The "Promote your film" thread

Superdoog · 03-02-2012 1:19pm

Heres a short video i made about the abandoned building of R&H Hall in waterford, ireland it be great if people could check it out and leave some feedback

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcsUtWrrvKk

AnonoBoy · 04-02-2012 2:20pm

pmk396 wrote: »

Hi all,
This is the trailer of my first proper short film that I put a lot of planning and work into. It'll be premiered on Wednesday 25th April at the Sugar Club in Dublin.

Have a look at the trailer and see what you think:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?nomobile=1&v=jgNqbE9TFa8

I don't understand why Irish filmmakers insist on putting that 'This preview has been approved by the Motion Picture Association of America' title at the start of trailers.

Not only have you not submitted it for any sort of approval if you had you wouldn't have submitted it to the Motion Picture Association of America. Makes no sense.

04-02-2012 2:28pm

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I don't understand why Irish filmmakers insist on putting that 'This preview has been approved by the Motion Picture Association of America' title at the start of trailers.

Not only have you not submitted it for any sort of approval if you had you wouldn't have submitted it to the Motion Picture Association of America. Makes no sense.

I've always seen it as a desperate attempt to appear more professional than the film is. I imagine that if the Irish SOPA comes into effect then the MPAA could have any site hosting a trailer that uses the title card pulled. I imagine that a simple email from them would get youtube to pull it.

Superdoog · 04-02-2012 4:48pm

johnny_ultimate · 07-02-2012 7:08pm

Just to reflag the rule in the OP - links from first-time posters will be deleted with extreme prejudice. This isn't a place for you to get free advertising or hits for your short - it's for active members of the boards / film forum community to get their work out there.

So if your post has disappeared - that is why.

Galvasean · 24-02-2012 12:32am

Few bits of my own to share now:

Trailer for a short film called My Father's Son that I worked on recently:

Also the first review (that I know of) of the zombie film I worked on ages ago (Portrait of a Zombie):
http://www.quietearth.us/articles/2012/02/Review-of-mad-as-nuts-PORTRAIT-OF-A-ZOMBIE

danofazz · 24-02-2012 12:40am

Hey everyone !
Im 17 and still in secondary school i shoot videos as a hobby and really want to do it in third level.
I've done 4 music videos for my cousins band please check them out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR4qOl-G8lU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

It was only shot with me and my 550d would love to hear any sort of feedback cause i love improving on what i do .
Cheers for your time.

Miguel_Sanchez · 25-02-2012 9:39pm

Trailer for my new short film starring Rory Connolly, David Murray, Eric Lalor & Lacy Moore.

http://vimeo.com/37409936

thecrow108 · 03-03-2012 1:42am

Hi everyone,

Just want to share my newest video with you. This is a short observational piece on my Springer Spaniel Roly. Hopefully you'll get some enjoyment out of it and find it interesting.

shaunoc1 · 03-03-2012 2:09am

Hi all -
Here's a new short film I made last month...
Any criticism / comments / feedback would be appreciated!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIQJ14bVaMY

Thanks -

Shaun

Galvasean · 06-03-2012 1:43pm

Jeff_Lebowski wrote: »

Trailer for my new short film starring Rory Connolly, David Murray, Eric Lalor & Lacy Moore.

http://vimeo.com/37409936

Good ol' Eric Lalor

He's also in this ad I worked on for Amnesty International recently:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NmndKIH5dQ

OldGoat · 06-03-2012 10:14pm

08-03-2012 1:34am

This is a teaser I edited to go with a script that I've been writing for the past while. Going to be sending the script out to people over the coming weeks and would like to show that there's some interest in the concept, so if people have a minute to kill take a look. More info on the vimeo page.

In case people are wondering Ryan Hill is the name of the fictional documentary director and main character in the script.

yorbloke · 10-03-2012 5:50pm

this is not a ZOMBIE MOVIE.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPjjCtPxkrA

<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/IPjjCtPxkrA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

<iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IPjjCtPxkrA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

yorbloke · 10-03-2012 5:56pm

3 short films i made over last summer which are going into schools around Ireland.
Can anybody tell me how you post a video here and play on boards.ie... i seem to be only able to post the link in my messages... thanks people.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1pBeCZ_-bQ&feature=channel

sazs · 12-03-2012 5:32pm

First film project since coming back to Ireland before Christmas - features Donegalese...

shaunoc1 · 13-03-2012 10:51am

Hi everyone -
Here's a new short performance film I shot with the band Echogram
in the Cork School Of Music.

http://vimeo.com/38134420

Any comments / feedback appreciated!

