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  1. moonshieldmedia

    If someone associated with your film uses illegal software..

    uh huh, just a COLLABORATOR on your film, right? ;)
  2. moonshieldmedia

    Jurassic World shooting in 2:1

    film aspect ratios are no different than normal ratios. 2:1 just means "two to one" so the width will be double height (Imagine 2 identical squares side by side, forming a rectangle) -- 2 units of width for every 1 unit of height! And if you look at 16:9, which is what most of us shoot at, you...
  3. moonshieldmedia

    IT Movie Club: Upstream Color

    I liked it a lot more on the 2nd viewing. I don't think the story is "confusing" per se, rather there is very little of an actual story. The narrative of this film could have fit nicely in a short, but I think Carruth fills the empty space in this feature with a sort of visual poetry that can be...
  4. moonshieldmedia

    editing Post Production white balance

    put a color correction filter on your blue clips. Move the "white" color wheel away from the blues and into the yellows.
  5. moonshieldmedia

    editing Shots out of focus.

    This might not help because I don't know what kind of look you're going for, but if there is a lot of artistic freedom with this project, I would just go for the "damaged film" look and embrace the blur. Add some textures and give it an old looking color grade. If this is some kind of...
  6. moonshieldmedia

    Want to start making movies: are you interested?

    I'm not based in london, but when I was first starting out in the industry I went over to the film department at my local community college (wasn't even enrolled) and talked to some people there, they recommended I go to the film club meeting, which led to me participating in a group filmmaking...
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    plot Is this a plot hole?

    Well your mistake is assuming the OP is trying to write a "Mission Impossible type movie" but nowhere in his post does he mention the genre. He mentioned he wants suspense, which can mean anything. Nobody is disagreeing with you that the best screenplays have no plot holes or unbelievable...
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    plot Is this a plot hole?

    Sorry, Birdman, but believability and plot hole are two completely different things. There are hundreds of reasons why the kidnappers might have/want to broadcast live, but it's up to harmonica to write the best one. If I saw a movie where a bank heister suddenly took off his mask, I'm not...
  9. moonshieldmedia

    Funding ?

    my honest opinion: work on your filmmaking skills for another few years on your own dime before asking others for money. The trailer is simply not good enough.
  10. moonshieldmedia

    editing More audio question

    APE: this is exactly what I was hoping for, thank you. I had to read it a few times, but I understand now.
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    movies What's the last film you watched? And rate it!

    The Grand Budapest Hotel - 9/10 Usually don't care much either way for Wes Anderson's films, but this was thoroughly entertaining and his attention to detail was off the charts. Very funny film.
  12. moonshieldmedia

    editing More audio question

    Ok, that makes sense. I think I was over thinking it. I do plan to have a professional handle my 5.1 mix, but I'm the kind of person that likes to understand the whole process before contacting/meeting with someone I want to hire.
  13. moonshieldmedia

    editing More audio question

    Yeah, I understood what he meant by that. I'm not actually trying to watch the movie on my own with all 8 tracks, but I asked the quicktime question because the answer might help me better understand what is actually going in with these tracks. Seems weird to me that a filmmaker might deliver...
  14. moonshieldmedia

    editing More audio question

    very helpful, thanks guys If I had a quicktime file with those 8 audio tracks, and I played it with Quicktime or VLC, how would the audio come out on my computer? Are those programs able to separate the tracks or would it play everything at once in a giant mess?
  15. moonshieldmedia

    editing More audio question

    haha that makes a lot more sense. I just didn't know it was possible to have both. I'm now wondering how you would deliver that kind of format and how theatres can read channels set up that way.
  16. moonshieldmedia

    plot Is this a plot hole?

    people who try to take hostages in exchange for a ransom are RARELY ever smart people. It's completely believable to me that they didn't think to do it ahead of time. Also, you could make is so they recorded it ahead of time, but one of the bad guys (the "idiot" one) accidentally records over...
  17. moonshieldmedia

    editing More audio question

    I tend to ask a lot of audio questions here, but I think these will be my last ones. Thanks in advance. If these are the specs I'm shooting for: Audio must have 8 channels of audio -5.1 – L, R, C, LFE, Ls, Rs / PCM Little Endian -Ch. 7 stereo left, Ch. 8 stereo right / PCM Little Endian Does...
  18. moonshieldmedia

    Introverted directors

    If you're an introverted director all you really need is a confident extroverted producer or AD who trusts you (or whom you are paying to trust you). Everyone else can report to him/her and you can be alone with your thoughts at video village :)
  19. moonshieldmedia

    Faith Based film bandwagon?

    The original question asked in this thread was "I'd like to know if anyone is jumping on the Christian film bandwagon?" In my post I simply stated that I was not jumping on that bandwagon, and explained my reason. Not against forum rules. I only elaborated on my personal beliefs because Zen...
  20. moonshieldmedia

    Faith Based film bandwagon?

    I believe in the pursuit of knowledge, and it is of my opinion that religion stunts the growth of knowledge because it presents us with an "answer" and robs us of a need to ask more questions. I don't mind films that have religious themes, or films that are based on stories from the bible as...
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