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rjschwarz
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Joined: Feb 22, 2005
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RE: Why aren't more Beginners concerned about wardrobe

The problem I see with a lot of low budget movies (well zombie movies actually) is the production seems to have custom designed shirts. Probably onlin...

14 years ago
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RE: Why aren't more Beginners concerned about wardrobe

Wardrobe depends upon your story. I suspect most big wardrobe decisions are made at the script stage. No money to do a WW2 film because you need all t...

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RE: You Must Have a Story Worth Telling...

I for one went into production before the screenplay was ready and have regretted it ever since. Sometimes you don't have a choice, but usually you do...

14 years ago
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RE: How hard is it to make a space bridge?

Some random thoughts. (1) If at all possible include a ceiling to make the set appear more complete. A trick they used in Aliens was to create a mi...

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RE: Locations: Elevator Set: Los Angeles

Have you tried asking the storage facility if they'll let you film there? Might be as easy as that. RJSchwarz

14 years ago
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RE: Ideas for Jail Scene?

They may expect to see a screenplay as well. RJSchwarz

14 years ago
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RE: Protect camera from wood-chips....

A bit more detail would be helpful. You might try wrapping the camera in a plastic trash bag or a box to keep dirt and dust out of the electronics....

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RE: Dealing with Actors

You may not like the criticism but he is absolutely correct. Mistakes made in a forum post are excusable but if these same mistakes are made in or aro...

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RE: Preventing dropped frames in FInal cut

Do you have multiple sequences open? Sometimes that can hog up memory and make it skip (at least according to the Final Cut Pro pop-up window). Do ...

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RE: Zombie Scriptwriting Help

I have started to like fast zombies. The slow ones create an overall feeling of dread but after hundreds of zombie movies (including Romero's latest t...

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RE: Justice for all productions.

As far as the judge goes I can understand the politicians being unhappy with any non-work related projects (such as films) that might be used or misre...

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RE: How to build network?

In a podcast I listen to about filmmaking they had a guy who successfully networks and his advice was to use xbox (or the PLaystation equivalent) as a...

15 years ago
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RE: Zombie Scriptwriting Help

What makes good zombie movies good is the ability to use the zombies to promote a theme. When Romero wrote Dawn of the Dead he had access to a mall so...

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RE: Digital or Film?

To be blunt, digital is faster and cheaper. Faster and cheaper usually wins in the long run over quality. Having said that I think film is not ready t...

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RE: Ci:You become movie director by Directing a movie?

You tend to get a lot of clothes rustle when the actors move and hiding the mic element from the camera can be difficult. I second the rustling soun...

15 years ago
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