Jamie Metzger

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Thanks for the welcome. I've been foruming (sp?) for quite a while, and it doesn't hurt my eyes to look 1 inch to the left to see who posted which comment. I'll post a sig later. you be well.

I double checked and that's correct, Thanks for the info.

How is it the "same output to tape" when you aren't loosing the Depth of Field process from putting that image from camera, onto the tiny miniDV tape? It seems to me that it's a much better idea to go to the harddrive.

That Helped me. My friend was rating it at 800, which isn't far off, but I'd rather go with 640. Thanks.

Check out the P+S technic Adapter, it's brilliant and looks marvelous. All I've heard about using the Nikon lenses is that they breathe like crazy.

That green glowing trail can usually be taken out by proper lighting of the green screen. Two back lights, two front lights (zip softs work great), actors lights, and a slight hairlight. And make sure that there is no green reflecting off the wall onto your character, I've had to have someone 10-15 feet away from the wall, to make it work, which is default. Use Kinos!

+1. Like I said earlier though, set your white balance manually. Like setting up a grey card light (work light), you need pure uncolored light to blance off it (tungsten if indoors), this way if you are using CTB, or CTO or REDs', any colors for that matter, they won't be changed with the camera's internal color temperatures (looking too warm or too cold). Bueno.

Very true. Thanks for the help. I guess I was mislead, even after I read the users manual and saw nothing about the shutter angle.

Make a contract next time ;) always use one.

Not very helpful. Ask for $20 a day, if the say no. Ask for something!

Sorry Frank, but your post was not helpful at all. What needs to be said is the opposite, your DP needs to know how to market himself. Any type of business transaction, wether it be free, or paid, needs a contract. If he worked for someone that's never had experience in the business, then he should know better. I personally do not feel bad for him, unless he spent his own money on it; then I slightly agree with frank. What he needs to do is make a contract stating what he needs, and what he is to be given after completion of project. This can include anything (from sitting in telecine, to getting a copy of his footage for his reel, on any format, any amount of copies.) it's a god damned contract for a reason. You must ask questions to know what you will recieve. Nothing would have been shot, without the camera op. Do people forget this sometimes?

A good opportunity is to write a really good short script, and pitch it to kids in filmschool. I am always looking for scripts to shoot, and I have the friends in all aspects of production to make sure the script isn't poop, and will be produced at the best level we can manage. Sometimes, shooting the script on your own, with friends, isn't the best answer. You need feedback on the script, and you need people that can get poop done.

The Russian Camera! Krasnagorsk 3. That was the other option we had in school, besides the bolex. Never used it. Chris: The Bolex is the camera that almost every film student should learn on. It can do so much, and it always reliable; even after it's dropped. I'm not sure about the cost for one, but check into it, and also the K3. Sync sounds is not something to be worrying about when starting out making films. There might be a good chance that your actors won't be nailing lines left and right anyways, so there is nothing wrong with going the ADR route. (automatice dialogue replacement +/- other definitions). It's a little hard, but it get's the job done, and saves you tons of money on buying a sync camera.

I would say to not trust the colors fully, unless you understand how to white balance the camera just right. (think grey card with SFX lights) You are on the right track though. I have my 300D with me on all set's and it comes in handy to show instand feedback, or just take set shots. I worked on a toyota shoot with the Ultimate arm (camera crane on a truck), and mounted right above the camera, was a Canon ( I couldn't tell what it was though). And it was remote controlled, taking a ton of shots for instant feedback. If you are using it to mount next to the camera, go for it. Use that digital Still camera as a tool, and a learning device.

I know the shutter changes for 25fps and 24fps, so I was thinking that you could change it a little more on the operators end. No hope for this? Is there anyway to stop the shutter from spinning; so as to get the look of a shutter not being there?

I get to use this camera this coming semester, and I'm pumped. I know it's silent, and an all around great camera (coming from Bolex and arri s/B). Anyone know if you can change shutter angle on the fly, or rip out and later put back in the shutter? Thanks for the help.

You've got to imagine what it's like to know Woody Allen, and then consider working for the man. I couldn't imagine it. I understand where he is coming from. This was a film that didn't include an appearance from him ( was upset with that, but he wouldn't have fit), so he was indeed directing every scene. The man knows what he want's and he should be respected for that. Working with "producers" that don't know poop about film, except that they make money, is poop. I wasn't happy with this film, as compared to Annie Hall or Manhattan, but this is a different kind of Woody Allen Film.

Hey Filmgirl, I'm curious to know what you are studying first of all, since the degree doesn't make the filmmaker. I go to the Academy of Art University and I love it. It's expensive, ofcourse, but it's hand's on learning, with a great faculty. I have friends at both USC and UCLA, and they've asked, and heard about my school, because of the teachers. Without trying to sound like the typical "which film school is better" conversation; I think you need to realize that what you bring to the school is going to effect where you are after you graduate. You can go to a shitty film school on long island, but if you bring your game, and you are serious, then you can make anything happen. goodluck.