There are certainly people still making dogma films but they stopped giving out certificates long ago, and theres hasn't been a certification process for a long time, which is a real shame as it would have been an opportunity for small filmakers to get publicity.sunrise wrote:First of all the Dogma thing is still going. There are still being made films that are certified Dogma films.
At least that's what it says on their website?
I didn't mean to suggest it was, certainly they originally envisioned shooting on 35mm for the first films and the rules even specify what format of 35mm to use.The dogma thing was NOT about mini-DV. Although it was a big part of it.
Some dogma films was shot on 35mm!
I would love to hear of any 35mm dogme films! It's not easy to find out about such things! I've not heard of any of them. The dv based films get all the publicity I guess.
I think it was partly about the ease of use of the cameras in the situation too. For instance dogme films must have synchronous sound. It also fits what they were trying to achieve styleistically, They wanted to acheive a greater realism and video is very much associated with that.The dogma thing, and the miniDV thing was meant as a stunt to cut productions costs.
It depends on what it is and what you are doing. If you intend to finish on dvd then it's going to be a lot cheaper to shoot on dv and documentary in paticular are very suited to dv because of the high shooting ratios. It all depends on where you are standing doesn't it.
In sweden most of the film industry seem to go over to HDTV, in Denmark we use DigiBeta and DVcam. HDTV is on it's way though.
All the films being made on the digital format has been mare expensive than it would have to shoot them on film. Because of the huge post production work.
I think you should look toward aesthetic reasons rather than finacial for choosing miniDV.
I expect you are thinking paticually about narrative based feature films which is kind of what this thread is all about, but sometimes dv can be cheaper, a lot cheaper than film. It depends where you are finishing up and a lot of other things.
Where I am the idea of shooting on 35mm is ridiculous in the extreme and film is often a luxury. For people who work in the industry on big projects for film and television, they may think differently.
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if you call the fundamental quantities by their real names it's kind of hard to make mistakes like this. had you written "the same time" you would have immediately seen that the math was wrong, and had you written "the same length" you would have seen that you were using the wrong quantity. also the rest of us would have had an easier time trying to figure out what you meant.