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[Off-topic] Psygnosis84:
Hey guys, I would love to hear your opinions on my short film that i've made. This is my 2nd short film including my student short film from last year.

We spent about $300 for the whole short film, pre-production to completion. We didn't have much money to make the movie to begin with, so we went in and hoped for the best. The crew was very small too, but I guess we have to start somewhere

I encountered many problems, which you'd expect for such a low budget short film (especially actors), but I've learnt from those mistakes as I begin writing my next short film and hope for a much better output for the next one.

We got busted by the police for the traffic light scene with helicopters and all, but they were nice enough to let us go.

enjoy and let me know what you think :)

http://vimeo.com/18583050

PASSWORD: purgatory01

I'd appreciate it if you 'like' the page for extra support for our little crew of young film makers :)

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Aurolis-Pictures/333582799758
[Off-topic] Jonathon Grigg:
Sounds like you had some fun doing that! I would watch it, but I have to watch my download use for the rest of January... 10 days and we have used up 3/5 of our quota... and the movie file size is about 350mb I think it says, so tomorrow morning (off-peak ;D). Looks rather professional in the very first part!
[Off-topic] Psygnosis84:
It was very challenging, especially shooting the whole film guerrilla style with no permission from the council, but I guess that's half the fun :P

looking forward to your feedback/criticism :)
[Off-topic] souljaboy:
life is great living off a feeding tube isnt it

ot:

i think it was a bit too much of "dream in the dream" stuff , and i miss a happy ending , whys it called purgatory then ?

after purgatory folks end up in heaven but the ending story isnt what id call heaven
[Off-topic] mikkohypponen:
That was much more professional than what I was expecting. Good job.
[Off-topic] Jonathon Grigg:
That's more than half the fun! I have had some friends make very very short films, one of them they dressed up as a yeti and walked around the local streets :p So many cars stopped! I think one even started chasing them... still good times. I'll do my best in helping you with advice etc!
[Off-topic] orb3000:
Will have a look and post later
[Off-topic] Vito Andolini Corleone:
Hmmm

Sent from my X10i
[Off-topic] Jonathon Grigg:
Well, firstly, you have a great camera-man! Those panning shots were smooth and I didn't see much if any shuddering etc. The focus is great, works especially well with the lights in the night, gives it some visual depth.

Music was soft and helpful for meaning in some scenes, and that keychain/locket was a good symbol for realising which car it was.

The actors weren't that bad in my opinion, way better than anything I could ever do :p Like others have said, it's more professional than I was expecting! The storyline was a bit confusing at times (or maybe it was me...) but I guess there's only so much you can fit into 16 minutes, so well done there.

Great job overall, keep up the good work! 'Liked' ;) Maybe you should consider entering it somewhere, I'm not sure what's on in Sydney but it's worth a shot.

Just one thing though, why were you busted for the traffic light scene? Were you there for a while or something? I guess we only saw a tiny bit...
[Off-topic] Psygnosis84:
pur·ga·to·ry (pûrˈgə-tôrˌē, -tōrˌē)

noun pl. purgatories pur·ga·to·ries

A place or condition of suffering, expiation, or remorse: a purgatory of drug abuse.

purgatory; mental anguish or suffering

It's related to his past and the continued mental suffering he had every night. Especially the hallucinations caused by the pills he took to calm his anxiety attacks, which he didn't know were caused by the pills and was always stuck in this loop of events that haunted him, which is why the ending when Sandra's mother takes the pills from him, he is now able to deal with the past better because of the truth but also because the pills aren't there to bring back those hallucinations anymore to play with his mind again.

Thanks :), glad you liked it

Haha, I would've loved to see that!!

The one other thing I have to mention about this movie was the fact that the main character didn't know how to drive a car properly, he was very very bad actually. 'Smoke and mirrors' made him look like a very good driver in the end.

