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)

Well, it was def better than another b-horror/slasher film, but it felt like he got to the last third of the movie and it collapsed. Threads went astray, feels like he tried to save it in the editing room, but realized he didn't have any coverage... Hey I'm all for his success. He's getting every script in hollywood thrown at him. But I didn't think that much of the flick. I thought Pi was much smarter and held together better. <_<

The cutoff for this movie seems to be around 30. If you are below 30, you liked it. If you are above 30, you hated it. Which is why execs selling teen films don't trust people over 30. Writers, directors, anyone...

Geniuses don't usually kill themselves. :rolleyes: If they want their project to fly Box Office wise, they'll take Jude Law. If it's black and white and all for art...then they could pick anyone.

Landon, you sure are doing a lot of "raping" in your feature...sure it'll get past the sensors? :lol: I'm doing some greenscreen work, and with modern tools, if you are going for a surreal type of look, even SD is good enough. If they have to "really" live in that world, I might go super16mm instead.

Sounds like there is a film to be made about Canadian immigration - a $1000.00 film!

True, but just the portability of the a-minima makes me want to shoot with it. I guess I could get an old Eclair too, if I can find one light enough. But timecode would be nice...

I am also considering a s16mm cam and was very interested in the Aaton A-minima. What used super16 cams are reliable, light and reasonably quiet? ms

I had the distinct impression while watching it that it was on purpose, and it also was jarring and threw me out of the scene. Overall I think, a mistake that was well-intentioned. I still loved the film.

I choose chick DP's cuz they are way hot and I can bang them off set. Who cares what the damn film looks like? :P

Burton is a great visualist, and a mediocre storyteller. I think he has shot his creative wad a long time ago, but I never count anyone out. Somebody give this guy a great script, he may yet pull off a great movie. "Edward Scissorhands" is a minor cult classic.