Nuts and Bolts of Shooting 'Act of Valor'

Great write up over at Shane Hurlbut's blog. Here's a clip:

• Based on our shooting style and the options made available by using the 5D, we shot nearly 200 hours of footage. Since there was no way to automate the syncing process between the different cameras and separately recorded audio, that became a labor intensive process for our assistant editors in Avid. Instead of using a Unity, we just duplicated the source media across our editing systems. As sequences came together, would get source lists to start Twixtoring the Canon source files in AE and link them into Premiere sequences using EDLs. We added the 2K film scans and scaled the rest of the footage to 2K to match. Here are more details about Editing Act of Valor.

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On-The-Nose Character Posters for 'Act of Valor'

Graphically, these are nice -- except for the less than subtle visual cues.

They ask "What do you fight for?" In case the question is too tough, the answers are highlighted.

Here's the 'Family' poster.

This one seems to be for 'Country'.

And, one more for 'Country' -- must be a difficult concept as it needs repeating.

And, I gotta admit, I don't know what this one is for. 'Jewelry'? Sure, I fight for bling.

Love this movie.

 

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New 'Act of Valor' Trailer/Featurette/Recruitment Video

Lots of new footage. Looking to be a strong #1 this weekend.

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Bursting Squib Featurette for 'Act of Valor'

More Act of Valor Videos

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New Clips from 'Act of Valor'

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New 'Act of Valor' Featurette/Trailer/Recruitment Video

The 'Top Gun' for our times.














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Two New Featurettes/Trailers for 'Act of Valor'

I've always like this, thought it would find an audience, but considering recent events I'm thinking this flick will get solid traction. Just looks fantastic.




 













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Zippy New Trailer for 'Act of Valor'

I'm thinking this is gaining a lot of steam.












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Trailer/Featurette for 'Act of Valor'

Here's another movie, the biggest yet it seems, to be shot on a Canon 5D SLR. Others include Quentin Dupieux's 'Rubber', the thriller 'La Casa Muda' (remade as 'The Silent House'), a complete episode of 'House', and the opening title sequence of 'Saturday Night Live'.

Footage looks great. I'm thinking this will hit with audiences.









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