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Brian · Joined: 16 Jun 2008 Posts: 45 Location: Houston

Hey NT, out of curiosity what is the software that you're using in that screenshot you recently posted? Is that ProTools?

I don't think I have ever seen ProTools before and was expecting it to look a lot... "fancier"!

ntbullock · Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 9:45 am Post subject:

Final Cut Pro 6
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TheEdge · Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 2:44 pm Post subject: Small World

Hey N.T.

Just had to come by and let you know what a small world we live in. I found an old friend of mine from grade school and his info showed him to be a fan of I Ran Against Us. Come to find out he was a cinematographer for your project. Then I had to tell him how I felt sorry for him to have to work with you...a no-talent bum and how it must suck to deal with your short-man syndrome and inflated ego...but I digress. Small world huh?

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ntbullock · Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 3:09 pm Post subject:

Ha! I eagerly await his instant disapproval of me! ;]
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Brian · Joined: 16 Jun 2008 Posts: 45 Location: Houston

NT, when's the show going to be available online?...or is it too long to be up on the site?

ntbullock · Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 2:08 pm Post subject:

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.
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Brian · Joined: 16 Jun 2008 Posts: 45 Location: Houston

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

ntbullock · Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 2:51 pm Post subject:

It's a feature length movie that cost around $30K. We're going to try to sell it, yes.
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Brian · Joined: 16 Jun 2008 Posts: 45 Location: Houston

ntbullock · Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 10:23 pm Post subject:

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Brian · Joined: 16 Jun 2008 Posts: 45 Location: Houston

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?

ntbullock · Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 1:02 am Post subject:

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.
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Brian · Joined: 16 Jun 2008 Posts: 45 Location: Houston

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!

Maek · Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Posts: 76

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!!

ntbullock · Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 12:25 am Post subject:

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.
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Brian · Joined: 16 Jun 2008 Posts: 45 Location: Houston

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.

Maek · Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Posts: 76

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.

ntbullock · Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 10:16 pm Post subject:

We did get accepted to the New Orleans Film Fest.

I'm just not big into festivals is all. Necessary evil, I suppose.
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ntbullock · Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 9:26 pm Post subject:

Finally have the music to cut a proper trailer:

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

Feedback welcome... Enjoy.
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Brian · Joined: 16 Jun 2008 Posts: 45 Location: Houston

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.

ntbullock · Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 10:19 pm Post subject:

The premise is bizarre. No doubt. It's definitely a satire on politics and romantic comedies.
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tigaer · Joined: 14 Jan 2008 Posts: 10 Location: Germany

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
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ntbullock · Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 11:03 am Post subject:

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!
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tigaer · Joined: 14 Jan 2008 Posts: 10 Location: Germany

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.

Outbound · SP.com God Among Insects Joined: 18 Mar 2005 Posts: 600

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.