Shaun

www.shaunoconnor.com

Galvasean · 13-03-2012 9:48pm

Galvasean wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NmndKIH5dQ

ad number 2 for Amnesty International:

Kbeg3 · 16-03-2012 5:39pm

lucamac · 25-03-2012 7:42pm

A short teaser trailer for the tv length pilot we are working on. It will be a very understated comedy shot in the style of Spaced. We will hopefully have the pilot finished by the summer.

The Catholic church is going through a crisis as priests become more aged and less young people are joining up. The Church decides to take action and start marketing it as a decent job to have in this economic climate...
The series revolves around a guy who loses his job during the recession and decides the priesthood is better than nothing.

This teaser introduces his uncle, and current parish priest Fr Fintan, who has found the priesthood to be a very convenient occupation for other sources of income...

Galvasean · 27-03-2012 1:21pm

Another one of those Amnesty International ads I worked on:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4x6eI6xmtc

AnonoBoy · 28-03-2012 11:17am

lucamac wrote: »

A short teaser trailer for the tv length pilot we are working on. It will be a very understated comedy shot in the style of Spaced. We will hopefully have the pilot finished by the summer.

That promo should be a lot tighter. Loads of dead air in it. I'd suggest you recut it but make it snappy, snappy, snappy.

You mentioned Spaced as an influence, go back and watch some episodes - the pace doesn't let up.

lucamac · 28-03-2012 4:10pm

AnonoBoy wrote: »

That promo should be a lot tighter. Loads of dead air in it. I'd suggest you recut it but make it snappy, snappy, snappy.

You mentioned Spaced as an influence, go back and watch some episodes - the pace doesn't let up.

The series will be done to the style of spaced. This is just a teaser. This scene in the series will be much faster paced, as it's being redone for the series. The Spaced stylization was a new idea that we believed would work well with our script to give it that great fast pace that was only decided upon recently.

You are 100% correct about the pace of this teaser compared to Spaced. I'll do a tighter cut of this teaser and see how it is, but as I said, we're re filming this for the series anyway. We're starting to film the rest of the pilot soon and it's looking very promising. Hopefully we can achieve that snappiness that Spaced achieves so well.

Apart from the pace comparison how did it come across?

AnonoBoy · 28-03-2012 8:04pm

lucamac wrote: »

Apart from the pace comparison how did it come across?

It looks well enough and the idea has comedy potential alright.

A few bits I felt were too 'stagey' - the guy walking from the church and patting his pocket didn't work for me. And I felt the Garda bit was again too slow.

But with a merciless editor in there I think it'll turn into a snappy promo alright.

lucamac · 28-03-2012 8:23pm

Ok cool. Yea, I'd say so. I edited this, I have very limited experience with it. We've a professional editor doing the series...Looking forward to how the full thing will turn out.

pmk396 · 11-04-2012 2:29pm

Darko wrote: »

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I don't understand why Irish filmmakers insist on putting that 'This preview has been approved by the Motion Picture Association of America' title at the start of trailers.

Not only have you not submitted it for any sort of approval if you had you wouldn't have submitted it to the Motion Picture Association of America. Makes no sense.

I've always seen it as a desperate attempt to appear more professional than the film is. I imagine that if the Irish SOPA comes into effect then the MPAA could have any site hosting a trailer that uses the title card pulled. I imagine that a simple email from them would get youtube to pull it.

Apologies about that guys. It was actually an idea from the producer and considering that this is my first proper effort at a short, I didn't know any better. I might actually take that off the trailer and repost the trailer without it. Over the last few months, I have since become very conscious of product placement, copyright infringement, and not using ones own material.

With the green preview notice at the start of the trailer aside, what did you think of the rest of the trailer?

The film itself is actually being premiered in The Sugar Club on Thursday 26th April. Drop by if you are interested in seeing it.

landsleaving · 04-05-2012 6:44pm

This is my first attempt at making a film, it's a 5 minute documentary about a court case in Wicklow over a right of way over private land. I'd love to get some feedback on it because my next doc is for my MA dissertation and will be a lot longer, so anything I could improve on would be good to know, and anything I got right that I should try to do again as well.

https://vimeo.com/41247321

I already know it's not the most balanced piece of work, but I had a maximum duration of five minutes and it made more sense to try to tell the story of the guys who lost their court case than try to get into a larger debate - if I had more time I would have. Here's the context, if you're interested - http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0208/enniskerry.html

pmk396 · 04-05-2012 7:39pm

landsleaving wrote: »

This is my first attempt at making a film, it's a 5 minute documentary about a court case in Wicklow over a right of way over private land. I'd love to get some feedback on it because my next doc is for my MA dissertation and will be a lot longer, so anything I could improve on would be good to know, and anything I got right that I should try to do again as well.

https://vimeo.com/41247321

I already know it's not the most balanced piece of work, but I had a maximum duration of five minutes and it made more sense to try to tell the story of the guys who lost their court case than try to get into a larger debate - if I had more time I would have. Here's the context, if you're interested - http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0208/enniskerry.html

I'm not an expert in any way when it comes to filming, especially documentaries. The way that I look at the work is that I say to myself "is there anything in this piece that I would have done differently?"

