Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Success! I was miraculously able to open the ancient Gamma Squad Final Cut 2 project file from Mac OS 9 with Final Cut 5 and link it up with the raw footage I pulled from my backup drive over spring break, allowing me to access the most recent cut of Expendable in full quality! I am grateful to be spared the tedium of reconstructing the latest cut from EDL files or, worse, re-editing it based on a quicktime.
This is a huge leap forward on the Expendable restoration project. I think I will try to do a little more sound design and then the film should be ready to print.
Now I finally have a high quality teaser trailer. I cleaned up the audio a bit and posted it to YouTube (check it out in high quality if you have the bandwidth):
I also now have access to the materials I need to start working on the DVD extras... although I think Nate would appreciate it if I channeled my efforts into the LS3 fine cut instead.
This is a huge leap forward on the Expendable restoration project. I think I will try to do a little more sound design and then the film should be ready to print.
Now I finally have a high quality teaser trailer. I cleaned up the audio a bit and posted it to YouTube (check it out in high quality if you have the bandwidth):
I also now have access to the materials I need to start working on the DVD extras... although I think Nate would appreciate it if I channeled my efforts into the LS3 fine cut instead.
Labels: expendable, trailer, video
Sunday, April 12, 2009
From the Catman do vault comes the short that started it all:
Liquid Strike: Action Redux Edition
Note: B is the canonical ending, though C is our favorite.
As for Liquid Strike III... I have no idea where the past two years went. I am still waiting for Nate to pick music he likes for the briefing scene. I have also not worked on the fine cut or sound design for a long time. On the plus side, I now have access to Soundtrack Pro, Protools, and a large professional SFX library thanks to Chapman. The only thing I lack is enough free time. I will try to make time to work on it, and hopefully we can have a premiere by the end of this summer.
I am currently restoring Expendable. I have a fine cut printed but scene 2 is out of date, and it is taken from an intermediary copy which may have slightly degraded the video quality. I just pulled the raw footage off my backup drive up north so I can work on it at school down south, allowing me to incorporate the final cut of scene 2. While I'm at it I may also go back to the source footage for scene 1 where possible to ensure the highest video quality.
Once I'm done I may sweeten the soundtrack a bit, and I can put it up on YouTube. I'd like to spend some more time on the DVD- commentary, featurettes, easter eggs, etc. so don't hold your breath on that.
Liquid Strike: Action Redux Edition
Note: B is the canonical ending, though C is our favorite.
As for Liquid Strike III... I have no idea where the past two years went. I am still waiting for Nate to pick music he likes for the briefing scene. I have also not worked on the fine cut or sound design for a long time. On the plus side, I now have access to Soundtrack Pro, Protools, and a large professional SFX library thanks to Chapman. The only thing I lack is enough free time. I will try to make time to work on it, and hopefully we can have a premiere by the end of this summer.
I am currently restoring Expendable. I have a fine cut printed but scene 2 is out of date, and it is taken from an intermediary copy which may have slightly degraded the video quality. I just pulled the raw footage off my backup drive up north so I can work on it at school down south, allowing me to incorporate the final cut of scene 2. While I'm at it I may also go back to the source footage for scene 1 where possible to ensure the highest video quality.
Once I'm done I may sweeten the soundtrack a bit, and I can put it up on YouTube. I'd like to spend some more time on the DVD- commentary, featurettes, easter eggs, etc. so don't hold your breath on that.
Labels: expendable, full, liquid strike, video
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Here is a short film we made over winter break to demonstrate our blood effects rig.
Friday, June 15, 2007
Here at Catman do, we're gearing up for the release of Liquid Strike III. It's coming soon- hopefully we'll premiere it in a few weeks. I cut this theatrical-length trailer to give you a taste of what we have in store. (Also to stop Nate from showing the crappy months-old quicktime of my unfinished assembly cut.) Enjoy!
Labels: liquid strike, trailer, video
Sunday, October 15, 2006
I'm pleased to announce the release of the first teaser trailer for Liquid Strike III via YouTube. If you want the high-quality version, send me an email.
Labels: liquid strike, trailer, video
