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MarkG
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Joined: Oct 25, 2003
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RE: minidv to digitalbeta possiable?

Take it a company that does tape transfers. There are plenty in London, I haven't seen price lists for quite a while but on past experience I'd guess ...

20 years ago
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RE: Firewire for camcorder

The main advantage I can see is you take the DVD out and put it in your DVD player... no need to faff around with plugging a camcorder in. Handy if...

20 years ago
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RE: Another Question.Yeah I know shut up

Recording format is far less important than what you record: a good mike plugged into a Minidisk or a DV/HDV camera with a sound recordist who knows ...

20 years ago
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RE: 50 min film ? possible?

75 is kind of doable for a feature, don't think you can get away with anything much lower than that (though I do seem to remember one released featur...

20 years ago
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RE: 50 min film ? possible?

In my experience, with a 50 minute movie you're pretty much screwed. You can't sell it as a feature, you'll have a hard time getting it into festivals...

20 years ago
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RE: 16mm Film

Only if you shoot the entire movie in one shot with one take :). Ten to twelve hours is far more realistic: and a lot more expensive.

20 years ago
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RE: Newb with a DV camcorder and BIG dreams

I would always try to get good sound while shooting: it's usually a lot better than recording sound afterwards, as the actors have to get into charact...

20 years ago
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RE: Question About DVC-Pro

DVCPRO is basically Panasonic's incompatible version of DV. The biggest differences I'm aware of are that they shoot on larger tapes and use 4:1:1 col...

20 years ago
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RE: Screenwriting as a career...

There's nothing wrong with TV per se, but I still couldn't stomach writing for Eastenders :).

20 years ago
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RE: Newb with a DV camcorder and BIG dreams

One thing that stands out to me is that the conspiracy theory pirate radio guy sounds an awful lot like '8 Legged Freaks'.

20 years ago
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RE: Newb with a DV camcorder and BIG dreams

quote:But the biggest problem isn?t the sheer amount of zombie scripts and movies out there, the biggest problem is the lack of good zombies scripts a...

20 years ago
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RE: Newb with a DV camcorder and BIG dreams

"I am just starting out in film/video so any comments or suggestions about the whole aspect of this media would be appreciated." My first comment w...

20 years ago
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RE: Film,DV,Hi8, young man needing help,aaahhh!

"Then you will have a film feel for a DV price!" Sorry, but 24 frame per second shooting is about the least important part of a 'film look'. If you...

20 years ago
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RE: Final Draft?

I don't know how it compares to the competition, but Final Draft is pretty good. In fact, FD6 is so good I can't see any real reason to upgrade to lat...

20 years ago
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RE: Film,DV,Hi8, young man needing help,aaahhh!

It's not reuse that's beneficial with DV, it's the fact that an hour of shooting costs about $2 in tape rather than about $1000 in 16mm film. As fo...

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