Dallas Heinlein

I just watched the trailer for it last night at the theaters and it looks like a promising movie in the traditional Simon Pegg/Shaun of the Dead style humor. There's even a reference to Shaun of the Dead when Simon Pegg's character asks "What, you've never taken a shortcut before?" as he proceeds to hop over several backyard fences. I was laughing out loud just watching the movie trailer. I can't wait for this film.

I was wondering why there are so many overexposed shots in the film. There were several interior scenes in which the actors stood near a window, but there was no ND film filters placed on the windows which resulted in a blown out shot. Does anyone know why this style was chosen to be filmed as such?

If anyone has seen the commercial for Ford's new SUV "Edge" than you'll know what I'm talking about. I really like the commercial, because it's unique and visually stimulating. I honestly want to know how they were able to shoot the vehicle from all the different angles and able to intergrate it with the buildings that it was supposed to be driving alongside with. Any guesses on how the spot was produced? Here's

for the commercial.

I had a problem of trying to get through the whole operatic singing. Some of the sets and costumes were beautifully created, an excellent job was done on those alone.

Ya, this film is another classic satire of the human culture that Mike Judge has hit right on the nail. He seems to be good at capture the American identity into a funny, satirical story. The perfect mix of the special effects and the camera angles make it a very unique visual story as well. I enjoyed this film quite a bit. I just wonder if it's gonna be another sleeper hit like Office Space.

You aren't one of those Jeopardy judges, are you?

What's interesting is I actually know a guy who was a judge/fact researcher on the Jeopardy show a few years ago. I met him on another message forum. He's a nice guy with a great sense of humor.

Would it be a decent idea to attend a college for a BA degree in something else such as Communications or Journalism and then attend film workshops after graduation?

I sincerely hope you're kidding.

Boy, do I feel stupid. I just looked him up on the internet. Wow! How did I ever overlook his name?

 

There were two Yugoslavian movies about Tesla, 1980 and 1993. The '93 one was on PBS.In the 80s a Polish director, maybe Skolimowski or Zannussi was planning a 3-d Tesla movie.

I don't intend to sound completely ignorant, but Tesla is a real person? I did not know that.

So I sent an e-mail to the guy asking that he cuts the price in half because of the missing eye cup and no medium range lens. He denied by "bid" immediately.

So long as you plan on shooting mostly MOS projects (possibly with a lot of foley and ADR), then this camera is perfect for you.

Is that because it's timing mechanism is sporadic and has problems with syncing up with a DAT machine?

I found this listing for a 16mm Arrilex camera on Craigslist. I was wondering if it's something worthwhile to purchase for a small independant filming projects.

Since both of the films came out close to the same time I was wondering what everyone's opinions are on the two stories. Did you find one to have been written/acted/shot/directed better than the other one? Why? I think The Illusionist was beautifully shot to help incorporate the visual effects in seemlessly. As for The Prestige, another interesting film, lacked in a decent organization of the story which left many viewers confused. Anyone else have an opinion?

I would make sure whichever school you consider attending has a film program or a nearby film school it can cover. My biggest regret is choosing a school without a strong film program.

SDSU does have a good reputation for the media program that they have, but I'm afraid I would have to commute to L.A. for an official and well established film school. I could attend the CSUSM college close by like I'm currently planning on and then take a couple of film workshops after I graduate to get some hands on training with the film equipment.

I seriously am considering attending CSU San Marcos, because they recently instituted a Mass Media Production major to their communications department. I am concerned the program will focus on video production in lieu of a film based production setting. It's fine and dandy to attend a program to learn first hand the aesthetics of how a feature length movie production works. But if it's hands on work with just video based equipment I'm afraid I will be missing out on something important.

 

Has anyone here attended a state school that may not of had the film equipment available for the production lab exercises? I need to know if it would be worth it to attend a program if video equipment was the only accessible equipment. If I track down a decent rental house I may be able to rent out video equipment for any projects for school, but it would be a great monetary risk to do such a thing. If you have any experiences in this educational situation I would like to hear about your story.