The Caped Avengah's Pie Adventures is online!
I just spend two days cleaning up the sound, only to upload it to youtube where it will sound like shit anyway. w00t. Is this movie worth two years of hype? You decide...
MPEG-1 rocks the fuck out of H.264.
I spent a good deal of yesterday compressing CAPA in a variety of formats before uploading to youtube. MPEG-1, with the video at 1.85mbps and audio at 48kh, 226kbps, gave me a much better and consistent looking video file that was a couple megabytes smaller than the H.264 equivalent (they were both in the 90mb range). And to put icing on the cake, the MPEG conversion took about half the time and also included de-interlacing, which I would have had to do separately on H.264, which would have made it take even longer. This brings me to a question I asked myself yesterday... who in the world would need to retain an interlaced image after taking the quality far below tape and broadcast standards? Gah. Anyways. I have to give H.264 a bit of credit though, their algorithm was smart enough to detect text and ensure that those images were crisp and clean. Too little too late, though.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Caped Avengah Kills!
An MSN log play-by-play of somebody watching the Caped Avengah trailer:
Mr. Moo says: (9:01:54 PM)
solid!
Mr. Moo says: (9:03:33 PM)
omg
Mr. Moo says: (9:03:36 PM)
wtf am i watching
Mr. Moo says: (9:04:09 PM)
oh... oh my god
Mr. Moo says: (9:04:19 PM)
I want to kill myself
Mr. Moo says: (9:04:21 PM)
OH SHIT
Mr. Moo says: (9:04:28 PM)
i just heard him yelling at the pie
Mr. Moo says: (9:04:30 PM)
that killed me
Could this be the best video of all time? I doubt it, but the film Titanic killed forty nine people* and my video's trailer is at one. Only forty eight to go!
*source
Mr. Moo says: (9:01:54 PM)
solid!
Mr. Moo says: (9:03:33 PM)
omg
Mr. Moo says: (9:03:36 PM)
wtf am i watching
Mr. Moo says: (9:04:09 PM)
oh... oh my god
Mr. Moo says: (9:04:19 PM)
I want to kill myself
Mr. Moo says: (9:04:21 PM)
OH SHIT
Mr. Moo says: (9:04:28 PM)
i just heard him yelling at the pie
Mr. Moo says: (9:04:30 PM)
that killed me
Could this be the best video of all time? I doubt it, but the film Titanic killed forty nine people* and my video's trailer is at one. Only forty eight to go!
*source
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Duke Panache!!!!
DUKE PANACHE!
The NEXT great Canadian Director! Action, Drama, Romance, suspense and even Comedy! I promise you, fellow film-lovers, that this man can do it all. I've seen only a portion of his work and I was so blown away by it that I had to take it easy for a minute.
I really want to say that he's underground or that he's 'on the rise' but that really doesn't do justice. Let's be honest, phrases like that sound outright lame. He's not underground because he can't make it into the mainstream; he's not independent because a studio wouldn't' pick him up (they'd salivate at the thought, lol) The reason that he's still in the shadows is because the mainstream literally isn't ready for such greatness. To be outright exposed to Duke Panache would be equivalent to getting a heart attack from being quickly submersed into cold water (it's happened). Like a stir-fry, the public needs to be warmed up before it can sizzle in the heat. This heat, is DUKE PANACHE.
So, ladies and gentlemen, get ready. I'd love to tell you what to get ready for or how, but all I can tell you is that it's Classified. Yes, that's right. Info on his latest and greatest project shrouded in so much mystery that even project itself is referred to as such. Rumor has it that's it's just recently begun a long post-production process. A project of such magnitude will take a long time to complete, but the wait will be far more than worth it. Heck, I bet the film is already done and THE DUKE is just teasing us by slowly releasing small tiny bits of information. One thing I do know for sure is that the final image WILL be seen in 1080p. Gorgeous! Not even The Offline can afford to shoot 1080p. I can't wait. I have to go clean up, now. this is just too exciting for me!!
Check out these kick-ass websites!
http://www.theduke.net/ - The Duke's webpage!
http://www.dukepanache.com/movie.html - Unofficial fanpage!
http://fansofduke.tripod.com/id1.html - Not sure what the source of this is, but i found it on google, lol!
The NEXT great Canadian Director! Action, Drama, Romance, suspense and even Comedy! I promise you, fellow film-lovers, that this man can do it all. I've seen only a portion of his work and I was so blown away by it that I had to take it easy for a minute.
I really want to say that he's underground or that he's 'on the rise' but that really doesn't do justice. Let's be honest, phrases like that sound outright lame. He's not underground because he can't make it into the mainstream; he's not independent because a studio wouldn't' pick him up (they'd salivate at the thought, lol) The reason that he's still in the shadows is because the mainstream literally isn't ready for such greatness. To be outright exposed to Duke Panache would be equivalent to getting a heart attack from being quickly submersed into cold water (it's happened). Like a stir-fry, the public needs to be warmed up before it can sizzle in the heat. This heat, is DUKE PANACHE.
