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Dead People's Chorusline (featuring Dem Boners)
Dead People's Chorusline (featuring Dem Boners)
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Challenge: DPC Cinema II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D40
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
Location: la kitchen dans La Chateau Snaffles
Date: Oct 17, 2009
Aperture: f.18
ISO: 200
Shutter: 10 seconds
Galleries: Humorous, Horror
Date Uploaded: Oct 17, 2009

 Well, time I had some fun with making a set and driving myself nuts with getting everything just right :-)

The set is my lightbox, with the backdrop from the Cows at the Beach set behind the skeletons. The wings of the stage are dark purple tissue paper, and the stage itself is my beaten-up kitchen table. All of the skeletons in the chorus line originally came with completely straight limbs, hinged only at shoulders and hips.

However, with a little help, a few scorched thumbs and a couple of lighters later, Ryan and I were able to get a convincing bend in the knees, and the arms going out to the side instead of just forwards and backwards. Sewing needles are pinned through the standing foot of each skeleton, and once I found my gluegun, I was able to eliminate a second batch of needles from the kicking feet.

Later, I found some more skeletons and put them into the audience. The theatre seats are made from blue craft foam, and their bony little butts are stuck into green Play-Doh to ensure they don't fall over.

Huge thanks to Ryan Magnumphotography for showing me the true value of a tripod, long exposure and handheld LEDs and/or flashes! I learned so much just from watching him patiently strobe off that flash, shot after shot after shot. Though for the final shot, I used a small handheld LED light but did my best to do what he did.

pp: RAW-TIFF conversion, crop, clone, curves, brightness/contrast, cooling filter, resize, usm, sharpen edges, save for web.

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Here's a link to the famous 1929 Silly Symphony, The Skeleton Dance.

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=WN80Z2KZa-Y

Statistics
Place: 25 out of 82
Avg (all users): 6.0593
Avg (commenters): 7.0909
Avg (participants): 6.0256
Avg (non-participants): 6.0729
Views since voting: 1330
Views during voting: 335
Votes: 135
Comments: 20
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 10/28/2009 10:15:28 AM
During voting, I thought this was a genuine scalvert



Great shot!
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Canon EOS R7
Tamron 16-300mm Di II VC PZD MACRO w/Canon Nikon mount
 10/26/2009 01:55:25 PM
Hi from the Critique club!

LOLOLOL, I was going through this challenge this morning and was so excited when I saw yours and your great placement and was going to leave a comment. But for some reason, I KNEW i was going to get this one in the CClub!!!!!

As for your shot, brilliant. The placement is strong with your score. You put so much work into this as well. The only thing I could see that you could do a little differently would be to light the audience a little more.

I think this is a fun shot and it really sounds like you had a good time making it!!!!

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Canon EOS-D60
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 10/26/2009 11:49:26 AM
Congrats on the 6! It really is a cute setup!
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Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 10/26/2009 09:37:08 AM
Susan, great shot and it sounds like you had a great time doing it and that in the long run is what counts.
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Olympus C-2500L
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
 10/26/2009 04:51:50 AM
Excellent - well won 6
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Canon EOS-6D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 10/26/2009 03:35:40 AM
ROFL! LOVE it!
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 10/26/2009 03:25:10 AM
Yay - it held over 6 and made your top row! Congrats! And a darn cute shot (and great title) as well. AND as a bonus it sounds as though setting this up was a blast. I've recently been playing with flashes, too, but don't have half this much creativity as to what to flash. Nice work!
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Olympus 45mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko Digital
 10/26/2009 12:32:44 AM
Congrats on finishing with a 6+! I thought it was cute. It reminded me of some stop action cartoon I have seen but for the life of me, I cannot remember what it was. Great job!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/23/2009 10:41:43 PM
How did you set this up? Great set up.
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Nikon D90
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 10/21/2009 10:33:49 AM
Must see movie.
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Nikon D7100
Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D
 10/20/2009 05:57:04 PM
Dem Boners make it sound nasty LOL. Maybe just dem bones? I like the lighting and the setup although I'm sure DPC will have it's critics come out about this one.6
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
 10/20/2009 03:26:58 PM
lol
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Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S Micro Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 VR
 10/20/2009 01:33:53 PM
one of the most clever submissions in the challenge- great job
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Nikon D70
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Nikon
 10/20/2009 02:00:50 AM
very cute :)
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Sony Alpha a6000
Sony E 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 PZ OSS
 10/19/2009 08:42:10 PM
LOL...Love it!
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Olympus E-620
Olympus 14-42mm f.3.5-5.6 ED Zuiko Digital Zoom
 10/19/2009 06:41:13 PM
Cute title. I like that the audience is included.
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Leica SL
Voigtlander Ultron 35mm f/1.7 Aspherical MF Wide Angle - Black
 10/19/2009 05:44:40 PM
Very funny! Well executed too. I bet Richard Attenborough had made this one instead - takes the Oscar for best set design!
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 10/19/2009 10:50:37 AM
LOL! So well done! (not voting)
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Nikon D2Xs
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 10/19/2009 06:57:22 AM
No decent boners in the group!
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Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 12-24mm f/4.0G IF-ED
 10/19/2009 03:10:42 AM
funny. Dead people in the audience too?
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