Profile Details
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- Tom Hart
- User Name: tahart
- My Website: www.tahart.com
- My Location: California
- About Me: I am a writer, producer, director, editor, actor and have been working in the tech sector at companies like Adobe, Apple, and Autodesk for years while making forays into film and dynamic media, so I can actually have fun using the products I've been working on all this time. I am interested in science fiction, comedy, drama, and action/adventure... but also enjoy creating traditional static artwork, and desktop publishing from time to time. My fledgling production company at www.plumeraproductions.com owns multiple projects in various stages of development.
Published Content
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- The Wedding of Charles...
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Tom Hart
- Rating: 5.0
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- OpenCut - AlpMed - thart
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Tom Hart
- Rating: 2.7
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- Opencut - Susannah Tra...
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Tom Hart
- Rating: 3.0
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The Concept
- Tom Hart ( 1 year ago on Sep 19, 2008 07:06 GMT)
- As a student editor I feel a lot of pressure to fall in line with the teachings of the masters, pander to the masses, and advertising trends, and generally follow the accepted rules of sound editing grammar in any paid work I've done. This OpenCut 2.0 project is my chance to break out of the mold.
It was not easy to unlearn what film school teaches and I had to fight the urge to cut on the beats of the music, and make it look like the typical sports video we all see every Sunday during NFL season. I wanted longer takes to give the feel of the action and aftermath a chance to develop, nevermind the music. In this film I wanted the cuts, the music, and the camera work to fall into the background and let the action on the snow and the beautiful mountain setting speak to the viewer.
I kept the story telling to a minimum, the most obvious being the tragedy of the boy with the funny hat. We sense he might be doomed at the outset by the way his snowboard dangles from one foot on the lift going up the mountain.
When I read the description of the OpenCut 2.0 project and the philosophy of Alpine Meadows I wondered how to express that with the shots I was given. A minimalist approach seemed to fit. The more I watch it the more I like the way it turned out. Let "The Ballet of the Snow People" express the Alpine Meadows spirit! I hope you enjoy it.
Tom Hart
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Congratulations Carsten!
- Tom Hart ( 1 year ago on Jul 22, 2008 12:37 GMT)
- Great cut Carsten, and great pacing and sound! A well deserved win.
tom
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Excellent
- Tom Hart ( 1 year ago on Jul 16, 2008 03:46 GMT)
- Now that's more like it!
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Great but...
- Tom Hart ( 1 year ago on Jul 15, 2008 08:34 GMT)
- Great but... audio seems out of sync, or maybe it's the streaming over the internet causing it.
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Nothing here.
It was not easy to unlearn what film school teaches and I had to fight the urge to cut on the beats of the music, and make it look like the typical sports video we all see every Sunday during NFL season. I wanted longer takes to give the feel of the action and aftermath a chance to develop, nevermind the music. In this film I wanted the cuts, the music, and the camera work to fall into the background and let the action on the snow and the beautiful mountain setting speak to the viewer.
I kept the story telling to a minimum, the most obvious being the tragedy of the boy with the funny hat. We sense he might be doomed at the outset by the way his snowboard dangles from one foot on the lift going up the mountain.
When I read the description of the OpenCut 2.0 project and the philosophy of Alpine Meadows I wondered how to express that with the shots I was given. A minimalist approach seemed to fit. The more I watch it the more I like the way it turned out. Let "The Ballet of the Snow People" express the Alpine Meadows spirit! I hope you enjoy it.
Tom Hart