I Ran Against Us

by **ntbullock** » May 11th, 2009, 3:08 pm

We're now waiting on score, so it'll be a bit. We want to try and find distribution. It'll be quite awhile before it's available online - and even then it'd be in the form of iTunes and/or Netflix streaming hopefully.

by **Brian** » May 11th, 2009, 3:33 pm

Oh you're going to sell it! Good for you, I'll probably buy a copy when it comes out then.

by **ntbullock** » May 11th, 2009, 3:51 pm

It's a feature length movie that cost around $30K. We're going to try to sell it, yes.

by **Brian** » May 13th, 2009, 11:41 pm

ntbullock wrote:It's a feature length movie that cost around $30K. We're going to try to sell it, yes.

I didn't realize it cost that much! That's a lot indeed. I'm really pretty ignorant of how a movie comes together, although I do know a guy who makes independent films around here...but so far I like your stuff better.

by **ntbullock** » June 20th, 2009, 11:23 pm

by **Brian** » July 5th, 2009, 9:16 pm

I was just wandering around the forums just now and saw...

"Most users ever online was 334 on Mon Jun 29, 2009 9:49 am"

How did you manage to get that many people to the site that early in the morning? I know you had the premiere that night, but did you get some radio buzz going or something?

by **ntbullock** » July 6th, 2009, 2:02 am

I know there are quite a few people following my production journal. Maybe they thought I'd say something "special" on that day? ;]

That's awesome though.

by **Brian** » July 6th, 2009, 4:09 pm

I saw my first mention of IRAU outside of this site the other day. One of my friends on facebook was a fan of an actress I had never heard of...so I went to that actress's FB page (Lara Grice I think) and saw that she was in IRAU.
Small world!

by **Maek** » August 6th, 2009, 10:14 pm

NT - have you given any thought to submitting I Ran Against Us to Sundance? That's a great forum for you to get exposure in!!

by **ntbullock** » August 7th, 2009, 1:25 am

I just mentioned Sundance on the project journal, actually. Yes, we are sending, but it's more a formality than anything. Sundance usually only snags bigger pictures.

by **Brian** » August 12th, 2009, 11:05 am

You must be glad this is about over. Looking forward to seeing it, and good luck with the medical stuff you mentioned in the project journal.

by **Maek** » August 14th, 2009, 8:33 am

NT - don't count yourself out of Sundance. There are plenty of independent films that get picked up. Keep it up - I'm sure you'll get noticed.

by **ntbullock** » August 15th, 2009, 11:16 pm

We did get accepted to the New Orleans Film Fest.

I'm just not big into festivals is all. Necessary evil, I suppose.

by **ntbullock** » August 19th, 2009, 10:26 pm

Finally have the music to cut a proper trailer:

http://www.iranagainstus.com/video.html

Feedback welcome... Enjoy.

by **Brian** » August 19th, 2009, 11:17 pm

Well, I am pretty interested in seeing the whole movie now.

I confess the premise has always kinda bothered me as absurd, which I suspect might be intentional. The acting looks good so far, and I seem to like everything SP does, so I would definitely give this film a try too.

by **ntbullock** » August 19th, 2009, 11:19 pm

The premise is bizarre. No doubt. It's definitely a satire on politics and romantic comedies.

by **tigaer** » August 20th, 2009, 10:20 am

just saw the trailer. really good work there! it's also an interesting piece of story. how will the movie be published? i mean i'm sitting in germany here and would love to see it when it's done.

also... how did you guys film it? right now i'm hearing a lot of talk about the canon 5d II, and its 1080p video recording power, as an amateur alternative that really seems to work in really good quality.

keep up the nice work! :D

by **ntbullock** » August 20th, 2009, 12:03 pm

Thanks. Publishing is a new animal to tame for us, so we'll be learning about this process as we go. The movie is basically about 98% completed so we're just at a point where we have a product. The economy isn't going to make it any easier to get this movie at least out on DVD shelves and rent-able. Time will tell.

