Search found 8 matches

by Ghost Don't Walk
Mon Jun 04, 2007 9:03 am
Forum: Filmmaking
Topic: Your top 5 documentaries?
Replies: 58
Views: 131455

Jesus Camp was interesting and disturbing...much in the same way as "Devil's Playground" was about the Amish. I wonder though, what tactics the filmmakers employed to get so close to the subject as they obviously were going for a specific outcome. If you enjoyed Jesus Camp, I highly recom...
by Ghost Don't Walk
Wed May 30, 2007 7:05 pm
Forum: Filmmaking
Topic: Your top 5 documentaries?
Replies: 58
Views: 131455

Jesus Camp was interesting and disturbing...much in the same way as "Devil's Playground" was about the Amish. I wonder though, what tactics the filmmakers employed to get so close to the subject as they obviously were going for a specific outcome. If you enjoyed Jesus Camp, I highly recomm...
by Ghost Don't Walk
Mon May 28, 2007 9:30 am
Forum: Filmmaking
Topic: Your top 5 documentaries?
Replies: 58
Views: 131455

Really two are coming to mind that would make my top 10 of any film list I construct--

Hoop Dreams
Tokyo Olympiad
by Ghost Don't Walk
Mon May 28, 2007 9:28 am
Forum: Filmmaking
Topic: Your top 5 films?
Replies: 33
Views: 29055

I'll bite.

1. A Clockwork Orange
2. La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc
3. Solyaris
4. Paris, Texas
5. Ran
by Ghost Don't Walk
Mon May 28, 2007 9:16 am
Forum: Filmmaking
Topic: Filming at Night
Replies: 2
Views: 3831

polarized lens? even just roll the windows down? It is possible to film in day and make it look like night, though I don't ever think its done well, just because the moon never puts off reflections like the sun. I would just use actual lighting sources for my inspiration. Streetlights, stoplights, h...
by Ghost Don't Walk
Sat May 26, 2007 10:06 am
Forum: Small gauge film forum
Topic: Maddin's Brand
Replies: 9
Views: 2395

Thanks for the link!

I really dig the detail he gets. Just in the first few minutes, the old woman's face with the wrinkles, and the whitecaps on the waves. Very cool, and inspiring.
by Ghost Don't Walk
Sat May 26, 2007 10:02 am
Forum: Small gauge film forum
Topic: Best YouTube workflow?
Replies: 11
Views: 3222

i set frame size to 320x240, bitrate as high as possible (to stay withing the limit), and set keyframes to "all", which creates an intraframe stream which doesn't interfere with subsequent interframe compression. jpeg compression works too but there's a bug in the gamma correction in this...
by Ghost Don't Walk
Sat May 26, 2007 9:56 am
Forum: Small gauge film forum
Topic: Sleep Always rip-off alert
Replies: 57
Views: 15002

Rick,

I'm not sure of its accuracy, but you can input a website into:

http://www.babelfish.altavista.com to translate the page. I used it on the page above, and it seemed like it pertained to video games.