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MarkG
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Joined: Oct 25, 2003
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RE: Widescreen

If you burnt a 4:3 video to DVD as widescreen, then you'll see that the footage has been squashed vertically when played back on the TV.

18 years ago
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RE: Wave

You'd probably have to create the wave with CG and then composite it in with the actors.

18 years ago
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RE: film permits

A friend did once work on a low-budget feature where their solution if asked about permits was apparently to say 'Yeah, the producer has it, he's over...

18 years ago
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RE: Let's team & produce a low (no) budget feature

If you've got some ideas and locations I wouldn't mind having a go at a script: I co-wrote a low-budget vampire feature last year that should be finis...

18 years ago
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RE: Widescreen

Yeah, the VX2100 doesn't have true widescreen shooting, so you're probably best just to add black bars in post and be sure you don't put anything impo...

18 years ago
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RE: Movie story

Turn your story into a script, and then send it out to agents and production companies.

18 years ago
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RE: Script Advice

Best thing is to install software that will handle the formatting for you. Celtx is free and seems fairly useful.

18 years ago
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RE: Film Fundraising

For shorts it's hard, because there's no real market for them so anyone who 'invests' in it is probably just giving you money for no return. Aside fro...

18 years ago
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RE: Could you give me some advise...

Have you checked their rating and reviews on resellerratings.com?

18 years ago
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RE: Lighting Tips

quote:When Terry Gilliam made Jabberwocky he built minimalist sets in an otherwise dark wharehouse. That's pretty much what we were doing: we had a...

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RE: Lighting Tips

Burning torches don't produce a lot of light, and do produce a lot of smoke that gets everywhere and makes your crew unhappy :). I worked on one fa...

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RE: animated movies

Here in the UK I believe a half-hour slot is actually about 25 minutes plus ads. You might want to contact the TV companies you're thinking of selling...

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RE: animated movies

I presume he's talking about things like Christmas, or whatever the similar national holidays would be in Pakistan. For example, over here people are ...

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RE: Questions about Producers

Some producers just get money and leave the rest to the director and production manager, some are far more hands-on than that. Producer is one of thos...

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RE: stereo or mono

Actually, in my experience dialogue usually comes from the center speaker. I suspect stereo dialogue gets too confusing when you're cutting from one s...

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