Hi all, I am writing a screenplay for a short film. There is one scene where there is a completly nude male. It's not sexual and he would not be erect. Is there a way to keep that scene in the film and label it as rated "R"? Another question I have is how can I make the video look like a movie? I don't want a film look, I just want it to look good. Like in "making the video" the raw footage looks much different than the final polished piece. By the way I am using an 80's video camera: JVC KY-210 with a Sony VO-8800 VTR. Any help or suggestions would be great!!!!
Jake
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Good question on the rating system however, only the MPAA can give out or assign a rating. If you have a distributor they will take care of this for you. Otherwise you will have to use the NR (Not Rated) logo/assignment or nothing. It's a legal/copyright thing with MPAA.
Good luck.
Oh, for the film look question read up on it here:
http://www.lafcpug.org/feature_video_film.html
and here:
http://www.urbanfox.tv/production/p15filmlookshoot.htm
The reason that the "raw" footage in "Making the Video" looks better than the finished music video is because music videos are shot on film. Sure there are the occasional garage-type videos that are actually shot on video, but for the most part they are originated on negative, telecined, edited and sweetened electronically, and output digitally. "Making the Video" is a good side by side comparison of film to video. You can see why the pro's still don't originate electronically (but hang in there... in a few years young film students will be asking why it's called "a film".)
"On a good gate, that's a wrap."
If the rating thing is more important to you than the frontal nudity, then shoot two versions: one with and one without the offending member (so to speak) in frame. And if you're willing to shoot two versions, ask yourself, "How important is the frontal nudity to the script anyway?"
"On a good gate, that's a wrap."
