Project F

Update on Project F videos

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Hey folks, I just finished editing the first video and it will be released on Sunday in the VIP club as I mentioned in my previous post.

I do have problems with an audio issue though so far. The camera picked up a rather annoying sound underwater that I didn’t hear back on Sunday.

I guess these are sounds from the pool technique machinery.

In the last few days, I tried some audio filters on the editing software Shotcut, which I use for my videos.

It wasn’t a big problem to practically erase that sound, but so far all these efforts also affected the normal/wanted sound as well.

I am just a beginner in that program but I will try my best to improve things.

Perhaps I will upload a file with the original audio and one with edited audio and you can choose what you prefer.

 

I do hope to get some help to fix this issue from someone who knows that program better than I do (especially the audio filters).

So, if you are very familiar with audio filters, especially the ones on Shotcut, please let me know. (Use the contact side).

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In the meantime, some pictures from the next video to tease you 😉 :

(click to enlarge)

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P.S.:

I bought a new red wetsuit recently that will be used in the future, check it out:

https://frogwoman.org/project-f/project-f-scuba-gearwanted-scuba-gear

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2nd shooting of Project F – A first impression

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The originally planned 2nd shooting of “Project F” last month couldn’t be done since I got sick 🙁

But, today the shooting actually happened!

This time with a lot more underwater action since I tried some simple scenarios to see how directing such underwater scenes would work out.

 

Now I am really tired and quite “flashed” by all that happened today… so this post won’t be very long.

Yeah, there was a lot of improvising and future scripts need to be more detailed, longer, and more “polished”.

From today I learned a lot for future shots and already wrote down some ideas to improve things.

Especially communicating underwater as a “director” has to improve … perhaps with some gadgets.

 

All in all, I am very happy about this 2nd shoot.

A lot of things improved in comparison to the 1st one.

The pool was now something completely different: 25 meters long (82 feet) and one end was a little over 4 meters deep (around 13 feet)!

The lighting was much better this time and …as this was a regular pool (without annoying foil that could easily get damaged)…. we could use fins this time 😉

I am very happy I found this location and certainly wanna shoot there again.

 

The scenes we shoot today will result in rather short videos, but with a lot of action!

Pretty sure all the videos will therefore be presented in the VIP club as they will be under 4 minutes.

All the 3 frogwomen in today’s shooting showed a strong commitment and delivered some engaging action scenes.

I was and am very impressed by that!

Especially since one frogwoman actually cut herself several(!) times in one wild, fast action scene and behaved like that would be totally normal…. more or less.

Certainly just small cuts, but with some blood, so many others would have certainly freaked out.

 

So, that is all for now, I might post some teasers the next days 😉

I plan to release the first video of this shooting the next Sunday (September 25).

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And the 2nd shooting….

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….didn’t happen 🙁

Well, at least ….not today…. as it was planned.

The last 2 weeks were quite frustrating.

As you may remember I was away for a short trip ….and on my return day, I was already sick.

After some days it got better and I felt fine for some days….but now I’m sick again (still no Covid so far). Don’t know what is going on since I left the country for that trip. 🙁

Especially since I basically wasn’t sick before at any time in the last ….YEARS.

The whole gear was packed already and ready for action.

I just informed everyone involved in today’s video shooting and I will try to get a new date for that location.

Hopefully, it will be possible to have another time slot like today in the next weeks/September.

 

Regarding anyone who donated this month …until now….to get the 1-2 new Project F videos that I promised… you will get them + an additional video.

Sorry for the delay…

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Wanted: Rescue diver for video shoot

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Sadly, my rescue diver/cameraman can’t make it to the next video shoot on Sunday anymore, so I am forced to look for a new one.

I’m looking for someone:
– who is a rescue diver (or has a similar training)
– can give a short crash course on diving for folks who have no diving experience so far
– can help with the scuba gear
– who could operate a GoPro camera in some scenes (which is very easy)

The video shoot is this Sunday in Bremen (Germany) and is scheduled for 5 hours (10 AM-3 PM).
Payment is 25 Euro per hour.

I don’t think that the chances are very high of finding someone on this site, but it’s worth a try.
(I am looking on several sites).

 

If you are interested… use the Contact page.

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*EDIT* Problem solved, I found someone 🙂

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The 2nd shooting of “Project F” – News #1

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1st post for today, one more to follow!

First, some news about the 2nd shooting of Project F.

This week, I finally managed to solve the biggest issue: finding a proper location for future shootings!

I asked the managers of some public swimming pools, but the prices for one hour were……. BIG.

