Jay Taylor

Hey guys, After hearing all the hype about "you won't be able to tell apart the actors from the cg characters", I watched the trailer expecting to be blown away. And I absolutely wasn't. Looks like a video game to me. I really don't have any interest in seeing this, but I probably will just because of the damn hype. Jay

Paul, Didn't the Grandeur use 4 perforations instead of 5? If that's the case, might be difficult to find any labs setup to process it properly. Jay

Alright guys, I appreciate the help! Jay

Hey Chris, Well, what I noticed was stopping the formers from staying in place was the bottom one was hitting the gate. So when I adjusted it I only moved it far enough to just BARELY miss the gate, and allow the formers to click into place. Does that sound about right? Jay

And… It worked! I appreciate the help! Jay

Jean-Louis, I'm going to try your suggestion and see if that helps. I'll let you know what happens. Thanks, Jay

Hey, I didn't read the entire thread, but Du-All Camera offers an overhaul for $350. Check it out… http://www.duallcamera.com/services/index.shtml It's at the very bottom of that page. Jay

Hey, Anyone know how to fix the loop formers? Here's the problem. When I move the lever down, the loop formers move into place, but when I let go of the lever, they pop back open. Something's not clicking into place to hold the loop formers where they belong. Anyone ever have this problem? Is it something I could fix on my own, or am I better off sending it somewhere? Thanks, Jay

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Tom, No one's against progression of technology. 4k in the home isn't needed! HDTV hasn't taken off the way you seem to think it has, so why would 4k? Right. Both Panavision and Arriflex threw out all their film cameras so that they could build Red knockoffs! Also, last time I checked, most movies the big studios are putting out are done on film. That doesn't count as "ruling cinema"? The biggest reason for higher mega-pixels is for enlargements! And photographers are NOT craving more and more resolution. They do want better sensitivity, better color reproduction, etc, etc. Basically, they want everything BUT resolution improved. Resolution is taken care of! Unless you need to fill a billboard. They're obviously not in the dust. More people watch SD DVD then they do Blu-Ray. In fact, a lot of people watch more crappy resolution youtube videos, and low resolution clips on their cell-phones then they watch television at all. Jay

Steve, Sorry about that! :unsure: Yeah, I thought 20% seemed high as well. Although, I discussed one of my projects with him. I'm estimating it to be around 60 minutes, and he thought it'd be around $12-12.5k for all the audio post. Maybe you could figure $12k per hour? 90 minutes would cost $18k? Jay

Hey again, I talked to Mark Duvall of Happen-Stance Productions here in Nashville, and he thinks it's a good rule of thumb to plan 20% of your budget going to audio post. So there you go! Does that help any? Jay

James, I was just about to ask this same question! Anyone? How much is generally spent on audio post? Jay

Hey, Anyone know where I can find an old rack-over Mitchell? Preferably a GC or HS? The Fries was more than I needed. Thanks, Jay

Hey there, This isn't exactly the same thing, but I thought about what Stanley Kubrick did on 2001 to simulate the actors floating around in space… He had the actors suspended on strings, but had them, and the camera, upside down. So instead of it looking as though they were swinging around on strings, it gave it a strange floating quality. Maybe something like this could be worked out for faking underwater movement? BTW, is that at all accurate? I can't remember where I read that about 2001… Jay