- [Narrator] This Filmmaker IQ short
is sponsored by AMBIENT,
manufacturers of precise location sound,
time code, and sync equipment.
(intense electronic music)
(bell ringing)
(muffled conversation)
(explosion)
(chanting)
- We seek the blasphemer known as John Hess.
Is he here?
- Oh, hi guys, it's me right here.
- John Hess.
The same John Hess who prophesized
that 24 frames a second would be the future of cinema?
- Well, I wouldn't say prophesized.
You see, you know it's been like six years
since The Hobbit came out--
- Silence!
Do not speak of The Hobbit.
Fortnite420!
What is the verdict?
- We, the members of the High Council of PC Master Race
find you guilty.
- Guilty!
- Guilty.
And tell me, PUBG4Life69,
what is the sentence for a guilty verdict?
- Death.
- Death!
We get to kill you, John Hess.
By the power invested in me by PC Master Race,
all praise to Bill Gates and Gabe Newell,
I sentence you to death.
Do you have any last words, blasphemer?
- Well, I mean, if you really want to
shoot high frame rate, like 48,
you really should just go out there and try it yourself,
and be the change yourself,
otherwise you should-- - Oh my God,
shut up, you nerd and die!
Avada Kedavra!
(laser beam)
Wow, he just popped.
- What will become of the others, master?
- The others?
Oh, God, they're all below the line.
We could just kill them, who cares?
(laughing)
(screaming)
- Down, down, down!
(laser beams)
(maniacally laughing)
- Come with me if you wanna live!
(suspenseful music)
- Guys, tell John I'm going on my lunch.
(laser beams)
- So, does this sort of thing happen regularly
with your productions?
- Ahh, kinda.
John's a blowhard when it comes to frame rate.
- Crap!
I have an audition in Santa Monica after this.
There is no way I'm gonna make it up the 405
in time with this!
- Okay, okay, stay calm.
All we need to do is figure out some way
to gain the advantage.
- Okay.
- You guys, I totally know kung fu.
Come up on his left.
Karate chop to the neck,
and then,
roundhouse kick.
Sho-sha!
Right?
Hey!
I'm Chad Montoya.
You just killed my director.
You look thirsty.
How 'bout a little falcon
(laser beam) punch!
Remember me
as a hero.
- Oh my God, they killed Chad.
- Those bastards!
Look, we are running out of time!
Think!
- Okay, think, think, think!
Sync!
Time sync.
I got it.
We're using AMBIENT's NanoLockit
portable time code and sync generator.
This device ensures all our cameras
and audio recording devices are running
on the same timecode clock.
- What does that mean?
- Well, in post, audio and video sync is a snap.
- (grunting) No!
What does that mean for our situation right now?
- Okay, it means all I need to do is unplug it,
and then we'll start to drift.
- Okay, well what do you mean, drift?
- It means, baby, we're out of sync.
(electronic music)
Now, with the audio slightly ahead,
I've got all the advantage I need.
Hey!
Wizarding wussies, come show me what you got!
- Ahh!
(laser beams)
(screaming)
- Why don't you keep an
eye on that!
(grunting)
No one interrupts room tone,
not on my watch!
(laser beam)
Ahh!
- Killing my friends was a grave mistake,
sound boy!
When will you sound mixers learn your place on set, huh?
You're the bottom of the barrel!
No one cares about you.
Ironic, though, that a sound mixer should die
with a boom.
- Hey Game boy!
- Yes?
- You forgot to slate.
(birds chirping)
- I don't wanna go, Mr. Stark!
- Are you okay?
- I'll survive!
(slow clapping)
- [Group] Ed, Ed, Ed, Ed, Ed!
(cheering)
- Ed!
- Oy!
- It's not nap time, it's work time.
(bell ringing)
- Who hired him?
- Not me.
- [Director] Roll camera!
- Speed on sound.
(electronic music)
- Filmmaker IQ, scene one arrivederci, take one.
(techno music)
- Thanks to everyone in our cast and crew,
and a very special thanks to our sponsor, AMBIENT,
manufacturers of highly accurate,
portable time code products like the NanoLockit.
With AMBIENT's time code products, you can master time code
and bring everything precisely into sync in post.
Check out our behind the scenes making-of video,
where I'll cover every step of producing this short
from casting to editing to special effects
and of course, audio synching.
I'm John Hess, and I'll see you
at FilmmakerIQ.com.