Of course, there would always be the possibility to shoot in a lake, but that comes with quite a lot of disadvantages (sight, comfort, and especially privacy etc.) even I still want to have a video shooting at such a location in the future.

 

The bad news first:

The shooting is still nearly 2 months away

 

The good news:

The location will have a really big pool, much bigger than the ones that are owned by private persons.

The pool will also be deep(er) (around 6 feet in total) than the one from the first shooting.

Fins can be used this time 😉

The lighting should be much better in that location (+ I bought UW lights in the meantime).

It is much less expensive than anything in comparison.

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I secured a time window of 5 hours for that shooting. I guess 1 hour will be spent preparing the shooting at the location, quick instructions, and collecting all the gear upon departure.

That (hopefully) leaves around 4 hours for the shooting itself and I wanna make the most of it.

This time I certainly won’t leave the location to pick someone up like the last time 😉

The goal is to make 2 videos in that time. One rather simple one and one with an average complex script.

These videos should be around 5-10 minutes long each.

Depending on how it will go, I will need to be flexible and improvise here and there.

 

This time I wanna focus on underwater action/peril and also wanna show the frogwomen outside the water as well (beginning of the video).

With the experience of the last “casting”, I hope it will be much easier this time to find fitting frogwomen for this shoot.

 

Now that I found this location, the time between shooting won’t be as long in the future.

Well, if everything goes as planned at least.

More news soon!

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Banner made for Project F by “sky50783”

https://www.deviantart.com/sky50783

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Frogwoman Uma with Auer S3 gas mask and drysuit [10th video of Project F]

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[Post 1 of 2 for today]

So, finally a new video from Project F, sorry for the delay. And this won’t be the only new video I will present today.

In this one, Frogwoman Uma is diving with an Auer S3 gas mask while wearing a Viking drysuit.

The filming for this video here was done by the friendly Divemaster.

 

Frogwoman Uma with Auer S3 gas mask and drysuit, 1080p, 60 frames, 3:34 minutes

Frogwoman Uma is wearing a Viking drysuit in here.

 

Some preview pictures:

(click to enlarge)

 

Video contains:

1 frogwoman, dry suit, rubber, gas mask, rubber gloves, close-up, “special” breathing sounds due to the mask and connected regulator

 

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When you see the screenshots you may suspect what I will buy first before the 2nd shooting 😉

Sadly the indoor lights weren’t sufficient, but that’s no news to you if you followed this project for a while.

But still, I think many will enjoy seeing a Frogwoman in a rubber drysuit and gas mask underwater…as this is rather….unusual 😉

 

Editing:

I used the same filters as before (white balance, 10% more brightness in the shadows, text).

The original/raw footage was longer than this cut, but I cut quite some stuff.

 

Where to watch it?

This video isn’t available in the VIP club anymore, as the videos from video shoot 1 were removed from the VIP club when the new videos from video shoot 6 came in.

But it can still be purchased in a video package:

https://frogwoman.org/project-f-videos/project-f-video-packages

 

 

You can download these videos, but only for your personal use.

Don’t share them with anyone…. anywhere!

It’s pretty simple, I had to spend a lot of money, especially on scuba gear and location rent.

A lot of my …limited… savings were used up for that.

If I don’t make enough money with these videos…..I won’t be able to make new videos.

So…. I hope you appreciate these videos and want to see more in the future.

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Wanna see more of Frogwoman Uma …aka…. “Granola Kitty”?

Check out her Facebook page where you can see much more of her:

https://www.facebook.com/granola.kitti.9

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Angelo is testing vintage scuba gear [8th video of Project F]

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[2nd video for today]

Today I wanna present another video of Project F!

A very special one without any frogwomen for a change.

 

Angelo is testing vintage scuba gear, 1080p, 60 frames, 7:52 minutes

Angelo, the imposter (from Thunderball), is testing scuba gear to be prepared for his Vulcan bomber hijack 😉

A Royal Mistral double hose regulator

A Royal Mistral double hose regulator connected to a Technisub FFM

A Royal Mistral double hose regulator connected to an RAF oxygen mask

 

Some preview pictures:

(click to enlarge)

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As you guys may know I rented that house for that first video shooting of “Project F”.

In the first hours, I wanted to try some gear that I never tried in a pool or lake before.

At first, I didn’t think about making a video out of it for sale as there are no frogwomen in this video.

Then I thought I would make a short video out of it for the VIP club, but since there are no frogwomen in this one… many might not be interested in it.

So, I made a longer video out of it that can be bought individually.

