RESULTS!

1. Kim Gohlich and Nick Durron - I wasn't in favor of this thing at first, having two people win first place, I thought it was a weird idea. But I'm afraid, I can't decide! They're both amazing! Kim Gohlich wins first in first place for the best thought out cinematography, though I'm not sure I agree with the focusing on the camera, I love everything else. The framing is great, along with the set design. Nick Durron wins second in first place for the awesome effects, and the great mimic in cinematography of the shot from "North by Northwest". But I couldn't possibly put it in first place since it was basically copying the shot from the movie "North by Northwest", though done very well.

2. Newright - Glad you're back! Great shot, love the frightened abductee amidst all the clutter.

3. Mutuceba (1) - Wow, these are BIG images. My computer slows down when I scroll past them on the page. Great quality! The only thing I dislike is I think I see the very edge of your desk at the bottom of the frame. A simple crop can fix that! Good shot though.

4. Homerball - Very basic, a bit too basic. Not very good cinematography, there's way too much floor in the shot, the characters are the most important thing. If that's a green screened background though, you get some points for that. Good effects.

5. Mutuceba (2) - It's good, but I think they should be more in the middle of the frame, they're a bit off center, and it makes it look weird. Nothing really special about the cinematography because to me it kind of looks like somebody took out their camera and quickly snapped a picture of them flying past his apartment window or something. Great quality again though!

6. SW8 - Very plain shot. The set design is terrible. And the colors are a bit cluttered, I barely noticed the robot grabbing the guy's leg.

Congratz, Kim and Nick! Exchange ideas for next theme! Can't wait to see what you guys come up with!

filmyguy1

3rd is good I guess
I will try to compress them next time Thanks  filmyguy
Also don't judge without my entry

Am the only person who wasn't impressed by Nick's shot? The composition is boring; there's no tension at all; nothing to suggest that he's in any kind of danger, apart from the film reference. I think people were just wowed by the masking.

Okay, in that case...
The new theme is: An Ordinary Event
The idea here is to take a very ordinary event, like walking down the street, or going shopping, and make it interesting using cinematography.
So yeah...go for it.

Now how exactly am I going to go about making a town with an ordinary even an ordinary event.:/

I'm editing my entry. Came out a tiny bit better than I thought it would.

filmyguy1

To get it the way I wanted it I had to crop a lot of stuff out, there was a gigantic lego spider on one of the buildings.
But I decided it looked better this way.
Sorry for the grain.

filmyguy1

Hazzat's right, the idea is not to take something ordinary and add elements to make it interesting. What I meant when I said "and make it interesting using cinematography." is that the ordinary event should stay ordinary, but what makes it interesting is the way it's lit and shot. The whole point of picking this theme is that a lot of entries seem to be shots that show action or extraordinary circumstances, but good cinematography is still important for shots that may not have a lot of importance attached to them, like someone walking into a building, or driving to work, or any other number of "mundane" activities. I don't care if I get ten entries of a generic fig walking down a generic street*, what I care about is the cinematography of the shot, and if you don't know what that means, then go look it up.

*Though nice street sets are still more appreciated than a simple wall.

Last edited by Kim Gohlich (October 3, 2009 (02:04am))

Was that a "subtle" way of telling me you find this boring?