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Well, I don't think it's 5 years, I think it's 1 year until DV is deemed as unacceptable as BetaSP! One camera that has caught my eye is the new Panasonic AG-HVX200. It's pretty cool using solid-state media cards plus a simul tape back-up. The cards plug right into your laptop through the PCMIA...

I'm going to make a broad generalization here; there are obviously a hundred reasons why this is not always the case, but I'm gonna say it anyway. I think there's a chasm between good films and easy films, and that chasm is where MOST filmmakers' films lie. "Good" films tend to be more about...

Oh, PS, The amount for the Digibeta to Film Xfer is around $8-10k too high. Check out www.alphacinelabs.com They're sweet.

What's striking about this is that it's the DP who can be paid the least because he (outside of the Director, Producer and Actors) has the MOST to gain! And while purchasing equipment might seem like the best option to acquire a small amount of gear for a long period of time, I feel that money...

This will be my first time going. I went to AFM, and realized I was missing a huge pre-sale opportunity.So, for Cannes 2006 I am teaming up with a sales agent to try and score some financing in the form of pre-sales for our next film. Also, both of my completed features, Bloodshed and Deadroom...

Which I found to be quite amusing read as "Whore Presents."

Of course a location sound mixer is imperative, but it sounded like maybe killedatschool was doing this on his own. I actually tend to pay the sound man double what I pay the cinematographer, because sound is so damn important, and because there's less creative incentive for the sound department...

WAIT!!! While the answer Will gave is technically correct, it's not your best option. This will TOTALLY SAVE YOUR ASS: What you REALLY want to do is get a very inexpensive adapter from Radio Shack. This adapter is a Female XLR to Male XLR(x2) splitter. (In essence it allows you to plug your...

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Very interesting. Thanks for laying it out so clearly.

I think anything over $15 is pushing it... a) How much would you pay for a no name indie movie (let's assume that it's an OK film)? $10-$15 Depending on the trailer, the hype, the festival appearances, and if I know anyone involved. b) Have you bought one recently? and if so, how much did you...

Digital moviemaking allows you to make the leap to producing and directing anything you want, really, for next to nothing. While this the best thing to happen to the filmmaking process, it also has allowed us to produce many, many mediocre films. I truly believe that the best way to start out is...

Cool. I am actually trying to kill two birds with one stone. I have a completed film that I will be selling at AFM. It's a high-quality dvcam horror film that I've spend next to nothing on and it looks and sounds like a $500k film. Based on speaking with several (3) sales agents, I will almost...

Anyone know anything about Screamfest-LA? Has anyone even heard of it? www.screamfestla.com I'm submitting my feature Bloodshed, and was wondering: what is their general attitude toward indies? Do they mainly premiere big-budget flicks, or is it an even mix...?

Hello, Wondering what yur experiences with preselling based on a sucessful DVD distro deal were. Also, have any of you had involvement with Distributors signing a letter of intent to distribute your next pic, as a means to more easily pry cash from investors fingers? And lastly, what were your...

It looks great! Congrats, and you didn't even have to paint your wall! Interested to hear your findings once you go full-motion, full-resolution... Jim

There's basic physics at work here. The only reason high-gloss might "appear" to have less shadows is that you're just distracting yourself with all these reflections and hot spots you now must deal with. Who cares about shadows when your background is blowing out? There is nothing technically...

First, I would NOT paint a green-screen wall with high gloss. Flat flat flat! The green's the same color, egg-shell to high gloss, so why cause an even greater possibility of hot spots and bounced-back light? Keep whatever you paint as flat and reflectionless as possible. Paint the largest wall...

While I realize I did, in fact, use the term "experimental" in the subject line of this thread, it appears only stbd1 actually got that. I am aware that we tend to shoot out of order. It's a given, in traditional, non-experimental film, to shoot out of order. One would assume that we're not...

OK. But how do I find out who they are? All of this information is great, and I definitely see the wall I'm up against. My film actually is near enough to completion that it's obvious what shape it'll be in once the final mix is completed. I have already been contacted by several sales agents...