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What's Christopher Walken up to? I'm pretty sure he could convince people to invest in ANYTHING.

I suppose the question then becomes how many people who were existing members on the site wound up donating to those projects instead of something else that they would have otherwise. It's possible that it would still generate a net positive influx of donations, but it's also very unlikely to be...

Confidence is good, but confidence unfettered with the rigors of realism is a shortcut to egotism. I would suggest that you maintain the passion that you have for your project, but temper it with humility. Otherwise your confidence will, inevitably and ironically, lead you into a derivative of...

Really your workflow is going to change from project to project. I have some friends in Texas who try to find room in their budgets to fly me down whenever they're filming something. They know I know my stuff, they know I'll bust my butt...and they know that I'll work for cheap as long as it's...

A camera designed by Maxwell Smart.

Thanks for the feedback. It's looking more and more appealing to me, I might need to grab one. It wouldn't be too hard to build a decent stockpile of EF lenses then that would work with both my T3i and my buddy's 7D. Anyone else have any exposure to it? Or even know someone who has?

Is it possible that you have Final Cut set to use a strange color profile? If the settings for your video window and the settings for your output don't match up you can get some pretty significant shift.

I find it so obscene when these celebrities have the gall to say that their presence on Kickstarter or Indiegogo should be seen as a boon to the indie community; that their presence will bring more investors to look at all the projects, like a high tide raising all ships. Y'know, because people...

So, it's come to my attention that Canon released a mirrorless (not too surprising) and that not only has the price on it plummeted to below half of the initial asking price (far more surprising, as Canon camera costs seem to linger a while). Now I've played around with and quite enjoyed the...

Probably best for him to revise his shotlist, then. Figure out what he can light, how best he can work within that space, and then light that how he wants it. In the end, though, +1 to Chimp; test shots are your best friend.

Collaborate with your audio tech more, and use the H1 and Rode mic. As long as the both of you take the time to be on the same page as far as file organization goes, your precursor problems should disappear. Alternately, get someone to function as an assistant editor to do the file matching for you.

As long as we're tossing arbitrary numbers out, scripts should be 10 billion percent of both! A more useful answer, though, is likely a more nebulous one: If you're looking to make your script as good as possible, you need to go whichever direction feels better for your script. If you're...

Wasn't he a very clouded character with hazy motivations? Weren't his early appearances foreboding, like a lingering death? Dunno, I think the cigarettes sorta fit.

Foreign bad guys. I recognize that not all of us here are American, but for those here in the ole US there has always, always been the McCarthyism trope. From the early westerns fighting Native Americans to sleeper cell spies, nothing says "evil" like an accent. Because 'Murica.

Funny example, that. There actually WAS supposed to be a fight there, initially.

Nailed it! Yeah, that seems pretty much the inevitable arch. Inevitable enough, at least, that it is just begging to be made...

I'd do a Goonies sequel if I were able to get most/all of the original actors. I honestly think I could do something rather heartfelt and modern with those characters all grown up...

Thank you very much for the kind words. She's primarily a Pop/Rock musician, but she's talented and versatile enough that she's been able to score for us over the past couple projects and she's been great. I'm not sure is she has a business site per se, but you can get an example of some of...

Wow, thank you for the high praise! Yeah, we didn't actually have access to a dolly for the low-angle shot, so last minute I devised a rig out of discarded pizza boxes that worked pretty well, but the director or editor might well have cut the shot before some bumpiness, not exactly sure...

Thank you very much! Yeah, we were shooting for a bit of a classic feel visually, and were very fortunate on the music front, as a very talented local musician agreed to work with us and compose our score. She does phenomenal work.