Gary Mc Nally

I've had success using Adobe After effects to deinterlace footage. Theres a great video guide on how to do it http://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_...lace/index.html I did some of my uni work last year using this process and it worked a treat. Hope that helps.

I think the best way to go about learning to write scripts is to download scripts to movies you own on DVD, and read them whilst watching the films. See how the scripts often have more actions than actual dialougue, and how the actions often convey far more than the words said on screen. Also remember when writing that you're writing a film, NOT a stage show. You are writing a story meant for pictures, in words. Also writing lots and lots and LOTS of scripts helps. They will probably suck quite bad for a while, but eventually you will get the hang of how to construct scenes, dialougue and actions into something great.

Hi, Im currently in the pre-production phase for a short 5 minute student film and am having trouble planning one scene that will need to be shot outside in a feild at night with very little lighting equipment. I was wondering if anyone had any tips for how a nightime scene can be shot with an XL1, or if a night time effect can be created in a daytime enviroment? Thanks in advance for any advice, Gary

Im pretty much positive that the XL1 has the capability to change lenses. I use XL1's, Ive never had to change the lens on it but im pretty sure you can. My advice would to be the same as is mentioned as above, use a longer focal length lense so you can have a shallower depth of feild, and light the scene really well. Also, allthough shooting in 16:9 on an XL1 does degrade the image quality slightly, it does give a sort of "Superficial" film look.

All of thats really helpful, thanks very much guys :-) I don't really think that it will matter if its right or not, I dont think the guy thats marking my work is going to know about different film stocks. Its an old strategy of mine to just go as technical as I can and hope I go over the teachers head. It works suprisingly! thanks again :D

Hiya, im studying film studies, and should be going off to Uni in Spetember to study film production. However, I need to complete my coursework first :o I was wondering if anyone knew or could tell what film stock was used on Return of the king, and if they could tell me a rough guide as to its properties, wether its soft, or high contrast etc. Thanks for any help in advance, I hope this is in the right section. Gary