short film: the Sign Holder

screened at CANNES Film Festival.

HD LINK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTFReQNvs2Q&fmt=22

Shot on oxford street, london december 2007.

Shot on a sony Z1, M2 adapter, and an old nikon lens.
My first short film, rustic but fun.

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[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...

[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.

[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.

[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?

[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

[gguerrero11]

@TobyAshenheim lol i thought she was wearing fur boots

[m0jake]

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

[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!

[timliewyear91]

@TobyAshenheim 2:46