I've been debating a lot of things about "Electric Loss" recently... not sure where to go except maybe forward. I hesitated to upload this yesterday morning, but revitalized by Jared's comments here it is. Version 7 of my progress. Theres additional animation, some replacements of animations to fit the mood a little more in some spots. Let me know what you guys think, it's important.

I decided to step back a bit and rework some of the backgrounds. I felt they were a bit static. I've also been getting this kind of cool look with white solid shades moving across colors and reflections... It makes it look extra purdy. Lol. So... yeah--I didn't do as much as I probably could have because I was debating on what to do.

I know that it also looks like you guys might not know where to contribute because I've been doing a lot of heavy lifting or possibly trying to steal the spotlight--but theres a lot that can still be done that I hope we all work together on this. Footage of singing or dancing, walking, riding cars or whatever you fancy can always be used. Rotoscoping if anyone is up for it is always appreciated--as a person who does it professionally, it means a lot to me if you do some roto. I could always use more designs for buildings, signs and maybe people too? Illustrators come up with some concepts, designers help flush them out, if not I can do some refining if need be. I'm still trying to find better ways to incorporate what people have already done for this collaboration as I've tried to remain inspired to do things because of the contributors. Granted it's not turning out exactly like one item or another, I think I'm doing the best I can to reach a safe grounding point for new ideas to emerge and continually bild off of.

Remember, These shots aren't timed perfectly and can always be edited. I purposely made them longer than need be so we can properly time them later. The only reason you're seeing things look like they go together is because I'm making it up as I go. If you're inspired with an idea for this, please let me know. I am totally willing to comprimise. A lot of these shots could use retouching or more elements. If you guys would like some of the elements seperated--thats a possibilty or even if you guys wanted the After Effects file--that's doable too!. Just make sure you download the appropreate resrouces. (I can only hope you guys carry powerful machines to work off of)

Also I stumbled across hitRECord's Tumblr to see that Electric Loss was featured on VH1--so keep it going guys! http://www.vh1.com/video/misc/828057/joseph-gordon-levitt-on-his-run-of-big-movies-at-the-box-office.jhtml#id=1692326

So, enjoy!

I've been working quite dilligently for the past couple of days to last week... I think it's been a full week on Electric Loss... Anyways I took a coffee break and said... "Hey, what the F! time for some cool images at decently high res for people to look at for Electric Loss. Enjoy!

If enough people request, I might end up throwing up the PSD files. Anyways keep on recording!

I've been working quite dilligently for the past couple of days to last week... I think it's been a full week on Electric Loss... Anyways I took a coffee break and said... "Hey, what the F! time for some cool images at decently high res for people to look at for Electric Loss. Enjoy!

If enough people request, I might end up throwing up the PSD files. Anyways keep on recording!

heres a few changes and a little more animation. Had a 5.6 GB quicktime file that wouldn't upload--so i converted it to flash... down to 57.4 MB... odd compressions.... but, whatever, it doesn't seem like i'll be able to make it look as crispy good on hitRECord as it looks like on my machine. sorry guys, i tired...

hopefully the next update will have the girl being swallowed by the big city face. i think once in side the girl will start to change and lose herself.

keep the advice rolling!

Telefon - Split Screen Edit (Fall Formal) - Dr.Gory

wishing on a rainbow - elayne

Three Minutes (Flash Fiction Collab) - fallingalice

Sssh... (Tiny Story Illustrated) - brookeduckart

Tiny Stories Vol. 2 Love Song - ppeppina

Nothing particular about Riverside - Djean

The Newspaper - Lizziemackie

I See You Everywhere - Light.Spark.Flame

BIG NEWS! We just released the Profit Proposals for our contributions to the documentary "Dreams: Cinema of the Subconscious" that was included in the "Inception" Blu-Ray release. Come join the discussion and give us your feedback by April 30th.

cinematic.audiophile took such a stellar lead on this piece, he kept refining his edits to like 8 versions, adding more shots and the sound board audio.  He really did a great job that without him my edit would have been a serious chore.  So thank you very much.

I wanted to revisit this piece to see if there was anywhere we could go with it and well, I got carried away. So I want to upload this in it's current form to get some feedback from you guys.  Do you like it? Does it work?

I chose to make the conversation black and white in an attempt to equalize the disparity in video quality.  I also kept the majority of their conversation in 3 different camera angles because this piece more than any other is very much performanced based.  And they are in the audience so it's easier to convey the atomsphere than if they were on stage.

(btw - there is a wild frame in there - to late to fix it now - so we will get it on the revisions) 

Please lemme know if I missed a resource. Thanks!  

ARCHIVE LINKS: 

http://archive.org/details/YourName1960

http://archive.org/details/1959-07-27_Havana_Rally

http://archive.org/details/1960_kennedy-nixon_2

http://archive.org/details/SilentNightBloodyNight

http://archive.org/details/Behindth1957

http://archive.org/details/Seduction_of_the_Innocent

http://archive.org/details/SheriffofTombstone

http://archive.org/details/Assignment_Outer_Space

http://archive.org/details/till_the_clouds_roll_by 

BIG NEWS! We just released the Profit Proposals for our contributions to the documentary "Dreams: Cinema of the Subconscious" that was included in the "Inception" Blu-Ray release. Come join the discussion and give us your feedback by April 30th.

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VIDEO EDITORS / FILMMAKERS: You guys are rocking the Fall Formal footage! Quality edits are already popping up all over the site.  Each cut is a great foundation for creating various short films. Super exciting! Please contribute your Fall Formal edits HERE!

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Thanks Again!

<3

J

FCP by Dr. Gory

Sundays are for RE-RECs!

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Starting from the right to  left:
The man on the right is my grandfather Luis Ruiz Torres, beside him is my grandmother Aurora Ruiz and the child she carries in her shawl is my mother. This photograph had been taken on the day they baptized my mother in Mexico DF -who at the time was only three months old. The other two individuals in this picture are unknown.

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My grandfather Luis Ruiz Torres, born in Mexico June 24, 1926. Sadly, he died in July - 1992 (date unknown). He was the chief of police in Mexico City for 3 years straight.