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I have to ask... why 54fps? Why not an even 48 or 72 (multiples of 24 which makes shutter speed easier to calculate)? And as for film, technically all film can handle overcranking or under, but it has more to do with your lighting situation, because the higher or lower you go with your frame...

So 5 pictures opened Xmas day. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - if you haven't heard about this one, you've been living in a cave. It also stars Brad Pitt and was shot on 4k. PG 13 Budget $150m Bedtime Stories - the Disney flick with Adam Sandler who tells kids stories before bed and...

The only filters you should use are the ones that can't be applied in post as well as you could on set, namely ND (Not a bad idea to buy a set), Circular Polarizer, UV, and any color correction that is mandatory. If you wanted to shoot with a pro mist you could but when using a 35mm adapter...

Your point about the increase in exposure a film would have from being pirated is marginal. The fact that you can download exact DVD copies and soon BluRay copies of pretty much any major release... not just a DiVX copy but the REAL DVD, means that those people will NOT turn into sales...

In response to the original article, it smacks of that moment that everyone goes through in every career (relevantly especially filmmaking or other high-glamor high-risk high-reward careers), when after a few (or ten) years of trying and learning, it becomes obvious that it just isn't going to...

There is two components to lighting look: CRI and Kelvin Temperature. Low grade flos tend to suffer from low CRI but sometimes appropriate Kelvin. You need higher than 84 CRI otherwise colors will have a dull look. Photographic incandescent bulbs tend to reach into the mid 90's in CRI, but...

Here is a similar thread: http://www.indietalk.com/showthread.php?t=14420 You should try reading the forums here, this question gets asked every so often. The best advice is if you don't know where to start its probably because you don't know the movie making process well enough. Pick up a...

Yes you have to order by phone. And you should know the stock #, not the model type. eg KODAK EKTACHROME 64T Color Reversal Film 7280 is simply 8mm 7280 / KODAK VISION2 500T Color Negative Film 7218 is 8mm 7218, etc. I don't think they make double perf 8mm film any more so I don't think you...

I don't know that its *that* far off, you may be able to do better, especially if you have 5-10 rolls to process. If you are going to shoot a few rolls, call Kodak directly and order. It will be guaranteed factory fresh and is almost always less expensive than you can buy it from a dealer...

I have not yet ever worked on a film or shot one of my own films and felt like I had the time or right opportunity to do it. Its not easy, we all have jobs or family or whatever that stands in the way but you just have to go and do it, just make sure you prep it as much as possible.

Have you read any books? Do you know anything about filmmaking at all? 101 could make your first few shorts much easier.

The question in the original post is like asking how long is a short wave? How much light you need depends on the shot you are trying to achieve. Is it day? night? dusk? dawn? Are there multiple light sources, or just one? Do we want moody cinematic drama lighting (high contrast), or flat...

Sean, I run the Schweitzer Lakedance International Film Festival in Sandpoint, Idaho, and we just finished our third fantastic year. I'm also a filmmaker who has had his short films play in 12 festivals and I have been to probably 30. The first suggestion I would make is GO to some film...

You're absolutely right, and I did the same thing, I wrote shooting scripts that I directed. And to clarify, there is no problem with doing that so long as you are the director. But in general even if you are its better to write it as a spec script for producers and crew to read, and then go...

For future reference, I have found the examples you can download on this page: http://www.oscars.org/nicholl/format.html to be the best way to learn screenwriting I have ever seen. The next thing is to buy or obtain screenplays (some are online for download) from movies you like and see how it...

If we're talking about big picture, its probably a tossup whether to switch. If I had to lean in a direction, I would say if it came down to picture quality, the Scarlet will most likely produce a better overall picture with a shallower DOF, BUT it most likely will not have anywhere near the...

Great Response Will and good headshot!

The film industry is a collection of craftspeople, tradespeople, artists, and businesspeople. If you are talented and lucky and most of all driven, you can and most likely will succeed. Its only a little different than most industries in that there seems to be a much larger percentage of...

What are you wanting to achieve? You can shoot any format of film and finish to HD 1080p and it will look fine, obviously the better formats like 35mm, super35, 70mm and variants will all look good and typically superior than super16mm, but a good super16 cam in a pro's hands could look...

See that could be a movie right there.