My first s8mm shots, postprod. suggestions?

[vegard]

Hello,

Here is some s8mm i shot last half of 2005. Telecine by http://www.smalfilm.no [this sites' owner] and now I would like some suggestions to postproduction/postediting or whatever one calls it. Or perhpas somebody can redirect me to some page with more info on this? I am mainly thinking image wise.

download the file here:

http://www.kultorg.com/filmer/kultorgpres_finale.mpg

Btw. I used Premiere.

[Mitch Perkins]

Hello,

Here is some s8mm i shot last half of 2005. Telecine by http://www.smalfilm.no [this sites' owner] and now I would like some suggestions to postproduction/postediting or whatever one calls it. Or perhpas somebody can redirect me to some page with more info on this? I am mainly thinking image wise.

download the file here:

http://www.kultorg.com/filmer/kultorgpres_finale.mpg

Btw. I used Premiere.

http://groups.google.ca/group/DV-L?lnk=gschg&hl=en

I love Google groups. You can type stuff like "best editing system?" in the main groups search bar, get lots of opinions...

DV-L requires membership to participate, but you can read, and there's lots of other groups on the topic.

Happy editing, I find it the most fun part of the whole visual story-telling process, besides craft service...

Mitch

[tlatosmd]

What stocks did you use?

[vegard]

I used 3 Eastman Ektachrome Super 8 Color Reversal film 7240 and 1 old K40 film. The 7240 for the people pictures, the K40 for the other shots.

Thanks for the tips!

[jopsuper8]

Overall very nice. The sky and clouds shots using K40 are superb!

[studiocarter]

The nice thing about digital editing is that you can change your mind later if you don't like how it turns out. So, make a backup or just keep the first transfer and don't change it at all.
The way I would do it is to first go through the entire film and eliminate all the flash frames and all the frames that show dirt, scratches or hairs, not that there were hairs to be seen in this film.
Then I would cut out all super short shots that only last a microsecond, especially if they are in a zoom or a pan.
Shots of people, even if only a couple frames are clear, would be saved. Only still frames that are not blurred would be saved. These would be extended and played back in a very slow speed. Single frames like this could even be made to dissolve into one another.
Long lasting shots where nothing moves in the film would be shortened.
Image stabilization would be added to remaining shots that need it on a shot by shot basis. Each shot that has a lot of camera movement would be put onto the timeline with space at the head and tail and then stablized. Afterwards, they are all put together again.
That would make a rough cut.
Then, I'd have another look and start over.
But then, I like steady, solid looking film.
Let us see what you do with it.

Michael Carter

[Evan Kubota]

"Happy editing, I find it the most fun part of the whole visual story-telling process, besides craft service..."

Heh, what about carrying gear?

I think it Kieslowski who said "I shoot only so I can edit"....