Filmshooting

Here's wishing you 49 more.
Rick

I don't want to name any names but if you look at the roll you'll see that someone had shot about 15 feet, leaving me short. Had I tried to execute a 40 second script, my original plan, I would have been really upset.
Rick

Yay, though I am still bummed that I only had 5'. Glad I didn't do anything beyond abstract fun until the cart ended.

Should we do it again, but with strict time quotas this time?

Rick

I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You Another small format feature, shot on super 8, DV and Hi8-to-DCP. 71 minutes. Apparently just screened in Venice and screening soon in Rio de Janeiro. Described thus: “Beautifully structured and ultimately transcendent, "I Travel ...

greg_8mm wrote: It's just a few shots that are out of focus..

If the lens needs to be collimated wouldn't all the shots be out of focus, not just a few?

Rick

Just in case... before you send it for servicing, are you sure you had the diopter set right?
Rick

I had to phone Chris the publisher to get that. I sent him an interview with Guy Maddin for his farewell issue and it kept bouncing back.
Rick

He's now at super8today.net
same change to email address: .net

Rick

Another super 8 feature:
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/NEWKHSITE/ ... 250061.asp

Rick

Anyone dealt with these folks? Just curious.
http://cheap-super8camera-shop.com/

Rick

richard p. t. wrote: But definitely shooting on recans and short ends has its place and can be cheaper than super 8 (which doesn't have this option).
richard

You have this option if you buy from pro8, though it may not have been your intention
Rick

Simple solution: revise your presentation such that you don't mention Godard
Rick

Dude, I'm offering up this "filmic approach" for you: finish your Pass the Cart segment so we can wrap up the project. Tim Sorry Justin, but I have to second that. b) I'm glad I didn't participate in Pass The Cart. It's been a nightmare. Actually, it's been okay, almost done, with one exc...

Since this has digressed into a film vs. digital discussion I am surprised no one has mentioned contrast ratio. Film's latitude, even reversal, is so much greater than video's that it's not a contest. Unless the project calls for a flat low-contrast look or unless it calls for hours and hours of sho...

I know someone with one. PM and I'll pass on his contact.
Rick