I must say that the film was very impressive and looked extremely professional. The use of footage of the walkers and the country side along with the establishing shots of the Four Courts was beautiful. I really really liked them.

There was only one thing that jumped out at me that I may have done differently and that was the shot of Siobhan Gaffney being interviewed. I thought that the camera was a bit too low and I noticed that the top of her head was out of frame. Maybe you were going for that effect? If I was shooting it, I would of had the camera at head height and left even just a small amount of space between the top of her head and the top of the frame. But like I said, I'm no expert so it's just my opinion. This is the only thing that I would of done differently. But other than that, a fantastic piece of work. Well done.

landsleaving · 04-05-2012 7:54pm

pmk396 wrote: »

I'm not an expert in any way when it comes to filming, especially documentaries. The way that I look at the work is that I say to myself "is there anything in this piece that I would have done differently?"

I must say that the film was very impressive and looked extremely professional. The use of footage of the walkers and the country side along with the establishing shots of the Four Courts was beautiful. I really really liked them.

There was only one thing that jumped out at me that I may have done differently and that was the shot of Siobhan Gaffney being interviewed. I thought that the camera was a bit too low and I noticed that the top of her head was out of frame. Maybe you were going for that effect? If I was shooting it, I would of had the camera at head height and left even just a small amount of space between the top of her head and the top of the frame. But like I said, I'm no expert so it's just my opinion. This is the only thing that I would of done differently. But other than that, a fantastic piece of work. Well done.

Thanks

I'll keep an closer eye on how I frame interviews in future, I wanted to get the dome of the four courts in and I think I paid too much attention to that over the person being interviewed - pure inexperience really.

I appreciate the feedback, cheers

Galvasean · 10-05-2012 5:56pm

Film I worked on called Even Secret Agents Have A Bad Day is up on Funny Or Die now. Do check it out. It's quite bonkers. And don't forget to click 'FUNNY' (assuming you find it funny)!
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/f13de63cab/even-secret-agents-have-a-bad-day

Miguel_Sanchez · 15-05-2012 1:21pm

My short film No Messages has just been accepted into the New York City International Film Festival - http://nyciff.com/

Here's the trailer: http://vimeo.com/37409936

chalkitdown · 19-05-2012 10:33pm

Congrats, hope they send a plane ticket.

Miguel_Sanchez · 20-05-2012 1:24pm

chalkitdown wrote: »

Congrats, hope they send a plane ticket.

Thanks! Unfortunately no plane ticket with it. Are you heading down to Galway this year? We'll hopefully be in that too.

chalkitdown · 20-05-2012 10:32pm

Have they scheduled anything yet? Might be able handle a day trip.

Edit; just read your post again, properly, When do they let you know?

Galvasean · 21-05-2012 1:40am

I've got one film confirmed for Galway this year. Hopefully another couple (including No Messages) will be there too so can make a vacation out of it!

Miguel_Sanchez · 21-05-2012 3:56pm

chalkitdown wrote: »

Have they scheduled anything yet? Might be able handle a day trip.

Edit; just read your post again, properly, When do they let you know?

They're sending out letters next week apparently. So that probably means I won't know until the week after cause I'm off on holidays next week.

Fujiguy · 25-05-2012 5:34pm

Hello all, i am not in the same league as most of the video shorts i have seen here are superb, but i am currently in a strange situation!

I bought a Fuji S4000 last year with the intent on taking photos and the "odd" video, but when i decided to make a short movie, things just went fast.
I read an article in a free paper about a story in Mount Jerome Cemetary, and just all of a sudden, i spent all my spare time writing that same story for video, with me narrating. Anyway, after getting permission from the author, and from mount Jerome to film there, i made this. Since it has been made, i have been going mad to film more, and i filmed 2 shorts since, but this short was featured on the Smalls.com and i got a great response.

It is made with a S4000 bridge camera, and a cam link 2500tp nothing more, and edited in Sony Vegas and After Effects.

Is it any good or were people being polite? brutal honesty accepted!

