Comments on: Watch the Top 5 Films from the AbelCine Phantom Miro High-Speed Inspiration Challenge

By: Alumnus Robert Kolodny Wins Short Film Competition

Alumnus Robert Kolodny Wins Short Film Competition — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 21:51:51 +0000

[...] To view Fly on Out and the films by the four other finalists, click here. [...]

By: madhu

madhu — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:47:07 +0000

nice to see that no barriers for technology

By: vanlazarus

vanlazarus — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:40:46 +0000

Agreed. Really liked ‘Fly on Out’. Awesome sound design!

By: Robin

Robin — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:10:26 +0000

If these were all shot 100% on that camera, then Fly On Out made this camera look like something more then a slow motion gimmick. The use of it as both a HD cinema camera and a tool for slow motion was evident. The rest of the films overused slow motion in my opinion. I really liked the way Dance of The Honey Bee used normal motion and slow as well, and great documentary shots in Anchor me Here, but the Fly on Out one was the best in my book.

By: Randall C

Randall C — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:19:28 +0000

These films are so different from each other. Someone did a great job in selecting the concepts.

A closer Look had a few very nice shots…..and The Great Sundering was hilarious and felt the most deliberate in the overall execution. Nice so see a bright, fun, and witty film. The slow motion felt the most natural and purposeful in these two. I would love to know the background of the filmmakers!!!!

By: Alison

Alison — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:50:56 +0000

The lego destruction film was amazing! Clever and funny. Slow motion was a part of the story here and the images were dramatic and exciting because of it. There were pretty images in the bee film, but I feel as though I have seen them before. A Closer Look was also beautiful, as was Anchor Me Here. The welding shot it the beginning was striking, but was used too many times, it seems to sell the slow month effect. Fly on out was alright. There were a couple cool ideas there but you could tell it was probably a young director, and the random slow motion shots just did not flow. Congrats to all the contestants though, such great films!

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 05:43:04 +0000

I liked all the films, but I liked Fly on Out the best. The goal was to utilize the capabilities of the camera, and as far as I’m concerned, it was the best of the lot. Congrats to all the finalists – well done!!

By: AJ

AJ — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:05:58 +0000

That was a little weird for me, a good chunk of “Fly On Out” was shot within a few blocks of my apartment and I’m almost positive I’ve shot on that roof before.

By: Dino

Dino — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 20:34:13 +0000

Loved Fly on Out too! Reminded me of Spike Lee’s Brooklyn!

By: Erik

Erik — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 18:50:25 +0000

Because exploiting is the goal…?

Good solid work from all the filmmakers, great opportunity for them all. Lucky!

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 18:23:21 +0000

Loved “Fly on Out” great glimpse of the city. Stereotypes become stereotypical for a reason and just because it is a stereotype doesn’t mean it is a negative one.

By: dixter

dixter — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 18:08:28 +0000

I don’t want to be Mr. Negative here either but, I really don’t think I saw much innovation in these or anything I haven’t seen prior. I agree with Chris that the slo-mo in Fly On Out was superfluous and did nothing to enhance the story at all. As a novelty, I enjoyed seeing the wire-feed welder in slo-mo and the bees tumbling about but, sorry… nothing here truly exploiting the ability of these cameras beyond what we’ve all seen before.

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 17:40:26 +0000

I did not enjoy the Fly on Out film. It was full of stereotypes and irrelevant slow motion images. I think The Great Sundering and A Closer Look are the top choices. They were much more unique, creative and well executed.

By: Tony

Tony — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 17:19:07 +0000

Oh I see – so the contest was for the pitch and now they are choosing the best execution – I’ll take it all back then

By: Ryan Koo

Ryan Koo — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 17:16:42 +0000

I believe you needed to submit an APPLICATION by September 17th — the videos were not shot until after. Presumably when something like Sandy hits, as a filmmaker your plans may change (compared to the original video you were pitching).

By: Tony

Tony — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 16:18:35 +0000

Some good work there and I don’t want to be the all negative guy but the second video Anchor Me Here
is the aftermath of hurricane Sandy and therefore it couldn’t even been shoot before sept.17th ….
so technically that should be illegal… or is there any explanation from Abel about it?

By: Watch the Top 5 Films from the AbelCine Phantom Miro High-Speed Inspiration Challenge | VideoDrome | Scoop.it

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 10:18:34 +0000

[...] All the way back in July, we told you about a contest that AbelCine was running in partnership with Vision Research. [...]

By: Watch the Top 5 Films from the AbelCine Phantom Miro High-Speed Inspiration Challenge | Film School Home Study

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 03:32:15 +0000

[...] All the way back in July, we told you about a contest that AbelCine was running in partnership with Vision Research. That contest, the Miro High-Speed Inspiration Challenge, focused on contestants coming up with new and creative uses for high-speed photography, and they’ve now selected five fiSee all stories on this topic » [...]

By: Julian

Julian — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 03:07:43 +0000

“A Closer Look” and “Fly on Out” were my favorites. I think they were great examples of how you can use slow motion in a narrative way. Seeing all the day-to-day stuff happening in “Fly on Out” in slow motion and in close ups worked really well.

If there is one person to be stoked about the future of slow motion, it’s the sound designer. This kind of work will create a lot of stuff for a sound designer to do. The sound design of these two pieces are what really made everything work.

Seeing these shorts have really made me start to consider high speed shooting as a feature that my next camera must have.

By: johncl

johncl — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 02:23:54 +0000

hear, hear! likewise extreme shallow DoF & timelapses – just because you can doesn’t mean you have to ad infinitum