Forum: DV Info Net Announcements
August 28th, 2002, 12:23 PM
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Replies: 13
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Cripes, Jeff, that's extremely generous (and...
Cripes, Jeff, that's extremely generous (and thanks for the kudos Ken). I will pass on the suggestion to my co-producers.
We are working on the web delivery. Yes, the WMP quality on Mac is pretty...
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Forum: Show Your Work
August 28th, 2002, 12:20 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 5,136
Margus:
I found the original quote from...
Margus:
I found the original quote from another forum, the article itself is not online.
From "Sight & Sound" magazine, August, by Geoffrey Macnab:
"Tilman Buttner, cameraman on Tom...
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Forum: DV Info Net Announcements
August 28th, 2002, 12:05 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,580
The 8 films from last weekend's Instant Films...
The 8 films from last weekend's Instant Films #003 festival are up on the website at www.instantfilms.com.
I highly recommend "Dirty Diamonds", it swept the awards for this particular festival.
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Forum: Canon XL1S / XL1 Watchdog
August 27th, 2002, 04:38 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 3,243
Kermie:
If "The Shining" was the birth of...
Kermie:
If "The Shining" was the birth of the art of Steadicam, "Goodfellas" was like the coming-of-age (losing it's virginity? I hereby give up on the metaphors). Of course everyone remembers the...
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Forum: Show Your Work
August 27th, 2002, 11:40 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 5,136
Rob, that wouldn't really be hanging up the...
Rob, that wouldn't really be hanging up the Steadicam, now would it...?! Then again, maybe if you sent me a plane ticket to the Netherlands...hmmm...I'm thinking about it...
The lighter the...
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Forum: Canon XL1S / XL1 Watchdog
August 27th, 2002, 11:34 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 3,243
Kermie:
Here's a great overall introduction...
Kermie:
Here's a great overall introduction to the Steadicam and how it works:
http://www.howstuffworks.com/steadicam.htm
I think they are incredibly interesting too! (having spent a...
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Forum: Show Your Work
August 27th, 2002, 07:09 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 5,136
Margus:
Cables off a Steadicam are a drag,...
Margus:
Cables off a Steadicam are a drag, literally and figuratively. That's why we spend the equivalent of a garage-ful of cars on high end wireless equipment to transmit our framing, control...
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Forum: Canon XL1S / XL1 Watchdog
August 27th, 2002, 07:00 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 3,243
Kermie:
some other notes...the slower you do...
Kermie:
some other notes...the slower you do the effect, the more precise it needs to be. A crashing-in version as you described will be probably be more successful.
As Dan mentioned, going...
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Forum: Show Your Work
August 26th, 2002, 07:11 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 5,136
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Forum: Canon XL1S / XL1 Watchdog
August 26th, 2002, 07:08 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 3,243
Kermie,
If I am interpreting you correctly,...
Kermie,
If I am interpreting you correctly, you are looking to achieve the effect that is variably known as a "Hitchcock zoom", "Vertigo effect", "Spielberg" (he did it in Jaws) and my favorite,...
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Forum: Canon XL1S / XL1 Watchdog
August 25th, 2002, 12:59 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,108
I don't know. I can see 24p for the XL2 (or...
I don't know. I can see 24p for the XL2 (or whatever it will be called), but HD...? It's not a prosumer format, so that would be a huge leap for Canon to move in that direction, I think. It's too bad...
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Forum: Taking Care of Business
August 25th, 2002, 04:17 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 5,387
The various guilds have mandates about credits....
The various guilds have mandates about credits. The Director's guild, for instance (DGA), has specific requirements for the director being the last credit at the head of the opening titles, and 1st...
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Forum: Sony VX2100 / PD170 / PDX10 Companion
August 24th, 2002, 07:55 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,223
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Forum: Show Your Work
August 23rd, 2002, 02:53 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 5,136
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Forum: Show Your Work
August 22nd, 2002, 10:29 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 5,136
Rob:
I have read previously about this...
Rob:
I have read previously about this project. It was shot in a single, 90 minute take on a Steadicam-mounted HD camera.
Although I am curious about the results of such an undertaking, I have...
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Forum: Canon XL1S / XL1 Watchdog
August 21st, 2002, 11:00 PM
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Replies: 1,969
Views: 579,477
"flashing" problem with XL1s
Strange phenomenon today.
While shooting a locked-off shot with a city street in the background, I had a problem today where bright colored cars whizzing by would temporarily cause the image to...
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Forum: DV Info Net Announcements
August 20th, 2002, 07:59 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,580
It's Instant Films time again...
This Sunday...
It's Instant Films time again...
This Sunday the 25th is the screening of 8 short films that didn't exist in any way just two days earlier!
Here's the info:
LA Film School Theater
6363...
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Forum: Canon XL1S / XL1 Watchdog
August 20th, 2002, 07:51 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 6,724
Rob:
I haven't done it mathematically in...
Rob:
I haven't done it mathematically in years--my old Betacam method was to zoom in on a closeup, press the momentary auto exposure button on the lens, then stop down to taste from there. With...
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Forum: Techniques for Independent Production
August 19th, 2002, 10:27 PM
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Replies: 65
Views: 11,977
I haven't read that issue at length yet, it's...
I haven't read that issue at length yet, it's kicking around on my desk somewhere. Most DP's like to shoot fairly open, but it does depend on the project. I was fortunate enough to do some Steadicam...
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Forum: Techniques for Independent Production
August 19th, 2002, 07:38 AM
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Replies: 65
Views: 11,977
Paul:
I've been thinking about your wanting...
Paul:
I've been thinking about your wanting to transition from a frame where the foreground alone is in focus, to one in which both the foreground and background are in focus.
With a film...
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Forum: Canon XL1S / XL1 Watchdog
August 17th, 2002, 09:01 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,278
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Forum: Stabilizers (Steadicam etc.)
August 16th, 2002, 08:49 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 4,542
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Forum: Techniques for Independent Production
August 16th, 2002, 12:23 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,771
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Forum: Alternative Imaging Methods
August 14th, 2002, 10:00 PM
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Replies: 62
Views: 17,640
Hi imagine (what can we call you, mate?)
I'm...
Hi imagine (what can we call you, mate?)
I'm very curious to hear how you get along working with those still lenses in terms of physically pulling focus etc. Also wondering if you will experience...
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Forum: Awake In The Dark
August 14th, 2002, 09:49 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 7,513
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