Matthew W. Phillips

This is fair enough but there are stories that many submissions are still in the original packaging after the festival is over...with the submission payment received, of course.

Wow, you must be fun at parties.

The 50mm Prime Lens has been SOLD...

I like how you qualified that it was a long time ago. In "Official Rejection", Kevin Smith stated that he doubts Clerks would be accepted into modern Sundance. They have grown bigger than poor indies, it seems.

I know you didnt mean that. I was being cheeky about how some naturally gifted "salesman" types are. I happen to have no skills whatsoever to persuade people to buy something.

If I were a good con man, i would have became a used car salesman.

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I imagine many of those "rejected" films were not even watched. If you count only the watched films then the acceptance rate might be fairly high. Key is...getting them to watch your film.

Gotta agree with Tyler on this one. Not paying people only makes sense when, you yourself, are starving and your project is destitute. If you have the money for a crane then you can buy your DP dinner and room for the day.

Either is homelessness.

It's not that you arent qualified...its that he isnt listening.

I am not going to take sides here but I will say that it amazes me how much some people care about what other people are doing. If two consenting adults agree to do something then I fail to see what the issue is.

The ONLY industry that seems to be able to gamble, lose, and still come out fine is the world of "too big to fail" banks, apparently. Us mere mortals must deal with our bad decisions.

Artists should be able to use any tool in the toolbox. Whether that is the DP using on set techniques or whether they (or Director for those that shoot their own movie) want to use color grading. It shouldn't really matter what they use if they are able to communicate what they want. If we carried that reasoning into other parts of the set, like Miguel said, we would be stuck with "reality TV: essentially. No fun.

Richard, it is posts like these that make me wish I were British.

I was confused by what you meant until I discovered "logorrhea." I am guessing this is what you are referring to? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logorrhea_(psychology)

Awesome job, David! Supernatural + retro look + beautiful woman = My kind of movie. Will definitely hope to pick this up when available.

Not that I am defending that Cinematography, but when I watch it as a Director, I can see what they were going for. The positioning of him magnifies his vulnerability. Notice how she sits so high and lofty relative to his position? They did a good job of establishing who was in control of the situation. Edit: i didnt actually listen to the audio so I could be wrong about what is actually going on. But that is what the visuals would imply to me.

You wonder why the "beef" when you make comments like this? It isnt a beef, it is how you talk dude. You are speaking about people who are far more successful than you but you still act like they are hacks. What have you done that gives you a right to criticize them?

Of course I don't. Because you are the only person that understands anything around here, Tyler. Get over yourself, dude.

Okay, so I suppose all of the churches that put on functions weekly across the whole world are dying or getting sick from food poisoning because they arent spending absurd amounts on food catering. :rolleyes: Fair enough...you know best for your project so go ahead and spend half Kevin Smith's budget on Clerks to feed people. RR could almost make El Mariachi twice on that total. But I guess those guys are hacks who make "total garbage."

Wow, you really have a low opinion of people, dont you? Feeding 35 people isnt that hard for even for some mothers in this world. But throw other people's money away if you want.

Haha, ok then. If you say so. I do not know what ":industry norms" are but any restaurant manager can tell you that, with economy of scale, your costs are way too high. When I was a teen, I managed a Jack in the Box and we spent less than that on raw food cost and we had hundreds coming through our door. One would think it would be better to hire a student chef and have them manage costs as you would probably get a better turnout. But if you two say this is how it is done then it is just another example of why films cost so much.

Like x 1,000,000

$850 a day for food? What is the size of your cast to warrant that?