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  1. film8ker

    Distribution question - listing on Amazon?

    no, it just means that if you can find an exact copy of what you're listing, you can list it as "I have one too." Otherwise you have to pay to list new objects. If someone else has alredy listed what you want to sell, then it's cheaper.
  2. film8ker

    Need some technical advice on upcoming project.

    Great site, I saw someone looking at it in an office one time and I've been looking for it ever since. Glad I finally fond it again.
  3. film8ker

    copyright Copyrighting a Short Script

    "You could mail yourself the envelope unsealed, and stuff new material in it." If you mail it registered mail, the post office seals it with official tape, but the cost is about $20 - $25 so the difference is nominal. But let me ask you this, who is going to steal it? Have you - or will you...
  4. film8ker

    Distribution question - listing on Amazon?

    There's also info on the site about how to get added as a product supplier directly to Amazon, but they take a 55% commission. Of course, they may not accept it. However if you set up a pro account, it's a $1 fee per sale and 5% commission and you can list new products that isn't already...
  5. film8ker

    Need some technical advice on upcoming project.

    There was a mention of the Tiffen site, check out the Ultra Contrast filters. They may help.
  6. film8ker

    Newb FireWire question

    My PC has a 4 pin connector. If you can feel the shape of the port, a 4 pin will be a very small (like 3/8 inch) square port, and a 6 pin will be at least twice as large and is bullet shaped (square with one end notched outwards). Is it really that hard to move the computer away from the wall...
  7. film8ker

    DVD distro

    By self distro, do you mean you want to just make copies? How many are you looking for? For 1000+ unit batches, I like http://www.megalodon.com/ a lot, and most of the associated services like face screen printing, packaging printing, and all that is included in the price.
  8. film8ker

    Super 16mm v High Definition Video

    I don’t agree about the short ends. I was on a feature where we shot short ends for the entire thing because the DP got a deal for around $0.05 per foot, and we had a handful of full reels on hand for some special scenes. It made for a lot of mag changes, but we never had any problems with the...
  9. film8ker

    Filter Q - for "night" filming

    I don’t know if it’ll work, but try shooting it under normal conditions and in post, drop the brightness, raise the contrast, and increase the blue saturation. It should look night-like but still maintain the highlight details. I don’t know if it’ll work, but if it does, let me know. I have a...
  10. film8ker

    Where can i get Royalty Free Soundtracks/Soundbites?

    I have some links to some free use music sites on our new site (still under construction) in the links section - http://www.5fields.5u.com/Links.htm. Check it out!
  11. film8ker

    short filmmaker in need of music

    Check out www.5Fields.5u.com under the Links section for links to some free use music sites.
  12. film8ker

    Explain how the 29.97fps works exactly, please!

    It’s not so much to make sure you get every frame you captured, but to capture at the highest possible quality. As imperfections are encountered, they become more and more noticeable with subsequent generations because every time it is recompressed, the imperfection is recompressed just like...
  13. film8ker

    Explain how the 29.97fps works exactly, please!

    No. Drop-fame has to do with frame numbering. Keyframe has to do with encoding. See, most video is not encoded with the information of every single frame in order. Uncompressed video like that is very large and causes other problems, but is the best for editing because it preserves the...
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    Where can i get Royalty Free Soundtracks/Soundbites?

    I’ve done a lot of searching for “free use” music, and the results are few and far between. If you’re willing to spend a few bucks, you can get buyout, royalty free music from many, many places. You’ll find it either priced by the track or by the disk, and you can find lots of disks for less...
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    Explain how the 29.97fps works exactly, please!

    I don't use that program, but it's probably a keyframe designation because all DVD is in MPEG2 format and requires keyframing. I've seen something similar in other MPEG compressor programs.
  16. film8ker

    fundraising legal question

    Now that's a damn good idea. We're going to start a sponsorship section to our website and sell our product for "sponsorship" and give a little extra for the "donation" - that will count as a sale in the books.
  17. film8ker

    After Effects question.

    I’m exporting a test of an opening sequence that I’m building in AE. I go to export a low res test by adding to the render queue like I always do. It gets about 3/4 of the way done, and then gives me an error that there is not enough disk space. I am using an external hard drive that has...
  18. film8ker

    Color Correction

    Yeah. I also got a little portable battery powered waveform monitor which helps too. Of course, this was after the shoot I referred to here.
  19. film8ker

    yet another camera question

    They shot wide screen interlaced. I think scale is one of the 2 speed settings the camera has. I’ve only used a PD150 a couple of times, but it has regular miniDV standard mode, and DVCAM mode (which is the Sony version of DVCpro by JVC). They probably shot DVCAM because it has a higher...
  20. film8ker

    Question

    I can't stand to see myself on TV, that's why I work behind it.
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