutes before entering the editing suite.

Entering edit suite: Approximately 12 noon

Tony - finds more audio

Sig & Dinah - does foley for broom, gunshot, car running, gun cock, ambient noise

Dinah - works on music

Selected Music:
Beginning music by Houdini Roadshow - Riding With The Devil
Ending music by Outsider - Holiday

Today we almost finished the body of the piece. We finally finished our story and found the music that truly makes the piece jump.

End Time: 8pm

To Do on 6/22/08

1. work on titles
2. credits
3. color correction

File from Bin
Card
A27, take c08 take #27(?) needs to be Pro Res in H size (high quality)
Note: When using compression don't resubmit everything on the list each time one is added

MY FIRST ACTION FLICK EVER

SUSANNAH the Movie
May 30, 2008
7-9:30 pm

Tony & Sig input from pocket drive to Sig's 750

May 31, 2008
1pm -

Sig picked me up from Milbrae Bart station. Tony arrived at 2pm.

Sequence 7 - Export Test using compressor 3:30 - 3:35
30 sec piece
burn DVD 3:40

Possible Audio

Initially, I suggested we start looking for a sound similiar to the Funky Meters' Cissy Strut, a band I grew up dancing to in New Orleans' hot spots back in the day when "Chevelle's" were known to be one of those hip cars that a lot of guys drove. Eventually, the Funky Meters got very big and over the years took on their family name, Neville Brothers. Wish I could have gotten them to do our music...wishful thinking, huh. Or a sound simular to Rufus Thomas' "Funky Chicken". I just know we need music that POPPING. The best I thought I could come up with at this time is a young female composer from San Leandro, CA named Morgan who plays a pretty mean harmonica and told me she could pull something off in Apple's GarageBand. Still waiting to hear from Morgan...where are you Morgan? Sig suggested we check out the Good Morning Viet Nam Sound Track.

Sig and I reviewed the script over wine...Merlot...
1 hr + 5 hrs = 6 hrs

June 1, 2008

10:30 am to 4:30 pm -

Pro Resing Cards 1-14 The rest of them ready to edit - 5 hours

Dinah, Tony & Sig - Our Production Team is now called MacDiva & the Donnetts


This Logo was designed by Tony Nguyen a.k.a Mr. Photoshop

June 8, 2008

2pm – Dinah putting first rough cut onto timeline based on the script we were given.



Sig worked 2 hrs adding audio, and 2 hrs later Tony completed transitions and checked latest communication from Silverado. Sig & I put in experimental sound track. It was a lot of fun and we were very happy with our rough cut. This is not "punk work" folks, editing footage from the Red Camera is like playing around with a BIG smoking gun. We have been working our you know what off while smelling the roses and remembering that it's not as much about the destination as it is the journey.

Keeping It Real!
Dinah a.k.a MacDiva

THE ENVELOPE PLEASE!

AND, THE AWARD FOR BEST... GOES TO...


ONE MO GIN... (translation...one more time)