Filmshooting

...nice work Seth. Will there be a sound design? Music probably? I like the portraiture and the fact that you allowed the camera to linger on faces. I would say the medium shots are looking the best. My critique is that you overused the panning technique - often starting shots and finishing shots in...

The Sony looks interesting....








~ I'll have to go learn more about this one. Thanks for the suggestions.



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...so I'm warming up to the idea of these micro-video cameras that are recording 1920X1080 to tiny little SD cards in mpeg4. I like the economy and size of the cameras and am considering the Canon HF100 (or something like it) to use as a field research camera for my documentary work. I understand th...

...It doesn't work for me either. Says the BBcode is "turned off" and I can't figure out how to turn it on.

Suggestions?

.....nice! finally a full-frame Nikon digi-SLR that will be cheaper than the D3. Opens up many more possibilities for those of us with F-mount glass.

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...it's normal for that lens to have tension. Everything on the lens should have tension. focus, aperture, zoom. It's one of the few Super 8 cameras that actually has a cine lens..

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....interesting. I hadn't thought about WGBH. Yesterday afternoon I met up with Nigel who posts here and we talked about ITVS and the virtues of the "PBS-hour" for documentary work. Given the current state of state of independent filmmaking these days playing the lottery has better odds th...

Andres, nice work. Very moody stuff. and the photography is great. I'm amazed that you were able to hold on to so much detail in the macro shots with the off-the-wall transfer. Right on! I like the Spanish title "Efecto Invernadero" better than the english translation. What are you going t...

....I know! Matt's graphs are a powerful reminder where the "dead zones" are. Makes me question my logic of producing an hour-long film. I need to do some thinking about that. And of course don't let these graphs discourage. It isn't as if festivals don't accept films in these dead zones. ...

Well, of course it was only good mooded sarcasm. Hence quotes around the word treated. Likely things look far better then I can guess. Even on these big screens. ...yeah - digital projection seems to be arriving at the same place digital music recording arrived at about a decade ago. Sure the highs...

So Steve in aiming for a TV hour does that mean you have a TV contract lined up - over here (Australia) there's not too many stations that would take a one off hour long drama - perhaps SBS would. It's a shame though - is the screening prospects better where you are? Having said that though I'm goi...

Scot, This next year I'll be working on two films: a super 8 short and a super 16 feature. The feature will be a TV hour (52:30)in HD and the short will be 6 minutes in SD. We are currently in the research stages of both projects, but the short may have to happen sooner than later given some time/re...

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

Thanks Rick. It would be great to screen at University of Toronto. I will be sure to send it in and will check back in the fall when submissions are being accepted. Two July screenings include: Long Island International Film Expo 20 Jul | 2:00pm | Bellmore Movies 222 Pettit Ave. Bellmore NY 40th Auc...

aj, We've been projecting digitally. The quality of digital projection varies greatly across festivals. I have screened on cheap digital projectors via DVD with results in the loss of highlights and shadow detail and introduces digital artifacts. I have also been fortunate to screen on state-of-the ...