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In broad and general terms that should encompass all the requirements to final product (movie or maybe some other things along with movie, The) and all work, which must be done to deliver the final product. In other words, we should define our movie genre, duration etc.; what else is included in the final product; fields we want to concentrate on while producing the movie (personally I need to develop my skills in 3D modelling, and I'd like to learn a bit of HTML5 with Java, which are presumably substitute Flash and ActionScript now) and then determine the work to deliver all that.
Don't forget about time scope: by which date we are going to release our immortal creation.
cool...
okay, I recommend a 60 second TV commercial as the genre.
That would require a tight script and fast pace but it allows for many contributers to shoot individual scenes ( clips ) if the actual product lends itself to that type versatility ( a sports product, hamburger, coke, whatever ).
We would ideally have a website ( maybe with a simple database ) for team to sign up, give contact info, email address, etc.. and it needs to be secure to some extent..and report progress ( those could be fields in the database ). Samples of work either completed or in progress could be displayed ( via html5 streaming stuff ). Maybe uploads and downloads from site too...
I have the equipment to do small setups , with lighting etc, but am new in my neighborhood so getting free locations to use might be difficult..( interiors )... so I'd like to keep my own contribution desires open now... could be speedgrade or cc in general ...on the good ol pig.
time duration to complete project should wait until we have the contributers express interest etc... as the more who work on it the faster we can probably do it..
We should basically maybe imagine a production office that someone just opened in a new city...to do a job... and fill those positions.. production manager is important.. sorta like the nuts and bolts of keeping things in perspective and moving along... coordinating things.
the script ideally will end up being tight enough to be a strip board.. and someone has to keep track of what is shot, what changes have to be made ( script re-write ) etc...
editor... someone with experience or desire to learn this more better... should be into this along with the music composition or mixing etc.
distribution... the place to show the product...
critical review... a place ( website again ? ) .. to vote on and critique and review the results of the final showing...in two ways...
aesthetically speaking , along with technically speaking...
PLUS
the overall impressions of those who contributed.... what worked, what was too slow, what didnt work.
ps.
regardless of the genre ( commercial , drama feature, episodic, industrial, etc ) lets treat this like a 'movie' in the sense that we need ( along with distribution ) posters, print ads, radio spots... etc... talk show appearances, newspaper articles... all the stuff that PR does.. for any product...and lets tap into that aspect of selling and marketing...
boy, those are great ideas you have, Steve, about the potential product.. I was a little confused about some aspects ( couldnt imagine it ) but when it comes down to that fine tuning you could maybe add a link to something similar ( visuals , etc ).. or you could draw pics etc...
cool ideas...
fuzzy.. you happened to mention...
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I hope we are ready to release by Cristmas.
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which made me think right away that instead of 'pizza' or yoodles , it could maybe be a xmas present ( anything wrapped like a present )...
I know this is getting into stuff we're not ready for yet... but was just my stupid immediate 'idea'...
anyway, I just discovered I may be too stupid to do much but will do what I can for sure.
The reason I feel stupid is cause I got the ninja and in trying to unlock the secret code to get avid to work on the SSD drive it took me like a FREAKIN HOUR to actually accomplish that task.. ( the code " ABCDEFOI " turned out to be all letters except for the 0....which was a number....OMG....
I've now recuperated from the horrendous effort to get the ninja working with the ssd for avid codec.. due to my stupidity...and the next step ( also updated firmware ) is to put camera on tripod, hook up hdmi and attempt to record with the thing.. and the put into pig and see what happens in cs6....
so I've decided that since I have no clue what I'm doing with this basic shooting and putting into pig thing.. I would like to focus on " shooting" something and contributing some kinda clip ( with slated sound )...
I can do whatever is needed to get the files to others.. upload, dvd mailing, blu ray, whatever.. and I have a post office close by so I can do express mail etc .. whatever is needed...
Aside from that my personal goal is also to learn how to work wtih a group and fit in with the group in a way that I add as much value as I can without being into ego stuff.. like wanting to be some kinda control freak or loose cannon or whatever.. just kinda help in a group....
so, shooting using new camera, ninja thing , cs6 on pig ( no internet connection on pig but mouse has that )... might be a good start for me...
