short film: the Sign Holder

[ufctnawwe]

From 4:15 to 4:26 the boom is clearly in the shot... Good stuff

[oronnh]

is the "boom in" shot at 4:16?

[cscdigitalgraphics]

Fantastic. Love the different style of cinematography from close ups to time lapse to street scene. This is great work.

[StormTheGamer]

Woow real great! perfekt cc and everything.

[sa66am]

she looks like half asian! not like some one came from asian country!

[ShakespeareChannel]

Great film Toby. Well done.

[a2004uk]

NAZI SIGN on the stick at 1.02

[NateHail]

Boom - 2:56

[roshinishah]

Hey I am from the Usha Pravin Gandhi College Of Management, Mumbai, India.

We have an international short film making competition in our fest 'Aahan' coming up soon.

Pls let me know if you are interested to participate.

Waiting for your response!!

[DarthXboxian]

Hey I really enjoyed watching this short film! Can someone help me out with the meaning of it?

[cumanagoto]

Very nice short film! Thank you for sharing it with the world.

[lee00dub]

id do her.

[tubevintage]

what type of camera did you use?

The cinematography is great.

[tubevintage]

what type of camera did you use?

[rachelchicago]

that was so good.

i really enjoyed it:)

[imaginox]

I really like this piece!

[RoyalUndisputed]

excellent we movie

[emceefreshjiveLA]

Great touch with the discman! it gave me a sense of the sign holders style, theres this website called BIGSTARtv they're holding a online film festival and you can submit internationally and the grand prize is 50K!

[fangorn2]

Excellent!

[tobitoabad]

Very nice short. Very nice!

[PartialS]

Beautiful film. I love the close cropped shots, the lovely little acting touches, the great eye misdirections and the lovely flowing editing. I've watched this about four times in a row now, and I'll be watching out for you in the future. That's feature-film talent there...

[TobyAshenheim]

cant believe people have picked up on the swastika, yet no-one has spotted the biggest "Boom In Shot" ever... it seems to elude people for some reason.. first person to spot it, comment with the time...

[starfedrogue]

@TobyAshenheim Spotted at 2:58! (And before reading the comments too ^_^)

[mofoCutThroat]

@TobyAshenheim

2:57

Ha!

I suppose the shot was an accident that was too good to throw away over the boom?

Before hitting "post", I looked at the comments and realized I'm not the first to mention the time to you. Thanks for making take a second look anyway.

[in2myheart]

@TobyAshenheim 4:17 lol. XD

[thevilordemon]

@TobyAshenheim If you refer to the boom shot at 4:17, it is obviously done on purpose, you can see the camera as well.

[thevilordemon]

@TobyAshenheim Great short film!

[nealezumm]

@TobyAshenheim failed to spot the boom yet, but I'm sure I'll watch this perfect little piece more than once (couldn't miss the swastika though!). It's got a lot of quirky charm, the right tone and rhythm; just enough style - but with a sort of awkward discreetness about it - and subtance - but it doesn't get heavy either - just the right precarious equilibrium of odds and ends... Brilliant. Thanks.

[flegix]

@TobyAshenheim

2:35 "walk" ?

[hurhurhurr]

@TobyAshenheim "boom in shot" 4:17 - 4:26

Bottom left side of the screen.

[louislaw85]

@TobyAshenheim 4.18- 4.22

BOOM!!

[MadE1423leprechaun]

@TobyAshenheim 2:46

[MadE1423leprechaun]

@TobyAshenheim 2:46

[timliewyear91]

@TobyAshenheim 2:46

[m0jake]

@TobyAshenheim 2:56 right? dropping the cup of soup. seems like an obvious error in angle or set up there. :)

[gguerrero11]

@TobyAshenheim lol i thought she was wearing fur boots

[CoolThatSounds]

1:06 - The wood has a swashtika carved in it! (Nazi symbol) WTF?!

[TobyAshenheim]

Yeah, we borrowed a real sign for 2 days, and it was already carved in there... its little grimy details like that that really help sell the bleakness of this particular job. it works for me anyway. this film was about using what was already there and incorporating it into a short fiction.. e.g the man who holds the sign for her at the end - that was genuinely unscripted kindness of a passer by, and we happened to be rolling when he stepped in.

[TheRealGrandMoss]

@CoolThatSounds doesn't Swastika represent eternity in Buddhism? I mean I know it's a Nazi symbol too, but from what I remember Nazi's stole the sign

[FIRSTW0RLD]

how did you do the speed up effect 1:15-1:22? plz show me tutorial how u did it plz id really appreciate that

[TobyAshenheim]

really simple actually, I just filmed my subject on a locked of tripod for about 2-3 minutes, standard 1/48th shutter speed, no in camera effects, just make sure your subject stands as still as possible... then in post (FCP) right clicked on my clip in the sequence, selected speed, and changed the speed to whatever looked fast enough 300%, 500% whatever looks good for you...

[TobyAshenheim]

...Now that looks pretty flat and practical, so then i went in to Effects > Time, and added "Time Trails". play around with the settings till it suits your shot. this adds the effect of a really slow shutter, and the interesting ghosting effects on moving parts of the image. hope that helps.

[ashenheims]

great love it

[EvanLarimore]

Excellent work! I enjoyed it.

[shearn111]

that girl definitely needs some sleep man.

[rollingstone100]

why the hells is there i swaztika on that sign shes holding.

[raybanfandom]

A very good short film. Splendid.

[DiabloPlayer4life]

the interviewer is American? :S

Nice little film. The lead has a pretty good screen appearance. Very natural and good features.

Was she good to work with?

[houseofkan]

such an expressive face

[RenderingGlintFilms]

DUDE AWESOME!!!!

[iandud3]

good stuff champ

[itheobserver]

Nice

[steppieclack]

Nice film - I really enjoyed that. Where did you get the DOF adapter?

[giuseppeiannoni]

it's all good , well done!

[BHPUNX]

i liked it

[lmenchia]

really nice video. good job

[xheartshapebox]

I really really enjoyed this. Youve obviously got some great talent!

Out of curiosity, anyone know where ican get a job as a sign holder on oxford street?

[jebsenrab]

This is so cool, i highly reccomend it, you are a very tallented filmmaker Toby X

[lmenchia]

really nice... congrats

[madmanali93]

nice movie its funny what it turned out to be at the end

[RickBush]

I really liked it.

[chinkypinky29]

Nice toby - Looks juicy as hell.

[RockinVideosRSweet]

pretty sweet

you could enter this into one of those online film contests, like yobi film