Kess has it right. Just about everything is cut off of digibeta transfers now, I don't know any shops that still use a flatbed.
Be careful with your length. Most festivals put the cut off for a short at 45 minutes, but some do 30 minutes. Regardless, if you want it to be a sh...
What formats(s)? For the most part, no. You can ride professional decks pretty hard- the vast majority of post houses get work from many different p...
I agree that 'nonlinear storytelling' is a contradiction, and technically, impossible to achieve. Even if you show incomplete stories, like in the mo...
Where are you getting the noise? Could it be line noise? As in- if you watch the tapes before importing, do you still get the noise? If you do,...
If you are basing a script off of a book, then you'll need the publisher's permission. And unless you have some clout with them, you probably will en...
Not all editing software supports HD. FCP 5.1 or later does, any Avid that is currently for sale and... those are the only ones I bother with. If ...
It doesn't typically happen. There aren't really any 'big name' editors, just New York editors and LA editors with beefed up reels. So it's not like...
Yes, lighting can help immensely, and color correction can do stuff too, but the camera does matter too. And if you're working with a handycam, I don...
Help doing... what?
It's a judgment call, really. After Effects is the best I've used, but there are other ones that aren't quite so expensive.
Yes, the simple fix is not using Windows movie maker. Check your preview settings, your import settings and if you're exporting, check your export ...
Suburban would probably work with Queens, which is blocks and blocks of houses packed next to each other.
I'm not all that familiar with London, but I lived in New York for around 11 years. What part of New York?