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  1. Kingda Ka

    Best output format for Premiere Pro CC

    Hi, all, Wondering the best output format for HD video from Premiere Pro. For uploading to Youtube, ect.
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    archived-videos New web commercial

    Hi, experts, I hired a pro production team to do our commercial, but I wrote it and any screw-ups left in it are mine. Overall the feedback has been very positive, but I'd appreciate any technical feedback from other filmmakers and editors, where we might have let the story slip a little...
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    Firearm safety without armorer

    Curious on a lower budget project how directors reassure talent firearms are not loaded/unsafe, etc. If, for example, for a pistol to head scene the director puts the gun to their own head first, etc. Pulls trigger into air, etc. Basically how to reassure cast/crew hyperrealistic firearms are safe.
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    Destroying files

    I have a agreement I am trying to comply with to destroy all nude outtakes from a shoot. What would be the best approach to comply with a legal agreement to permanently destroy all footage not related to the agreed project?
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    THE GULF movie poster

    Feedback welcome. Does the over-exposure approach work for a dark, creature thriller? [/URL][/IMG]
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    ASA rating on Blackmagic Pocket CC

    Hi, experts! I followed the great advice of others on this forum and got a Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera and have been playing around with some different lenses in different lighting situations. When it comes to the BMPCC ASA rating, is it best to keep 200 for daylight and then move to...
  7. Kingda Ka

    Slated?

    Is anybody using Slated? Have you paid for any of their services and what was your experience with it?
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    New portable HD camcorder

    Hi, experts! I'm researching small, easily portable HD camcorders that sets up quickly for random shooting, but shoots motion picture quality video for pick up shots, etc. I've been using the Canon HV-30 for years and love the picture quality for a $300-400 camera. Any suggestions would be...
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    1948 Harley motorcycle prop

    Taking the love of my life up to Seattle for a promo photo shoot for our TV series. Any questions about vintage bikes happy to help out. [/URL][/IMG]
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    Filming Sex

    What's the general rules for keeping sex scenes professional? But natural-looking?
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    editing Best method to cut somebody's head off

    We are planning a scene where a person has the top of their skull removed beneath a glass helmet and brains exposed. We already have the helmet - it's an actual helmet for brain injuries. The plan was to put a little green beanie on the actor's head beneath the helmet and remove it in post...
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    Blocking people?

    Is it possible to block people you no longer wish to interact with on this forum?
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    Basic editing set-up

    Hi, I am experimenting with the Adobe Cloud programs. I appreciate there are probably superior programs. I do not plan on doing much editing myself, I just want to familiarize myself with the process to be able to communicate with editors. After Effects is suggesting I install an NVIDIA...
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    Minimum crew

    Crunching the numbers for a low-budget ($100k) non-SAG period horror film I wrote to be filmed at a buddy’s property down in Belize. Very simple premise, I think it’s like 9-10 shipwreck survivors on a deserted tropical island. Same costumes the whole time, very simple creature. No sets to...
  15. Kingda Ka

    Symbol on mike

    All right Audio and all you sound folks, I'm prepared for the howls of laughter. What does the 3rd symbol mean other than OFF and ON?
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    tv-writing "Columbia" TV series pilot teaser

    Yes, I am actually working on the sizzle reel - we are waiting on costumes, etc. I'm not goofing off entirely, but love any feedback on the intro teaser. The Logline is: COLUMBIA (TV Sci-Fi Drama Series) A psychiatrist suffering a mid-life crisis becomes part of a sinister conspiracy when he...
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    What is this person called?

    I'm looking for a role I don't know what it would be called in show biz. Someone who helps handle the non-fundraising business side of film and TV production. The actual nuts and bolts of contracting and the essential un-fun "dirty work" nobody else wants to do. I know these people are a dime...
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    logline COLUMBIA TV Sci-Fi Drama Series logline

    All right, sci-fi lovers, would you curl up with a Romulan ale for 60 Earth minutes with this one... COLUMBIA (TV Sci-Fi Drama Series) A psychiatrist must confront the possibility a young woman tormented by schizophrenia is suffering from the psychological effects of faster-than-light travel.
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    At what point does the IRS consider you goofing off?

    Anybody know the guidelines for determining what falls under the IRS description of conducting business as an individual artist? What can and cannot be deducted throughout the day? At what point does Angelina Jolie the taxpayer become separate from Angelina Jolie the entertainer doing her job...
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    tv-writing TV Showrunner Roundtable video

    Watched the Hollywood Reporter roundtable discussions - they have them for different genres. But really got a lot out of the TV drama showrunner's roundtable. I think as the clear line of demarcation between TV and film has disappeared with the decreasing quality of films and the increasing...
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