 

Yeah, I know not every piece of equipment would have been available to Angelo in 1965, but the regulator, the FFM, and the oxygen mask are all original vintage gear from the ’60s and ’70s.

In all scenes, Angelo is wearing a Mares Apnea Instinct wetsuit (smooth skin).

In the first segment, he is using a Royal Mistral double hose regulator.

In the second segment, he is using the Royal Mistral connected to a Technisub FFM.

In the last segment, he is using an RAF oxygen mask. The same type as in the movie. 😉

I was REALLY curious to see if the mask would work properly underwater connected to an oxygen tank. And yeah it did very well!

 

By the way: In the middle of the video I realized that my fins had damaged the foil that was attached to the pool walls and taken them off there.

And yeah, Angelo could lose 5-7 kilos more 😆

Also, Angelo had more hair in the movie 😉

 

So, perhaps some of you will find this interesting, even though there are no frogwomen in the video.

 

Note:

There is a slight audio issue in this video as I positioned the camera underwater on a plastic platform (counter-current system that wasn’t working at that time).

From time to time, you will hear some minor noise. Like very short “bumps”. No serious issue, but for that, I will reduce the price slightly.

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Editing:

I used the same filters as before (white balance, 10% more brightness in the shadows, text).

The original/raw footage was about some minutes longer but contained some footage where we discussed some aspects in between the shots.

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You can download these videos, but only for your personal use.

Don’t share them with anyone…. anywhere!

It’s pretty simple, I had to spend a lot of money, especially on scuba gear and location rent.

A lot of my …limited… savings were used up for that.

If I don’t make enough money with these videos…..I won’t be able to make new videos.

So…. I hope you appreciate these videos and want to see more in the future.

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Wanna watch this video?

It can be purchased in a video package:

https://frogwoman.org/project-f-videos/project-f-video-packages

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Frogwoman Uma and a Rubik’s Cube [7th video of Project F]

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Sorry for the delay, some logistical problems needed to be resolved first…

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Today I wanna present another video of Project F!

In this one, Frogwoman Uma is diving with a Mares Abyss regulator while wearing a Camaro Speedskin.

Both the divemaster and Uma were filming here. I wasn’t at that filming as I was actually at a train station to pick up Frogwoman Kara (video 3), and due to the storm that train got delayed big time….as I mentioned here and there.

 

Frogwoman Uma and a Rubik’s Cube, 1080p, 60 frames, 3:59 minutes

Frogwoman Uma is wearing a Camaro Speedskin wetsuit (smooth skin) in here.

 

Some preview pictures:

(click to enlarge)

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In this one, you can see Frogwoman Uma filming herself in some scenes! There was quite some material available for this video and I edited it from the videos from both cameras.

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Editing:

I used the same filters as before (white balance, 10% more brightness in the shadows, text).

The original/raw footage was longer than this cut, but I cut quite some minutes.

Just enough so the video would be under 4 minutes, so you guys in the VIP club could have another video included.

 

Where to watch it?

This video isn’t available in the VIP club anymore, as the videos from video shoot 1 were removed from the VIP club when the new videos from video shoot 6 came in.

But it can still be purchased in a video package:

https://frogwoman.org/project-f-videos/project-f-video-packages

 

You can download these videos, but only for your personal use.

Don’t share them with anyone…. anywhere!

It’s pretty simple, I had to spend a lot of money, especially on scuba gear and location rent.

A lot of my …limited… savings were used up for that.

If I don’t make enough money with these videos…..I won’t be able to make new videos.

So…. I hope you appreciate these videos and want to see more in the future.

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Wanna see more of Frogwoman Uma …aka…. “Granola Kitty”?

Check out her Facebook page where you can see much more of her:

https://www.facebook.com/granola.kitti.9

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A trailer for the first 5 videos of “Project F”

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Today I wanna present a short trailer with scenes from the first 5 videos of “Project F”.

So, you can actually see some moving images and sound from these videos, instead of just some screenshots.

 

Here is the video:

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The page with all the videos of “Project F” can be found in the menu above or here:

https://frogwoman.org/project-f-videos

 

At first, I thought about including some music in the trailer but then you couldn’t hear the actual underwater sound not as good.

My next idea was to make an alternative trailer version with some music from Thunderball, but I wasn’t satisfied with how the music would fit the scenes, so I discarded that idea…..at least for now. Perhaps I will make an alternative version of the trailer in the future.

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And in case you haven’t read my post about how that shooting went:

https://frogwoman.org/the-first-video-shooting-for-project-f-how-did-it-go

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