:)
[Off-topic] Psygnosis84:
We got busted by the cops because we had one car sit in the middle of the road high beaming the main characters car (when his face lights up as the other car speeds up towards him). This was around 11pm and the neighbours probably thought were doing something illegal like preparing for a drag race (we were beaming each other for 10 minutes) All of a sudden the ground illuminates and we look up and see a helicopter shining a light towards us, a minute later police arrive :\

The story was confusing at times but I made it so you essentially had to look back at even the subtle stuff he did, such as taking the pills then immediately after seeing the ghost car and girl to get a drift of the story.

To ease the confusion a bit for everyone, he was chasing himself. I left it open in one of the sections when Sandra reveals her name. In the story the character say's he doesn't know her however if the pills were causing only hallucinations, then how does he know he name. I left this part open for the audience to think for themselves. Did he know her name because of her death being mentioned at school but had completely forgotten about her until that night when he finally chases his own car and meets the girl or was she really a ghost who came down to tell him the truth about her actions.

The story was too complex for a short film but I think it was only after seeing so many simple linear short films that I wanted to take a different approach.

About entering it into festivals. I'm worried that the film isn't "good enough" yet to be shown at film festivals because of the small problems here and there. I'm trying to create a short film that really stands out at the film festivals and I personally don't believe this film is there yet.

Glad you liked it :)
[Off-topic] husam666:
I'm watching it right now, seen half of it, slow streaming :mad:

pretty cool, love it

only you have one problem, the camera shadow appears look at the photo
[Off-topic] Psygnosis84:
Yeah I noticed that, but I couldn't do anything about it because by the time the other car turns left, it doesn't leave much room to fit in that shot and to give it the same kind of impact. I wanted to cut on the action of the main character turning left to the motion of the car but unfortunately the street lights caused a shadow. In the end, it was a very small problem that I couldn't to cut out because the content of the material was more important than the shadow appearing.

:)
[Off-topic] Jonathon Grigg:
That would be an experience! :p You should tell that story at parties and stuff ;) But I guess if I was one of the neighbours I would be a little worried... still at least you got off safe!

I thought the pills may have had something to do with it! But I was still tired when I was watching it, so it didn't click then :p But when you say it like that, it does fall into place, so maybe it's a better plot than I thought :)

And different approaches are always good :D
[Off-topic] Psygnosis84:
Believe it or not, that single traffic light scene was the hardest part of the whole film. We were running against the time especially having to deal with a public road and waiting for the road to clear on both sides for the other car to drive straight through... oh my goodness, what a nightmare hehe.

Thanks hehe, yeah the plot appears to jump here and there but hopefully if the viewers pay attention to the small stuff that happen, then maybe the bigger picture makes more sense.
[G Tablet Accessories] no-success:
Anyone else notice this forums subtitle spells G Tablet wrong?

G Tablet Accessories

Accessories for the Viewsonic T Tablet (cases, screen protectors, batteries, etc)
[G Tablet Accessories] rayden25:
Nice catch. That's funny... they should leave it! LOL.
[G Tablet Accessories] no-success:
I think it would be nice if it got changed... its been bugging me for weeks :D
[Venue Pro General] Peew971:
Expansys seem to have the DVP on sale. Their expected shipment is 1 working day and they now take Paypal payments, which they do only when they have stock.

http://www.expansys.com/dell-venue-pro-windows-phone-7-smartphone-qwerty-205052/
[Venue Pro General] bmazloum:
That's weird, when I spoke to a Dell customer service guy he said they weren't going to sell it unlocked first. Should've known that he didn't know what he was talkin' about.
[Venue Pro General] Ganondolf:
it says estimated 1 day. they have not got stock and i doubt they will have stock tomorrow as dells own uk site does not list it.

ps. when i pre-ordered one from them in November they tock my money straight away and when i phoned them up about it they say it was a mistak and i had to wait 10 days to get my money back.

im going to wait till play.com or dell.co.uk have they in stock at i dont trust expansys ot clove.
[Venue Pro General] Peew971:
In November I wanted to preorder and pay via Paypal and their rep told me the Paypal option wasn't for preoders and would only appear when they actually had stock. So maybe you can actually buy from them now... To be fair I was fed up and got the Omnia 7 but that could be of interest to some people.

