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Having done a Kickstarter campaign, I can tell you that it is the choice of the initiator whether to make rewards available outside the U.S. or not. Has nothing to do with KS, per se. I think the fact that many campaigns elect not to do it is less a matter of additional cost than a matter of...

I'd be more impressed if this were an unknown filmmaker funding a personal project. Although I've never heard of it, my impression from the campaign is that this is a well-established franchise with a huge existing fan base.

Problem with consumer florescent bulbs is their color temperatures are all over the map. But if you use a light pink gel you should at least minimize any green tinge. However, you still need to decide whether you're going to try and match tungsten fixtures to daylight, or cover the windows...

Amen. The double standard is frankly embarrassing.

From my understanding of such things (caveat: I've never been so fortunate to have entertained such an offer), this is standard practice in such a situation. It's somewhat anachronistic, but think they still use the phrase "negative pick-up". It does not mean they will necessarily exercise any...

I'm gonna brown-nose here a minute and say that I always gave my sound guys as much time as they needed. Consequently, I only had to ADR 3 lines for my entire feature. :D

Makes sense to me, but sometimes it seems like the reality is rather less than ideal. :rolleyes: So, does the boom op typically ask the AD for quiet at that point, then proceed to find his spot?

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Thanks for those! In "The Art of Booming", Don Coufal talked about panning the mic 360 degrees to find the dead spot, then placing the mic so that the back of it points toward that spot (if I understood correctly). A question that immediately leaped to my mind was, how do you locate that dead...

The lights in the parking structure likely use sodium vapor lamps, which have a very low color temperature. This means they output a very warm light. In order to try and balance to white, your camera has to suck nearly all of the red out of the image. Since human skin tones are reddish, this...

:cool: I actually did that on a shoot last year (I was Key Grip). They also needed more background extras, so I was recruited for that as well -- face-pummeled by yawning cleavage. Turns out fake boobs really do feel way different than the real thing... :weird: I remember hearing your last...

No, it was for a show called King Cole's Party. The director and production people called it "THE COFFEE THAT MICK BUILT!" (always shouted and accompanied by a fist slammed down on the table.) I appreciate your reply, nevertheless. I thought there'd be more people out there with stories. :blush:

It's partly true, and partly hype. It's true that they shot a high speed POV through the windshield with a stunt driver at the wheel, racing down a street that had not been closed off. But it was not a busy street at all (under the train trestle), and the driver was one of the best in the...

Sonnyboo's post about Production Assistants gave me the idea for this thread. I imagine a few of us here have worked as PAs on at least one shoot. Would love to hear anecdotes about your most memorable experiences. I'll start... On my first PA job, I was asked by the director to make coffee...

Someone once asked me what a production assistant does. I told them: A production assistant is the person told to find an elephant, as quickly as possible, and bring it up 3 flights of stairs. When it arrives, s/he is informed that it is no longer needed. At least that's been my experience.

Speaking for myself, that's not the case. I very much appreciate what Wes Anderson does and I think he's a unique and brilliant voice, but I have yet to see a film of his that I'd want to watch again. Once, sure (on video), but once is plenty. None of his characters or stories speak to me on...

Sweet! Sounds like you're on your way. We'll say we knew you when...

When I've done this sort of thing in the past, I've sometimes placed the object on a pane of glass, with the black background some distance away from it. You have to light it carefully to avoid reflections. A 12"X12" pane should only run you a few bucks, and also pick up a can of Dust-Off...

Plays and novels published prior to 1923 are in the public domain and may be freely adapted without obtaining permission. Works published more recently than that vary in their status. If the published material you are interested in adapting is not public domain, you will have to option the...

Yes to all of the above, Dan. Believe me, if there were one sure way to do it, everyone would do it that way. People have sold scripts using every technique you list above. And, until someone pays you for it, you have the right to do anything you wish with it.