Michael Struthers

And the biggest reason is.... It's cheaper.

Anyone work this shoot? Be very curious to know what they shot on, editing software, etc. thanks

Anyone work on the crew or know what it was shot on? DV? super 16? 35? Hd? Seems if you know you are going to rotoscope the footage that a low end cam might be good enough. thanks

just saw it last night, if it had been shot by a 22 year old no one had heard of, they would be calling him the next great American Filmmaker... Anyone know what camera was used to shoot it? Def video look to it...

Kill Bill is impressive in many ways, mostly in the utter confidence that T. has. I'd be more impressed if he showed he could make something that WASN'T genre, just to show he doesn't copy absolutely everything.

Just saw it at the Castro in 70mm, complete with Overture. The first half of that movie (before the intermission) is as good a movie as has ever been helmed. It's titantic. Last reel gets bogged in politics and unsure motiviations (just like his real life, I guess...) The 70mm was great, almost 3dlike when in the British Hq at Cairo. Amazing detail in the desert canyons. The screen was the same size as when 35mm is projected. Just seemed to have more detail. Okay, I know you guys have seen it, but it's not often that you see it in 70mm. I just love that movie. cheers Michael Struthers

Thank you guys. I will opt for the 54 since I want to own it for a few shoots.

An LTR 7 is cheaper, but is it worth it to step up to an LTR 54? Can you shoot synch sound with both? Handheld shots will be an essential... thanks

You can make big $$$ in porn, but the hours are long and you have to work very hard and you think a filmset is gossipy, it's times 10 on a pornset. But they are using the new sony HDV's and are frequently on the cutting edge.

Great stuff David, thanks. 35mm will be hanging in there for a while methinks.

Anyone have any fave storyboarding software they like? B)

Sounds like you felt exactly how the filmmaker wanted you to feel, so maybe they got it right. Budgets are certainly a possibility and also if they were looking for shallow DOF then they might zoom in all the time...

He's not shooting it himself. He's brought in some people to shoot steadicam stuff. His distributors haven't even seen the script *L* Now that's clout. When you have a poor image, there's lots more room to dream."

to be called "Inland Empire", shot on sony pd-150's. Lynch also says he is done with film What do you make of that? :blink:

I just watched "Panic in the Streets" - an old Eila Kazan low-budgeter with Richard Widmark as a Military Doctor trying to stop an outbreak of plague. (and a great old-school villian turn by Jack Palance) but anyway, I was amazed at Kazan's one shot scenes. One shot - next! One shot - next! He was working hard in blocking, you could tell he came from the stage. At first it seemed so amateur, because I'm used to quick-cuitting, but then I thought it was damn cool....even if it was a result of a low-budget. He did all the work in his mind, and saved less for the editor. Same with "Elephant". The first ten minutes I thought it was crap. Then as I got used to the laws of the film's universe (every film has them) I was mesmerized. I walked out the theater thinking Guz Van Sant really is an artist and is the only guy trying to rewrite the language of cinema. Gerry didn't work, but Van Sant is one guy that is swinging for the fences. Beautiful. Just writing about these films inspires me B)