Fujiguy · 25-05-2012 5:41pm

shaunoc1 wrote: »

Hi all -
Here's a new short film I made last month...
Any criticism / comments / feedback would be appreciated!

WOW..just wow, that really made me laugh, have to ask what camera that was filmed on?

v.e.r.b.a.l · 25-05-2012 6:20pm

Superdoog wrote: »

Heres a short video i made about the abandoned building of R&H Hall in waterford, ireland it be great if people could check it out and leave some feedback

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcsUtWrrvKk

I like this. Good job. However, I think you should maybe invest in a shoulder mount

Great choice of music, what is it?

Domicjan Art · 30-05-2012 6:17pm

Hi there,
I just wanted to post a trailer for a feature film I've been working on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAJ_fnKN3WQ

Galvasean · 12-06-2012 11:37am

Two films I worked on are being shown in FilmBase as part of the 10 Days In Dublin festival.
The films are:

No Messages: starring Rory Connolly, Eric Lalor and Dave Murray. Directed by a regular boards.ie Film forum contributor. Trailer here.

Unlocking Charlie: won multiple awards at the Underground Cinema Awards. Directed by Stephen Crilly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4fuM6qfWe4

Short film screenings, Filmbase @ 7pm Friday 6th & 13th July! Don't miss out. Book your tickets here. €5.

I've also got a short at this years Galway Film Fleadh called Spare Change?

Galvasean · 13-06-2012 5:51pm

Galvasean wrote: »

I've also got a short at this years Galway Film Fleadh called Spare Change?

Found out today that this will also be shown at the Lighthouse Cinema on June 25th.

SaronAmith · 13-06-2012 11:06pm

A Parody of the Angelus me and my friends done

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx9dzCVrpDQ

AnonoBoy · 14-06-2012 10:40am

SaronAmith wrote: »

A Parody of the Angelus me and my friends done

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx9dzCVrpDQ

It's grand. But that joke has been done to death at this stage - that's the 3rd version of the same gag I've seen.

shaunoc1 · 14-06-2012 5:13pm

This is a new short film I directed, shot and edited.

"Set in 1912, 'Uisce Beatha' is the true story of Tom, a young man who leaves his home in rural Ireland to cross the ocean on the ill-fated 'Titanic'. But a night of celebration beforehand results in a twist that will affect Tom's fate drastically...."

It was made for the Ford '8 Minutes' Titanic Centenary Short Film competition, and won the first runner-up award.

The film was researched, written, cast, shot and edited in exactly one month, with a total budget of less than 300 euros.

Shaun

http://www.shaunoconnor.com
http://www.twitter.com/shaunoconnor1
http://www.facebook.com/shaun.oconnor.988

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI-EsybENzw

Miguel_Sanchez · 15-06-2012 3:19pm

No Messages will be in competition at the Galway Film Fleadh.

Trailer here: http://vimeo.com/37409936 (or in my sig!)

liamupton · 20-06-2012 4:40pm

Myopia

This played at the LIT Film Festival
Director: Liam Upton
Starring: Georgia Snow
DoP: Andy Hynes

Feedback welcome

Judgement Day · 20-06-2012 5:34pm

shaunoc1 wrote: »

This is a new short film I directed, shot and edited.

"Set in 1912, 'Uisce Beatha' is the true story of Tom, a young man who leaves his home in rural Ireland to cross the ocean on the ill-fated 'Titanic'. But a night of celebration beforehand results in a twist that will affect Tom's fate drastically...."

It was made for the Ford '8 Minutes' Titanic Centenary Short Film competition, and won the first runner-up award.

The film was researched, written, cast, shot and edited in exactly one month, with a total budget of less than 300 euros.

Shaun

http://www.shaunoconnor.com
http://www.twitter.com/shaunoconnor1
http://www.facebook.com/shaun.oconnor.988

Left me wanting more! Great stuff.

Ste7en · 24-06-2012 12:35pm

Hey, hows it goin'? Tomorrow evening at 6pm the Lighthouse Cinema are showing a bunch of short films and Dead Event turns out to be one of them!

It tells the universal tale of a washed up pro-wrestler trying to make it back to the top but unfortunately he must contend with the zombie apocalypse first.

http://www.facebook.com/deadevent

Hope you like!

Galvasean · 25-06-2012 12:53pm

Ste7en wrote: »

Hey, hows it goin'? Tomorrow evening at 6pm the Lighthouse Cinema are showing a bunch of short films and Dead Event turns out to be one of them!

Haha, looks mental. i'll be at that myself. A short I worked on called Spare Change? will be on at that too.
It's for charity as well.

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