Oh by the way, the last time I spoke to Dell UK they had no plans for selling the phone themselves.
[Venue Pro General] Peew971:
Clove says mid-February :p

This phone's launch has really been a joke, they're launching it in the middle of MWC when it might get obsolete.

http://www.clove.co.uk/dell-venue-pro
[Venue Pro General] pibrahim:
I had emailed Clove only three days ago to ask when the phone was in stock and they said it was expected early this week. The situation is a complete farce.
[Venue Pro General] efjay:
Surprised you guys are still looking to get this phone considering all the issues and that you can get other devices in the UK that can be unlocked for any carrier.
[Venue Pro General] Ganondolf:
clove said the 6th january and then changed it to week starting the 10th. the reason they do these dates is so you pre-order from them thinking you are going to get it earlier then if you do it with other sites but once you pre-order they tell you there is a delay and hope you dont cancel (clove had it on the 6th when every over site had the 11th).

exspansy tock my money from my debit card, i did not try the paypal option.

tomorrow is the 11th and play.com and exspansy should say in stock but bet they wont and then will delay it again.

as far as dell.co.uk selling it. i was under the assumtion that dell sells all there products from their website and would sell the DVP too like they have been selling the streak. i prefer to buy from play.com but they only listing the 8gb and i wont the 16gb model.

tomorrow i will see if any of them have it but at this rate i may have to look at getting another phone. with the mobile show in early feb there probably be a load of new handsets.

UPDATE: clove and exspansy have delayed it till mid feb. i guess i will have to see if any new handsets get released at the mobile show that takes my fancy, if not it will be arround mid feb by that point anyway.

i reckon they are waiting for the os update which will fix a lot of the current issues (crashes etc).
[Venue Pro General] Ganondolf:
i always get my phone sim free so i can get any handset but the hd7 and omina 7 i have seen and tried and i dont like the designs.
[Venue Pro General] SingaporeAirlines:
Given what's been happenning to our friends in the US I won't be rushing to get it !
[Venue Pro General] Monty Burns:
The O/S is rock stable ... either that or Samsung have worked miracles! My Omnia 7 has crashed twice since i purchased it and I got it on release day. (To be fair, the ONLY thing that has crashed on it has been the marketplace app)

Its far more likely that Dell have screwed up the firmware or chip/mobo integration somehow.

Either way, i'm now out of the market for one of these. Sadly, its the only 4"+ device with a keyboard.... who nows.... maybe Feb will cure my problem?
[Venue Pro General] lenioia:
Clove has been told today there will be no stock until 'mid february at the earliest' for 'microsoft issue on mms settings'. Given every other manufacturer has phones in europe with working mms capability, I cannot see how only dell needs an one month worth wp7 fix. Assume they have multiple issues and don't have a clue about when they will be able to fix them all.

Now, I'm not sure who, between me still waiting for this phone and Dell, needs more urgently a reality check.
[Venue Pro General] Peew971:
To be fair, once you start using one daily you just see it as a Windows Phone and forget a bit about the design. Sure the DVP has something special but unless you really need a keyboard you can do worse than the HD7 and Omnia 7.

What I will probably miss the most about the DVP is the Gorilla Glass but I'm more than happy with the Omnia 7.
[Venue Pro General] blanket:
goodbye dell

it has been a nice time waiting for u to fix those issues but i guess enough is enough

crawling back to htc via the 7 pro
[Venue Pro General] pibrahim:
I think Expansys and Clove literally just pull these release dates out of thin air (in the same way that Amazon and Play basically invent release dates for some videogames and dvds, etc., even when they haven't been announced yet). They're clearly not in any sort of serious contact with Dell if, only one day before the phones are due to go on sale, they 'find out' that their delivery isn't going to arrive.

