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Justin Hayward

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  1. To be fair, it's not an official film website, it's just a "myspace" page. However, you could benefit from checking out some slightly more organized "myspace" film pages such as... http://www.myspace.com/thepuffychair or http://www.myspace.com/entertheotherside
  2. If you felt what you had to say wasn't appropriate for more than a couple of buddies in the pub, why would you post it on an international internet forum?
  3. An ego is easy. Taking people?s criticism is hard. Remember people?s criticism WHEN people pump your ego. That?s balance. It's very hard, but believe him.
  4. How many PA's does it take to change a light bulb? One to change it and seven to wonder why they weren't called.
  5. Most major film festivals will not accept a film that has either played on the internet or on television. If you keep it off the internet and if you get into one of these festivals, you will likely be asked to submit your film to many smaller film festivals including almost all of the internet distribution websites anyway, but this time... they'll waive the fee. From experience with my short and speaking with people I?ve met along the way, it seems best to start out submitting to the top ten film festivals and (if it gets into at least one of them) start submitting to all the smaller festivals. No reason to waist a few hundred dollars on small film festivals that might reject you in place of a film that has played in one of the major film festivals (Cannes, Sundance, Berlin, Tribeca? ext.) Then, after two or three years of steady festival play, while making contacts and pushing that feature script you?re just dying to do, let the film die in one of the many internet distribution websites that have been banging on your door. That?s a good run for a short. Nice trailer, by the way.
  6. It sounds like someone should be apologizing to you.
  7. Congratulations, Eric! I'm sorry I missed you. Besides the obvious, what were some of your highlights? Mine was meeting Alexander Payne. He couldn't be a nicer fellow. Haskell Wexler was friendly, but I could tell pretty quickly he didn't want to be bothered. I just said "hello" and that I was a big fan, but just left it at that. I didn't get to see as many films as I would have liked to. I was too busy trying to hit as many parties as possible, but I had a great time and was a little sad when it was all over. Again, congratulations. That's very exiting.
  8. Look at the opening of Kingdom of Heaven. It has a similar feel.
  9. I've heard this is a scam, but I don't know the details. Regardless, three hundred dollars is a huge amount of money to submit for a film festival. There are plenty of decent festivals that cost 1/10 that price of submission. Justin
  10. I got on it through a friend who got on it through an internship at panavision (before they closed here) that the school offered. So, kinda I guess. An internship in LA is probably a good thing, but I don't think it's too hard to find paid work as a PA in Chicago. DP work? A little tougher. Justin
  11. Thanks guys. I'm pretty exited. My friend was kind enough to put up a website for the film. http://vacdoomedproductions.com/divorcelemonade/ Justin
  12. My short film Divorce Lemonade just got accepted to the Sundance film festival. Is anyone here going? We should meet up. Justin
  13. However, a good video image and properly set iris will help with this immensely.
  14. It is really funny. Where did you come across this? Justin
  15. If the window (not sunlight coming through the window) is warm, it won't be "blown out", it'll be orange with no detail. If you want it to look like sunset warm outside, you'll need to see something out the windows (trees or whatever) that is lit warmer. It's either "blown out" white or it's not. You can't warm up "blown out". You can blow out the window and add some warm sunlight through it, but the window will still be white. If you do blow the window out white, one thing I try to do is burn it so bright that it eats through the middle of the blinds or panes... or whatever. Somehow this helps me feel like it wasn't shot on a stage. Justin
  16. Certainly, but sometimes people become overly critical of the best stuff out there.
  17. People are a little braver when nobody knows who they are. What do you want to say on cinematography.com that you?re so afraid to reveal your name? You?re not Mark Felt are you?
  18. Why did "28 Days Later" shoot on the XL1? Probably because the filmmakers chose to for various reasons. Or, they did just get a really great deal.
  19. According to the recent American Cinematographer? Fuji Super F-250D 8562 Super F-250T 8552 Reala 500D 8592 Kodak Vision 500T 5279 ?Most of the day work was shot on Fuji film stocks, and we used Kodak (Vision 500T) 5279 for the night work,? says Kaminski.?
  20. The lighting is very good. If you could have thrown the background more out of focus, the shots would be better. I do, however, have a feeling that you already know this. Production design is half the battle.
  21. Have you tried this before? This is something I?ve wanted to do for a long time, but haven?t had the opportunity (or reason). My apartment is filled with this light around 7pm and I catch it on the sidewalks in the mid afternoon. It?s beautiful. I'm curious what it would look like with a little atmosphere indoors.
  22. I think this is one of the most difficult things about cinematography, because I hate to say no. While I mean ?it can?t be done?, I sometimes feel they think I just can?t do it. Trouble is, usually the director has come up with a really good shot and I want to do it, but sometimes I can?t figure out how to do what they want (good, I mean), given our time constraint, gear, whatever, and I have to say "I'm not sure it's possible". I do; however, sometimes I question whether or not a more experienced cinematographer than me could pull off whatever it is they?re asking.
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