We shot using the Panasonic HVX200a with an added 35mm adapter Brevis unit for DOF. It's shot at 24fps and wiping out the color helps remove some of the video look as well.

I absolutely love your artwork. Great stuff. I can't remember if I've stroked your artistic ego yet. We need to work together someday, SON!

by **tigaer** » August 22nd, 2009, 9:19 am

learning by doing :) i hope you guys will make it, getting it out on dvd.

stroking is never wrong. *eyes* thanks man. but sure... just mail me and i'll gladly try myself on whatever you need.

ntbullock wrote:Thanks. Publishing is a new animal to tame for us, so we'll be learning about this process as we go. The movie is basically about 98% completed so we're just at a point where we have a product. The economy isn't going to make it any easier to get this movie at least out on DVD shelves and rent-able. Time will tell.

We shot using the Panasonic HVX200a with an added 35mm adapter Brevis unit for DOF. It's shot at 24fps and wiping out the color helps remove some of the video look as well.

I absolutely love your artwork. Great stuff. I can't remember if I've stroked your artistic ego yet. We need to work together someday, SON!

by **Outbound** » September 9th, 2009, 12:56 pm

OH MY GOD TIGAER! I'm like your biggest fanboy on Deviantart!!! Well, I pretty much favourite anything you put up at least.

And NT, nice to see you have something so near completion. The last person I helped in making a movie is going insane trying to get the thing finalized. I'll post something about his progress in the main forum.

Oh, and you should check out the Canon 7D for your next project. I have a 5D Mark II myself, and the video was a nice bonus but the restrictions on frame-rate do complicate post-production a bit. I think the 7D will be the next indie film-maker's camera. It can do both PAL and NTSC signals regardless of the market it's sold in. It can do 24/25/30p at full HD and 50/60 at 720p with a datarate of 42 MB/s.

It doesn't have a Full-Frame sensor like the 5D but it still has an APS-C size sensor that's bigger than any sensor on any professional camcorder out there, and I'm pretty sure that the upcoming 1Ds Mark IV will be the pinnacle of the current DSLR/ video revolution.

by **ntbullock** » September 9th, 2009, 4:23 pm

For our next feature we won't be shooting 720p. That was only out of necessity. I wouldn't want to shoot below 1080p. We're definitely interested in the new RED cams coming out.

by **Outbound** » September 10th, 2009, 8:21 am

If they ever come out. Canon has pretty much made it clear that they're gunning for the Scarlet market.

And the 24/25/30p is at FullHD 1080p.

Check this out:

http://vimeo.com/6487566

by **ntbullock** » September 10th, 2009, 11:03 am

The video does look good.

by **hardbed34** » September 23rd, 2009, 11:17 pm

You said in your journal that you sent it to sundance? how's that going? I live by there!

AND my roomate speaks japanees fluently if you still need some verification on those characters...

by **ntbullock** » September 23rd, 2009, 11:26 pm

I don't think we got into Sundance. I didn't think we would. It's obviously high profile.

Thanks for the offer. If I need additional help on the Japanese then I'll keep you in mind. Thanks.

by **ntbullock** » October 13th, 2009, 4:02 pm

We did well at the NOLA fest the other night. Great response.

Someone posted our trailer on VideoSift with complimentary things to say after watching it that night:

http://www.videosift.com/video/I-Ran-Against-Us-Trailer

by **ntbullock** » October 14th, 2009, 9:24 am

So, when I'm done with the subtitles for the DVD it'd be nice to get some other translations like French. If anyone who actively speaks another language wanted to help out and translate then private message me.

by **hardbed34** » October 17th, 2009, 1:31 pm

Good job at the film festival NT. audience choice? is that what I read? well congrats.

by **ntbullock** » October 21st, 2009, 5:48 pm

Yeah, we had a really good showing and Q&A session. Hearing people respond to the movie is always a treat.

by **Brian** » November 5th, 2009, 11:15 pm

I check in every now and then to see what's going on here and it seems that IRAU is pretty much done...you've even got the packaging completed.
So are you going to let us SP Forum folks send you some money for a copy??

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