Some Oldies-but-Goodies
Since I set up a Vimeo account for the CartoonSmart/ToonBoom contest, I decided to upload some older contest entries as well. These are both from an annual (but now defunct) 48-hour music video making contest assembled by the Alamo Drafthouse theater homebase here in Austin. Descriptions are given on the Vimeo pages for each video.
We won 2nd place for Ride Captain Ride in the first competition, but unfortunately just barely lapsed the submission deadline with Welcome to Nowhere (though it still screened.) The second competition really failed to capture the spirit of the first, as instead of a judging panel, the Drafthouse utilized an online voting system that was clearly exploited and undeserving submissions triumphed.
Both were shot with a pair of Panasonic DVX-100a cameras at 24p and edited in Final Cut Pro, very very quickly. The only “effect” present in either is a dissolve transition here and there, everything else was done on-camera.
As I had some trouble with Ride Captain Ride on Youtube (Warner Music Group apparently had it pulled, even though Mike Pinera — the singer — sent me a message personally with his support for the video), I am not sure how long Vimeo will allow these to live.