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I'm probably aware of production manager issues and other stuff too, if I am needed to help out there too...
whatever...I am flexible...
wow, thats fantastic fuzzy.. nice going !!!! I took a screenshot of that so I have it on my desktop now.. can review it etc as needed...
I'm thinking there is not that much time between now and Dec 24.. so I better get my butt in gear.....start moving....GET GOING ! hehe...
I hope some people sign onto this and are willing the take the challenge ...and if help from adobe is available that would be nice too...but mostly I think we have to depend on ourselves...
I dumped my Microsoft Visual Studio program ( asp.net etc ) a while back ( before the mouse )...and that required IIS ( for server )...soooo I'm thinking maybe my current web hosting program ( inmotionhosting ) might have the junk necessary to do some interactive stuff...but I need to call them on phone and see whats up with that.. how much it would cost for them to set something up for me quick... I'll get on that by Tue. next week. If anyone else has ability to have secure website for stuff that would be cool..
Im sure the macromedia stuff ( oh, sorry, I mean ' dreamweaver ' ) can do what we need.. but nobody I know here does that stuff...
I'm gonna look over what you did so far and think about it a little... and get back to this thread later. Thanks fuzzy.. nice job starting this...
In case someone else would like to join, but it’s not quite clear what we’re trying to do at this stage.
The project requires accomplishing two sets of tasks: work to produce and deliver the final product and work to manage the work of producing and delivering the final product (to manage the project itself).
So as to produce and deliver the product we need to define what constitutes our product first. A set of ‘tangible assets’, included in our final product, was proposed above. Now we need to ensure that all items we want are in the list, every item specification is clear and sufficient, and to which extent we can tolerate some deviations from the specifications.
Knowing that, we will be able to define, which work and in which order we need to undertake (invent a story, convert it into a storyboard, shoot a particular take etc.) and which tools (resources) we need to accomplish that.
And since this is the collaborative project, we need to find a tool (software), which will help us easily create and monitor tasks calendar and their progress (complete, requires approval etc.), who is responsible for a particular task, whether we have all tools (resources) to accomplish it or have to undertake another task to obtain required resources and so on. That is what Rod was talking about in his latter posts.
Hope, it’s clearer now, so
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how cool.. thanks fuzzy.. I'll check out those links...
I just finished a test with my new ninja from hdmi out ( nikon d800 ).. and it looks nice... avid codec. looks way nicer than h264 from sd card...in cs6 program monitor ... at least thats my first impression...Im very happy with it so far...
is basically now 422 10 bit instead of 8 bit .. but still just 420 original 'color' from chip.. but it actually looks better..
pig is happy
when i was into that ms visual studio stuff and ms sql server .. i looked into the mysql thing ( open source ) and what I really really liked about the ms sql svr. was the enterprise UI thing.. where you could make a sorta flow chart of your tables and links between fields in those tables...and it was way easy to change the parameters of the fields ( legal input etc )...
I am so out of that now... its been like 6 years since my foray into that asp.net junk, and playing with dreamweaver alternatives etc...
I cant say his name but someone who has been here is a pro programmer and author and musician and very talented etc.. who can probably set up something simple for us if we give him the server... but I cant volunteer that kinda thing for him.. he's busy big time...but he does know whats up with media and stuff.. so who knows.. maybe worth yappin with him if we get enough forum users interested in this ..
I honestly dont think there are that many pro people here ... i listed about 8 names or 10 names earlier who I think are up to the level this would work for... but they are also busy making a living etc.. so... if it aint 'monetized' it may be a stupid thing to pursue for some ...
I think we have to be prepared to realize everyone has their own agenda here.. as a 'hobby' and maybe a way to make money at the hobby.. but beyond that it is kinda iffy.... who knows.. anything can happen...
Fuzzy Barsik wrote:
COME TO JOIN US!
- I don't have a camera.
- I don't shoot.
- I have a couple of paying projects currently in the works.
- I'm not sure where I would fit into this plan.
Maybe some graphic elements or comps?
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