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It's amazing how real it can become in your mind. The trick is, how do you translate it to the screen? Keep writing, even if only part of it works, it's still your idea. Shoot it yourself on DV.

Cher- my suggestion would be to start by just writing free form (either long-hand or on word processor) the facts or impressions of those events. When you have accumulated enough notes (this could take quite some time) then you could find someone to help structure an outline or edit your notes...

f58 - Thanks for the info on make-up.

Nice work. A simple, well-executed idea. I thought your dissolve transitions were very effective and beautiful to look at.

So wide angle would be used for a panoramic landscape (John Ford) or Deep Focus shot (Orson Welles). Extreme telephoto flattens the shot, like the watery-looking riders in Spaghetti Westerns (Sergio Leone).

------------ So if wider angle lenses increase the depth of field, especially at close range to the subject, that creates more contrast between in-focus subject to out-of-focus background? Then you f-stop down to further bring out the subject (as in a close-up)?

Good stuff there. Is this correct then? Wide angle lenses (less than 25mm) will give you a large depth of field, Telephoto (50mm & above) will give you a shallow depth of field.

eager- autofocus can drift so much it can really ruin a shot. I think it's better to stick with the manual focus and just get it as accurate as possible.

The Super 16 looks great. It really is golden. I agree that the trailer could use some narration. But I wouldn't go overboard. It has a sort of "Hallmark Hall of Fame"-look. I think you are using that to good advantage.

Realalien - What part of the "Golden Fields" production were you involved in? -craig