Enrique Lombana

I see you worked on The Fighter, how did you like working with 2-perf? Do you think 2-perf will start to get more popular? Thanks!

Have a great day,

Enrique

Pretty cool!

From my understanding, and please correct me if I'm wrong, many IMAX movies are not true IMAX movies, the negative is just blown up from the 35mm negative. I just saw Fast Five in the IMAX theater last night, and it was entertaining, but am I right in thinking I'm still looking at the information captured by a 35mm negative? And not information captured by exposing a 65mm negative to the same information? I do understand that you can't shoot a movie like that, or even most movies in 65mm (cost/camera/stunts). Most scenes were nice and some even incredible, but there were a few were you really saw the soft focus(or enlargement giving the appearance of soft focus) I guess since blowing up from a 35mm negative. I did go to one of the other theaters, one of the standard size screens and the IMAX was ALOT better, in resolution, color. I imagine the movie is shot in 35mm, then edited, DI'ed with vibrant colors, and output to 65mm and 35mm, it's just the 65mm holds more vibrant color and information. Am I right? I'm kind of just going by reasonable deductions here.

Another question I have is...does IMAX theaters (such as AMC Theaters) project mostly film still or are they projecting from a digital file now? Is a digital file what they call D-cinema now?

The movie was fun, and it was a full theater, people were cheering and all that, had some great action scenes. It's great to see people still getting into movies. There were a couple parts that were a little over the top but you just go with it and enjoy it. Overall and all things considering, it was a fun movie.

Thanks for your input everyone,

Enrique

Hi,

Does anyone know where can I find authentic looking FBI badges?

Thank you

Enrique

This is word from the english language that we should never forget. It's a word that will always come around no matter what and won't stop for anything until what it's intended to do is settled. It is usually the last sign post an intelligent person would see before wanting to shoot their mouth off, or worse. It is a word to never be forgotten.

Below is the word and the #1 definition from dictionary.com

con·se·quences(s) /ˈkɒnsɪˌkwɛns,

1. the effect, result, or outcome of something occurring earlier: The accident was the consequence of reckless driving.

Hi Tyler,

Whether you want to write, produce, or direct, or even be a novelist, you're going to have to get your work out there. So if you believe a structure like atmosphere like school will help you do that, then that's you're route. If you learn on your own, by reading books or naturally connecting with other filmmakers, maybe that's your way. But either way, the end requirement of what you're trying to do is getting your work out there, otherwise, what do people have to see?

Hope this helps,

Enrique

Beautiful, thank you!

Hi,

Quick question. From my understanding, if you shoot on DV, HD, 16 or S16 etc, you will have to do a blow up to 35 for it to be shot in theatres. Now if you already shoot in 35, doesn't it still have to be transferred to tape for editing? When exactly is this blow up done?

I appreciate your clarification on this,

Enrique

That totally makes sense, Rob many thanks!!!

Thanks for answering my question and teaching me.

Enrique

Hi All,

Quick question, if you shoot on film, regular 35mm or whatever, and then it gets telecined and put on a tape, and then you edit it and then make a print from the edited version, how does the new print have the same resolution as the original negative? Doesn't the telecine grab it at only 1K or 2K or am I missing a step here?

Thanks for your time,

Rick

Do you find that more major studio movies are using the 2.35 aspect ratio now a days because of the emergence of 16 x 9 tv's? I guess so it will still feel like widescreen once it passes through the movies and ends up on DVD? It appears that movies that would probably would look better at 1.85, are now at 2.35, perhaps to not look like anything close to 1.78. Just a question that came up the other day. Any thoughts?

I love the wide scope packed into those outdoor shots.

The music is from American President right?

Sweet shots Dave, thanks! Definitelly will go to the movie to check it out.

Enrique

I liked it.

Can you use a 35mm adapter lens to get true 16 x 9 and thus have a better picture (on an XL1).

 

Thanks for your reply because that's where I'm at now.

 

Enrique

 

p.s. - thanks for starting this thread by the way.

or an anamorphic adaptor I meant, not a 35mm adapter.

Can you use a 35mm adapter lens to get true 16 x 9 and thus have a better picture (on an XL1).

Thanks for your reply because that's where I'm at now.

Enrique

p.s. - thanks for starting this thread by the way.

Thanks all for your input,

Enrique

Awesome, thanks Tim!!!

I wanted to know if anyone could elaborate on a car scene at the end of the Devil Wears Prada. Meryl Streep and Ann Hathaway are in the backseat and it's very well lit, very nice color scheme, very smooth, sound is surreal. It appears to me it's blue screen outside the windows. They gave a great feeling of almost time stopping to focus on the dialogue. Thanks for your insight.

Enrique

Lindsay, you just can't give up. Sometimes there may not be anyone around to affirm you or what you're doing so you have to know deep inside yourself that you can make it and that there is a place for your talents. And sometimes it takes years to even hone your skills to the point where you can actually feel like you belong in a certain position. My brother put it well when he was watching 'the lot' or whatever that short film reality show was, when he was watching the people crying and balling because they got cut. He was like, "Hey, it's a tough business."

So you just have to realize, in whatever part of the film industry your trying to get into, that it's impossible but you have to be more impossible and work hard, and learn and find that thing in yourself that no one else has.

Hope that helps,

Enrique

Did someone tell you along the way that this would be easy?

Wow, very informative, thank you so much. This is something I will refer to in the future.

Best regards,

Enrique

Hi Alex,

Yes, if the writing/screenplay format (show, don't tell) is not up to snuff, it can distract from the true content of the story. Almost like reading a novel with alot of grammar mistakes, it's hard to focus on the story.

Thank you for bringing out this point.

And also, I like the pre-meeting banter with the timecards idea.

Best regards and thanks for all your help,

Enrique

Thanks for taking the time Alex,

Looks like I have a few things to fix in my writing. Expecially those helping verbs.

The purpose of the short is certainly not for commercial sake. I thought it would be funny. My intention to the viewer would be that they would not know these people are superheroes, and as the story progresses, they would be like, "Hey, wait, are these superheroes."

It's just for fun.

Thanks for the writing tips, they helped alot.

Enrique

This script is a scream. It's the Justice League but the corporate side of things. Five pages, you will laugh.

http://www.geocities.com/fieryphoenixe/the...ideofthings.pdf

And as far your critique, be cold, cut throat and ruthless, it will just make me better.

All the best and thanks for reading it,

Enrique

Great pics, thanks! :rolleyes: