~{ Stairway to Paradise }~ a modern silent film

A student project by Daniel Jacob & Yolande Sukal for an advanced compositing class. It was filmed using DV on a Canon GL1, composited in After Effects, edited with Final Cut Pro and the set pieces were designed using Maya, Illustrator & Photoshop

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Rufus
• Wainwright
• Gershwin
• wright
• Stairway
• to
• Paradise
• George
• Ira
• film
• old
• movie
• After
• Effects
• student
• GL1
• silent
• short
• reel
• tinted
• B&W
• talkie
• music
• video
• modern
• tradigital
• set
• cutout
• 3D
• moon
• angel
• boy
• girl
• 1920's
• nineteen
• twenties
• roaring
• 1920s
• 19-teens
• Mary
• Pickford
• keylight
• chroma
• key
• green
• screen
• Photoshop
• Illustrator
• antique
• vintage
• retro
• death
• resurrection
• play
• 16:9
• worn
• aged
• preservation

[bobbobato]

Cute video, well done I suppose, but nothing like silents. Too be honest i think most silent film makers would have been insulted by this 'authentic' presentation of their art. And the use of Wainwright's recording is obviously nonsensical- silent films generally did not have singers in their background music, and even if they did, it would not sound like an old recording.

[millbrookmusic]

@bobbobato. 

Ah, just as pleasant as we imagined you to be.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

[millbrookmusic]

@bobbobato Oh and don't forget the 16:9 aspect ratio! That's not all that 'authentic' either, friend. It's almost like this is a modern interpretation of an old art form....

strange, i know.

[studentshortfilms]

This is great! Very well done!

[millbrookmusic]

thanks a million!

[e4pack]

Man...if they still made movies like this, then I'd be really, really happy.

[millbrookmusic]

I'm trying to find my niche' in making modern homages to silent and vintage film. We're making another one as we speak called The Death of the Matinee Idol. There's a teaser trailer on here we did a while back.

[silvertone953]

found the video 'cause i was looking for the song... but well done on the video, it's delightful!

[MattMurdockCZ]

OMG it's really, really great

[TheDolleyeschannel]

This is fantastic!!!!

[christiangg9]

wow...this was incredible

[arkady714]

This is the most charming and well done vid on this web site.

The humor, the acting, the cinematography are all brilliant. It is also very imaginative. Five stars, folks. *****

[bratniki]

Beautiful :)

[rockerhead247]

Alright, that was great, very well done.

[rrupple85]

Wonderful!!! I work in post production, so I actually know what DV and Final Cut are! LOL. Wish we were editing this awesome creative stuff instead of peddling 30 second tv commercials.

[labelle7894]

@bobbobato well i think its not about being authentic really, its more about what the artist himself invisioned which was old but new in a way with the black and white with this really catchy tune.

[chunkalicious1]

BRAVO!!!

[dinobravo69]

love this video! I posted it on my facebook page and my friends love it too! Great job! Awesome!!!