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1) If you're writing the story, you're putting the cart miles in front of the horse. Get the script done first, worry about this stuff when you're making it. 2) Even in some of the most famous follow shots in history they cut. They just disguise their cuts. 3) Is it really that important to...

Good looking out, AI, thanks!

You pretty much answered your own question. It's all a matter of suspension of disbelief. If you ask too much of an audience, as far as separating themselves from reality, they often disengage. If you disobey the rules of the reality you create, they often disengage. The question becomes: how...

I think is was "Faster, and more intense."

More than likely, shooting a scene that's "moody" will be a reflection on how you light the scene, not what camera settings you use. Figure out a moody lighting scheme, get a flat setting on your camera so that you have maximum dynamic range, and meter your shots.

The weird static is probably some error that recurs in the render. Try changing your render settings. The problem is that you weren't the same distance away. The beginning of the shot's actually pretty decent, but when you're that close to the camera, a small shift in position fore-aft in the...

Math. Math is how. Seriously, though, there's a lot of complicated math behind puling the effect off properly. Different lenses will likely require you to cheat differently. A wide lens exaggerates movement within the depth of the frame. A longer lens diminishes it. If you were to set up the...

You'll need a much better game plan for the long term to pursue those methods. I can pretty much assure you that almost no place in Michigan can ensure that you'll get a job in your field after studying film. Not saying it's a bad thing to study, but you need to develop a plan for it. Offer to...

Honestly, most shots like this can be dealt with best in the cut. Lock off a setup, film the actor playing both parts, but avoid crossing each other. When going OTS, use a double.

Also, the log line is way too formulaic. You're trying too hard to be vague, hoping that it will work like a hook, when it really doesn't. Your atmosphere has promise, but your atmosphere isn't the story. What happens that he would regret. Vaguery and intrigue are two entirely disparate...

It looks like you're walking through at an angle while shooting wide. The foreshortening caused by approaching the camera will make you appear to grow in size. When shooting wide you'll increase in size much more quickly.

If we're lucky, then maybe we have to repeat today over and over until it becomes perfect...because no perfect day could have Harold Ramis die. Worst case scenario, though, maybe Bill Murray, Dan Akroyd, and Ernie Hudson can go find him...

This was one of the bigger things I've been keeping in mind. An adjustable lens camera that might be able to ride in an affordable quadcopter? And potentially return RAW footage from its ride? That sounds pretty attractive at that price point. It would all be a matter of the right lens, and that...

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I was gonna start out my post suggesting some Field in there, but realized that the advice would be the same in the end. Read, learn, use what's useful.

Chimp, if I had your level of self-control, I'd have much more free time on my hands. I'm envious.

Read all of them, and use their knowledge to advance your insight into your craft. Strictly adhere to nothing.

You really have no clue what you're talking about, do you? There are entire subgenres dedicated to this kind of movie. If you can't see story in the redemption of evil, the corruption of good, and the ironies that can interplay when one or the other occurs, then I struggle to imagine what sort...

I'm surprised no one mentioned American Beauty. The color red in it's very symbolic.

It looked pretty, but the plot was stock, the main character was pretty one-dimensional, and the dialogue was very on the nose.