I too am going to have to consider the HTC Pro 7 now, much as I don't want to buy another HTC phone. Sigh...
[Venue Pro General] Ganondolf:
i heard somewhere that the omnia 7 does not gorilla glass but it is not listed. not sure if this is true.

im going to wait till the mobile show in feb and then decide which phone to get.
[Venue Pro General] Ganondolf:
i have a feeling that the way dell has set up the dvp is slightly different than how overs have done and as they are very close to microsoft i this microsoft was fix some things that did not work with the way they made the handset.

i could be wrong but seems strange that the release has been put back to mid feb when the os update is to be released.
[Venue Pro General] voltigeur:
I'm stil waiting. Mabye its better to solve the problems. Or els the DVP is going to be a new iphone :P. But what about the OS update how as Microshoft annouced for april? New languages? Like dutch. We wil see :)
[Venue Pro General] fathamburger:
http://pocketnow.com/windows-phone/dell-venue-pro-delayed-in-the-uk-again-due-to-mms

Delayed again till mid-February, what a joke.

I am also waiting for this to happen so Dell can finally feel comfortable in providing an unlock code.
[Folio 100 General] mizreh:
Has anyone succeeded in connecting an Iphone via Bluetooth to the FOLIO, without Jailbreaking the Iphone?

Now that there is a tethering option in Iphone, I would prefer not to Jailbreak it...

Thanks,

Alain
[Folio 100 General] pinsim:
if your firmware 4.1 you can jailbreak and use mywi from cydia...

otherwise , you don't connect with usb or bluetooth..
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gazza_music@hotmail.com:
I have a htc desire, rooted it, but I need a overclocking app, any ideas?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kalavere:
SetCPU, get it from the Market.

*edit* You also need a kernel that's capable of overclocking.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gazza_music@hotmail.com:
Ive a just checked and I'm not actually rooted, Thought I was, it came up failed, been looking why for the past 1 hour why it failed, Cuz I'm running 2.2 I needed a rooter that suports 2.2 1st, any ideas guys?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EddyOS:
Just download unrEVOked 3.32 and use that
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikep99:
you need to use Unrevoked.

A quick search will find you all the details needed.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thebazman:
check this out more than you wanted but read it http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=696189
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gazza_music@hotmail.com:
Can't I root it on my phone so I can clock it 1st?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ToddEDM:
get unrevoked, RIGHT HERE then buy setCPU RIGHT HERE .... end of topic
[Optimus One, P500, V General] dongimin2:
Anyone have problems opening the back cover like me? My fingernails hurt, A LOT, and i seem to not know the right way to open it.. Anyone have tips?

Might seem silly, but its serious, at least for me.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] raylgo:
I had a bit of trouble with this one at the start too... You will have to force it a bit but the trick is to push with your thumb (follow the sticker guide on the back of your phone on where to position your thumb). Pulling with your index finger will only hurt you.

I didnt take that sticker off until after a month of use ^_^ Left a different shade of black underneath...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pc99mk:
Hi. I hope someone can help.

I've been using my desire rooted and S-OFFed running Defrost for sometime, all has been fine. Was playing Angry birds yesterday and the phone froze.

Pulled the battery and rebooted, carried on playing. Froze again.

Pull the battery again but phone stuck on the first splash screen. Fiddled a bit, couldn't get into recovery. So I left the phone on charge until the light went green, then removed the battery and left it overnight.

This morning I put the battery in and switched it on. It booted fine, but froze when I tried to unlock it.

I've tried pulling the battery again and again. I can get into HBOOT, but the phone isn't recognised for ADB or fastboot commands via USB. It often freezes even in fastboot mode.

I tried to do a clear storage, but that froze as well. Although a subsequent attempt appeared to work but the phone still won't boot normally.

So I can't reflash or do anything else. HAs anyone actually sent a phone back for repair with custom firmware/splash screen installed, as I don't think I'm going to be able to revert it to stock.

I've tried numerous restarts with and without a sim and an sd card inserted. Not sure what else to try.

Any help greatly appreciated.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikep99:
did you wipe the dalvik cache through recovery?

try this if you can.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pc99mk:
No I haven't wiped the dalvik cache. I have managed to get in to recovery on a couple of occasions. But the phone has frozen again navigating the menu.

I will try that if I get into recovery again though.

Thanks
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pc99mk:
Quick update.

After leaving the battery out for a couple of hours. I tried again and the phone started to boot. It got to the splash animation and the wipe had obviously worked because it was the DeFrost default of the X. This then looped a few times then froze.

