Alexis Mayer

Great! Thanks for all the info! I'm hoping the animation stand just looks a lot more intimidating that it really is. ~Alexis

Well I am shooting titlecards (credits really) using transparencies. I need to know basic things like how to meter the light, how many seconds to expose each transparency if I want 7 seconds of film for each card (knowing that it runs at about 3 fps helps with that question), could light leak happen because of something other than a leaky magazine. Also just any common problems and their solutions.

I'm going to be shooting the credits for my film on an oxbury animation stand next week, I've never used an animation stand before, and I was hoping someone could recommend a few good human readable resources to study up on it before I go in there. I will have someone there explain everything to me initially, but I know I will get confused and I'd like to have some reliable references with me in case I run into any problems and no one is around to help. Thanks!

I'd really like to know how transfering from video to film works. What exactly is the step by step process. Is it expensive? What exactly is the Digital Intermediate and how is it made? Is the process the same for SD and HD? What kind of machine is used to do this? Lets say you shoot on film, but you want to do an effects shot that can only be done in post. Is it expensive to have just a few shots transferred from video to film?

I'm curious to know the steps taken to develop motion picture film. I've developed my own still photography but are the general steps the same? Are the chemicals completely different? In what order are the steps done? What is the difference in the chemicals/processes used to develop reversal film as opposed to negative. What kind of machine is used in the lab to do the various stages of processing? I'd love to know!

I was hoping someone could offer some examples of films that were cross processed other than Three Kings.