So, ladies and gentlemen, get ready. I'd love to tell you what to get ready for or how, but all I can tell you is that it's Classified. Yes, that's right. Info on his latest and greatest project shrouded in so much mystery that even project itself is referred to as such. Rumor has it that's it's just recently begun a long post-production process. A project of such magnitude will take a long time to complete, but the wait will be far more than worth it. Heck, I bet the film is already done and THE DUKE is just teasing us by slowly releasing small tiny bits of information. One thing I do know for sure is that the final image WILL be seen in 1080p. Gorgeous! Not even The Offline can afford to shoot 1080p. I can't wait. I have to go clean up, now. this is just too exciting for me!!
Check out these kick-ass websites!
http://www.theduke.net/ - The Duke's webpage!
http://www.dukepanache.com/movie.html - Unofficial fanpage!
http://fansofduke.tripod.com/id1.html - Not sure what the source of this is, but i found it on google, lol!
Friday, October 19, 2007
A Life is a Life
I present an old gem, the best of the best of highschool video. One of the peaks of the now defunct "Confused Director Productions". A serious war film with philosophical metaphor. A bit starring Dan Sams and Brian Morgan: A Life is a Life.
Saturday, October 13, 2007
PEOPLE in TO again
Just a shout to any of the wonderful people who worked hard on BDTC's video for People's summer '07 album, Misbegotten Man. People walked all the way from Crooklyn NY, to beautiful Khanata once again, and they handed me a stack of shiny new albums, which I will in turn mail out to the following:
Ben Cooper
Jen Mason
Jen Mason
Jack Lee
Peter Donaldson
Thanks fellas, the band was totally stoked about the video! And I'm still totally stoked that you guys came out for free to save my ass so I can run around telling people* that I'm a "producer". Also a hearty "Kick ass job, dude!" to another Canadian, Tomas Del Basco (made famous by his band dd/mm/yyyy) who did the album artwork.
*as in masses of persons, not the band.
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www.myspace.com/peopletheband
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Sunday, October 7, 2007
Caped Avengah's arrival soon...
I had written the second part to my three part computer saga, but since I fixed my problems I really don't care any more. It's time for more exciting things. I present to thee a trailer for the most highly anticipated short among BCHS alumni: The Caped Avengah's Pie Adventures.
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Computers Suck, part 1
Obsviously, for the all of one (1) of you (me) who've been following and anticipating the release of C.A.P.A., there has been a delay. I've run into computer problems, once again.
My macbook started to shut off randomly with absolutely no notice. I did some research and learned that this is a regular problem with first-generation macbooks. Apple released an a firmwire update to solve this problem. The install instructions recommended that you update your OS to the most resent version. At time of release it was 10.4.8. I have 10.4.7. The instructions specifically said that if you install the update on OS 10.4.6 or anything below, you will fuck your computer up. .7 and beyond are fine, although an update is recommended.
I booted the computer up and started a download for 10.4.10, the most recent mac OS. 250mb download. I cancelled the download in fear that my computer would turn off, as at that point it would only stay on for about 1-3 minutes. I started the firmwire update download. On completion, I followed the instructions TO THE T. After the install, I had to reset, as is normal for most software installations. Then, nothing. My computer wouldn't turn on. It would 'warm up' as in I could hear the harddrive and fan spinning, and I could insert and remove CDs. After a variety of attempts to turn my computer under different circumstances (battery in, out, depleted, waiting a long time, plugged in, unplugged, etc) I took it into a very friendly and trusty mac-authorized dealer.
The logic board was fried.
My macbook started to shut off randomly with absolutely no notice. I did some research and learned that this is a regular problem with first-generation macbooks. Apple released an a firmwire update to solve this problem. The install instructions recommended that you update your OS to the most resent version. At time of release it was 10.4.8. I have 10.4.7. The instructions specifically said that if you install the update on OS 10.4.6 or anything below, you will fuck your computer up. .7 and beyond are fine, although an update is recommended.
I booted the computer up and started a download for 10.4.10, the most recent mac OS. 250mb download. I cancelled the download in fear that my computer would turn off, as at that point it would only stay on for about 1-3 minutes. I started the firmwire update download. On completion, I followed the instructions TO THE T. After the install, I had to reset, as is normal for most software installations. Then, nothing. My computer wouldn't turn on. It would 'warm up' as in I could hear the harddrive and fan spinning, and I could insert and remove CDs. After a variety of attempts to turn my computer under different circumstances (battery in, out, depleted, waiting a long time, plugged in, unplugged, etc) I took it into a very friendly and trusty mac-authorized dealer.
The logic board was fried.
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