Hey y'all; long-time lurker, first-time poster.
I recently bought, on a whim, a Krasnogorsk-3 and some rolls of reversal film and have a few questions about my options for processing/editing.
My film "education" is pretty sporadic, mostly one-day seminars and the such that I should have paid more attention in, so my apologies in advance for any risibly obvious questions or misapprehensions. I think I have a strong enough handle on the basics of 16mm filming, lighting, etc. but my knowledge of processing/editing is inchoate at best.
I did some searches on these boards and mostly discovered people talking about how difficult/impossible syncing the sound actually is. Luckily my idea is mostly voiceovers with a few lines that don't necessarily have to be synced all that professionally. Something along the lines of Chantal Akerman's "News From Home," if that helps.
In one of my classes we shot a 100' roll of 16mm film and then had it transferred to a dv-tape for editing on Final Cut Pro and then sent a list of commands back to the lab to edit it together for us. We could have added sound, but we were lazy and lacked enthusiasm. So what is the easiest way to add voiceovers/background noises? Is it more expensive to have it transferred to digital and then back to film? Also, what is the best way to record sound if it isn't going to be synced?
I'm also looking at buying a new computer and was wondering what kind of capabilities I'd need to edit such a project. Does one need the heavy-duty Mac Pro with dual monitors or would an Imac with updated RAM and maybe an external hard drive suffice?
Thanxomuch.
