Indie ShortCuts Reviews Editing, Circumference

Indie ShortCuts founder/host Anthony Aguiar alerted us via Twitter that he had reviewed our Crazy8s short film Circumference in an episode that featured editing techniques.

Anthony assures you that Indie Shortcuts will "showcase online indie short/ feature films that I feel are important and entertaining as well as spotlighting the talented filmmakers who made them."

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Circumference: Promotional Art

Timeless Films Blog Reviews Circumference

This November 2009 review on Circumference was brought to our attention recently and it was very kind so we thought we would repost it here to save for a cloudy day:

"Allow me this time to deviate from my original form of exclusively discussing graphic design and I will be venturing into the art of cinema. Now as one who prides himself on his knowledge of film and everything surrounding it, I was surprised to find that I had not heard anything about the filmmaker C.J. Wallis until recently. So my guess is that there is a very high probability any who are reading this will not be familiar with his work either. But let me share with you one of his most original works. It is called Circumference, created in 2006 and shot entirely in HD.

It was created on a competition basis being chosen out of over 80 pitches in the Crazy8's competition. It challenges filmmakers to make a short film entirely within 8 days on a strict budget of $800 and only allowing you 30 minutes of raw footage to be shot. While all that is a separate task in itself, the astonishing thing about this film is that it is seems as one 10 minute long tracking shot that takes you through the story.

Now it is not exactly one entire tracking shot as they did need to take multiple shots and cuts, however they use extremely hard to replicate editing techniques to blend it all together and make it seem like one fluid tracking shot. So you might see the main character walking in and closing a door which appears to be a film set, but when someone else walks outside it is now the outside of someone's house, and when someone walks back into that door again it is the inside of an office building.

Frankly, I am still trying to figure out how he did it. You certainly can't just pick up a camera and wing it with that huge of an idea. Most people wouldn't be able to do what he did period, but the fact that he was able to accomplish that cinematic feat all under those competitive restraints shows how much careful planning and design went into every little detail before they could start shooting.

Furthermore, he is one who's style I will be looking out for, because his display of talent is very promising in my eyes. So if you can spare about 10 minutes to be amazed, I would seriously recommend you checking out the film, and I will even provide the link for you... http://vimeo.com/5148021

Hope you enjoy!

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Promotional Trailer - Circumference

often agencies will want to see abbreviated versions of your projects rather than viewing the actual film. these little trailers are usually awful to edit and rarely leave you feeling like you did the original any sort of service. we will share this one because it is probably the closest we'll ever get.

Circumference Selected Into Bend Film Festival

It was whispered in our ears by one of the higher-ups at the Bend Film Festival in Oregon that Circumference has been chosen by the jury for this year's festival. A specific date has not yet been announced, but when that information is released, we will post it here.

Enjoy Facebook? A group for Fortyfps Productions has been set up which, at this moment, features a higher quality version of Circumference than what exist in various other places around the net and the ability to interact/post comments to photos and various other things. Please come say hullo, and join the group if you don't mind.

Second DVD...Seriously

In Circumference DVD news: there is now a second release being created. The Crazy 8s, run by Andrew Williamson, had it's final year this year - pending someone volunteering to take over from him. As a final major act to close out his 8 years with his creation, a distribution deal has been reached for a DVD to be mass produced featuring hand-chosen films from the contest's duration. Circumference was chosen to be one of the few included.

Their DVD is being rapidly produced and executed in the next week or two to meet the distributor's deadlines and will be available in a retail outlet sometime soon.

For those who have purchased a DVD from us, fear not: this new DVD will have only the short film along with the other chosen shorts. Our DVD, as mentioned in previous posts, has considerable content included within in for, more than likely, half the price of this forthcoming Crazy 8s one.

For more information on our Circumference DVD, click here.

Work Begins On Mark Geary's New Album 'Opium'

This is a bit of news that happened during the Circumference/Stalls/Sidewalk Film Festival trip, but in the coming weeks/months: we will be working with Mark Geary on his forthcoming third album providing piano, string arrangements etc. You are strongly encouraged to check out Mark and his work on his official website.

Shiny Silver Discs

As promised, the Circumference DVD is nearly finished and ready to be printed. DVD features include:

Specifications
- region 1
- aspect ratio 2.40:1 anamorphic
- english dts stereo

Standard features
- feature presentation, 11 minutes
- interactive menus

Special features
- hat trick: a documentary by filmmaker jeffrey zablotny
- hat trick web-only trailer
- director's commentary track: scene specific comments
- eight podcasts: created and edited by doxa productions
- soap opera man clip: clay st. thomas and karen daniels from 93.7 JR FM
- easter egg

Copys will be made available through our website soon.