I pulled the battery and managed to get in to Clockwork Mod recovery and did a wipe from there, which appeared to work, but then it rebooted by itself and I still didn't manage to do a dalvik wipe.

Now I'm back to the same point again. I can't get into recovery.

I guess I'll try again after leaving the battery out for a while.

One thing I did notice when in recovery was that the trackpad didn't work. I had to use vol and power keys. If I get into recovery again, I'll try a keytest if I get into recovery again.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pc99mk:
And another update.

I got into recovery again and did a wipe dalvik cache.

I got the following error.

E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2

(No such file or directory)

Dalvik cache wiped.

So I'm not sure if it actually did it or not.

I then tried to do a nandroid restore and got a similar error.

E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (or /dev/block/mmcblk0)

(No such file or directory)

E:Can't mount /sdcard

Then the phone froze again.

So I'm guessing something is corrupted here.

Should I try formatting the SD card. (I have backed up all the data I could using my PC).
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikep99:
i think your dalvik will have been wiped. i always get the same message.

have you tried it again but without trying to restore a nand?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pc99mk:
Yes, I tried it again. I only seem to be able to get in to recovery after leaving the battery out for a while.

This time I did a dalvik wipe then rebooted, but it's just stuck on the initial splash screen again.

I'm pulling my hair out here (what little I have) :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikep99:
have you considered going back to a stock rom using an RUU or PB99IMG?

then you'd have to root again and restore your nand if possible/needed.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pc99mk:
I'd be happy to try reverting to stock, but don't you need to get the phone to boot before you can do that?

I have sent this phone back for repair previously and done just that (it suffered from the overheating problem and had a whole new motherboard less than months ago).

After leaving the battery out again for a while, a normal switch on got to the animation splash then rebooted twice before freezing again.

Is this likely to be a corruption in the flash memory, or a hardware problem?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spaboleo:
Hello,

I've got exactly the same problem! :( The phone freezes on the first splash-screen (not the Rom's bootanimation) and I can't get into recovery.

I'm running Oxygen Rom (2.0-RC6) and using Apps2SD in combination with an 8GB Transcend microSD card. I've only "rooted" it once using Unrevoked (long time ago), so I assume it is still S-On. I'm using clockwork's recovery, too.

At the moment I really don't know what to do. :(

What could I try?

pc99mk:

At the moment I'm leaving the battery out the phone until afternoon, hoping to get into recovery :(

Thank you in advance for every bit of an answer :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikep99:
Read up on the PB99IMG process if you can get into recovery (power & vol down).

Otherwise, the RUU will work if you can boot into fastboot (power & back key).
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pc99mk:
Hi spadoleo.

Sorry to hear you're having similar troubles.

I'm sure mine must have some sort of hardware problem now.

After leaving the battery out for a while again last night, I managed to get into fastboot and flash the latest alpharev hboot, and clockworkmod 3.0.0.5 in the hope that my freezing problems there were due to a slight corruption.

Clockworkmod has definitely updated as the colour of the menu has changed, but it still freezes soon after entering.

I just want to try and get the phone looking as much like a stock phone prior to sending it back now.

Does anyone have a fasstboot flashable image of the following:

UK TMobile 'Pink Circle' splash1 image

Standard HBOOT

Standard recovery

Otherwise I'm just going to have to send it back to HTC as is, and hope they still fix it under warranty.

Or is there any way of getting a RUU to start doing anything with the phone in fastboot?

Or indeed anything else I can try?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikep99:
See my post above.

You can run an RUU in fastboot.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pc99mk:
Hi mikep99.

Ok thanks for the advice. I'll have a read of the pb99img stuff.

I tried the RUU this morning in fastboot mode, but every time it justs sits at the 'Verifying information on your Android phone' for a while, then times out with a USB connection error.

I seem to have best results after leaving the battery out for a while (no idea why that should make any difference but it does), so I'll try it again in an hour or so.

Cheers
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikep99:
Install htc sync if you haven't already.

And try turning off antivirus and firewall on your PC

HTH