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  1. Shawn

    Indies with great stories?

    Definitely Basqiat and Igby Goes down. Also check out: Pi (cool idea), Roger Dodger (great dialogue), All The Real Girls (perfectly captures that feeling when love punches you in the stomach), Dancer In The Dark (great date movie- ha ha) and I Love Huckabees (all around brilliance).
  2. Shawn

    copyright Copyright Question

    The book I want to use is online, at Project Gutenberg (which is where I got most of my lapsed copyright information). I'm pretty sure it'd be cool, but of course I won't start anything until I know 100%. This was what I got from their FAQ page: "What can I do with a text that is in the...
  3. Shawn

    copyright Copyright Question

    Hey everybody, I was thinking about adapting an old novel into a screenplay, and I was curious if anybody knows the rules about this sort of thing. As far as I can tell, if it was published before 1923 it's fair game (in America anyway). Is this right? It's not Tarzan or anything, so I don't...
  4. Shawn

    Festival Advice

    Thanks guys, I'll definitely check out those ones you mentioned.
  5. Shawn

    Festival Advice

    Hey guys, Thanks for the replies and the link. I did register on without a box, and it seems like there's a lot of good stuff there. Almost too much. There's about a billion festivals, and it's hard for me to tell them apart. Just wondering what are some good, fun, small to medium-size...
  6. Shawn

    Festival Advice

    Hey everybody! I've finally finished my movie, and I'm sort of wondering what to do with it. I'd love to show it in a film festival, but I don't really know where to begin, and I'm just curious if anyone has any advice. The movie is maybe a bit of an oddball because it's too long to be a...
  7. Shawn

    NEED SOME HELP FAST

    Thanks everybody! I did wind up exporting with just regular old Quicktime, and it looked good. The premiere was a big hit (relatively speaking of course), and I'll try and post the movie on here or set up a link so everybody who wants to can see it. Again, thanks a bunch! Shawn
  8. Shawn

    NEED SOME HELP FAST

    Thanks Will. I downloaded that software, and it looks pretty good, but it still won't read the video file. Might be something is wrong with that file, because it should be able to work with MPEG-2. Thanks Knightly. Will the quality be OK if I just export with Quicktime? I don't need...
  9. Shawn

    NEED SOME HELP FAST

    Hey everybody, I FINALLY finished editing my movie, (which took forever because I'm working 6-day weeks like a monkey!) and I want to put it on DVD. Problem is I'm not sure how to do this, and I'm supposed to have my "Premiere" tomorrow night which is just 2 days before I leave Japan forever...
  10. Shawn

    Taking DV tapes on a plane

    Thanks everybody. I'll definitely try to get a hand inspection. Happy holidays!
  11. Shawn

    Taking DV tapes on a plane

    Hey, maybe a silly question, but I just want to confirm: There's no danger of my DV tapes being damaged if they get sent through an X-ray machine at the airport is there? I'm flying home on Saturday, and I would probably have to kill myself if my entire movie got erased because of something...
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