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Will2
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Great Talk on Film

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I was nodding my head in agreement with almost everything these folks said...

https://youtu.be/wr6NdyP4y-k

A few of points that I noticed:
  • A call to bring back reversal stocks and even older negative stocks with more grain and less latitude for more creative choices.
  • Importance of finding line producers that "get" film and using it as creative choice so they will find the money
  • Film isn't a budget-buster (I assume for films with a budget!)
  • The entire filmmaking process is still based around film concepts and if film schools don't offer film at least to some degree they're doing their students a disservice.
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Will2 wrote:I was nodding my head in agreement with almost everything these folks said...

https://youtu.be/wr6NdyP4y-k

A few of points that I noticed:
  • A call to bring back reversal stocks and even older negative stocks with more grain and less latitude for more creative choices.
  • Importance of finding line producers that "get" film and using it as creative choice so they will find the money
  • Film isn't a budget-buster (I assume for films with a budget!)
  • The entire filmmaking process is still based around film concepts and if film schools don't offer film at least to some degree they're doing their students a disservice.
Yes, this talk is really quite inspiring, and I'm glad there are those at the big end of town, such as Nolan etc. that argue the case for film in the way they do. And the great thing is, that for them, it's not reduced to an either/or argument. While they might themselves prefer film over digital (for the reasons they do), they don't in any way require anyone else to adopt such a position. They argue for film, but as a choice. But for many loud and obnoxious voices in the digital camp, the opposite attitude will prevail. Digital will be argued in terms of a strict either/or argument: as a film vs digital debate, where only one can emerge victor, and the victor will be digital. The digital desperates are effectively arguing for a world in which there would be no choice.

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