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    shooting-film Special Effects on 16mm - Multiple Exposures

    One thing you could do that doesn't cost much money is to try ideas out with a 35mm stills camera. You could set up for the same matte box as for your motion picture camera. But fot actual mattes the box and it's mount, rail system needs to be fairly stiff. For multiple exposures and the...
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    Max filter thickness in cheap matteboxes

    I have some 4x4 glass Scneider and Tiffen filters which have thickness of 3.9mm and 4.2mm and I was looking for a cheap mattebox. Trusmt, Proaim (MB-900B, MB-600) and used Cavision are the brands I had been looking at. I asked Trusmt what the maximum filter thickness was and they said 3mm...
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    how can i learn 35mm camera use without school?

    Can you say what you're trying to achieve or what type projects you have in mind? Give a bit more info and you might get some good answers. Cheers Gregg
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    Teach me what I need to know, guys.

    There's always a lot of smoke and noise about the film vs digital argument, and now we have a situation where experience with film is limited among new film makers, which adds to the confusion. If you are determined to learn more about film and have a workable total budget then you can...
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    Ultra16 clip

    What lens(s) were you using? Was the transfer a telecine or scan? Cheers Gregg
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    lighting How exactly do you light a scene if you're gonna go handheld.

    Is this a generic question or is it for something specific, like a specific set/setting/scene? Can you describe the environment, time of day, mood, what the actors are doing and the feeling you want with the camera. As a generic answer. I enjoy most the films where the light varies as...
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    shooting-film Special and/or technical effects on 16 mm (k-3)

    If I understood correctly that you have to do it all in camera, then this sounds like a great exercise to make you be creative with limited technical means. If you can concept the film so that it looks cool with a bit of a rough, unfinished look then you could have lots of fun here and work...
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    archived-videos Thought Provoking New Short Film

    What was the production format? I mean what did you shoot this on? Cheers Gregg.
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    Legal requirements - 20 years later

    Thanks for the ideas folks. Cheers Gregg.
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    Legal requirements - 20 years later

    I need a kick start on some legal ideas. About 20 years ago I shot a project which included a couple of kids aged about 7, 11 years old, plus a couple of adults. The parents and the kids were friends, same with the adults, there were no written agreements. The project got shelved, but...
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