Max Field

All we really need to get it back into the broadcast rotation is one DoP going wild during his acceptance speech. Then the show producers look like total idiots.

They claim "Best Cinematography" when in reality it's "Best Cinematography For A Screenplay We Also Approve Of"

I am still after an Alexa, I am a camera hype beast!!

What'd they pay you for that nightmare?

Don't fall for the fallacy of sunk cost. If you can get money for them and don't imagine them appreciating significantly, sell them as soon as possible.

PM me and I'll give you email there?

eBay doesn't have any asking prices I'm liking. $10,000 for a 2K camera is steep. Maybe someone on here is looking to sell off a package? Please let me know what you have.

Let's just hope iPhone aspect ratio doesn't take over in 50 years.

I read that it's powdered vitamin B. I've also used baking soda many times. This was a great video I found 2 years ago of a guy showing how to make crack so real looking you can sell it (and then get murdered)

Well yeah I know I can get a rose pipe but the issue is burning it lively without the actor burning themselves lol.

Wondering if anyone had some resources I could look to for simulating various drugs. It's for a found footage short I'm doing later this year. Google keeps giving me news stories about real drugs instead of cinema drugs. I need to figure out the best way of faking a double cup of lean. Also faking a crack pipe. Thanks for any resources or info you might have.

...Is they the government or...?

The most standard of model portrait photography is using longer lenses, 75mm+ and I'm assuming it has been this way for around a century. However now we're in the era of the self-shooting Instagram models who are making waves by taking selfies with just their phones. iPhone lenses are a much wider angle thus rendering the face differently. Models with access to their face 24/7, being able to learn their best angles, will look like a million bucks on selfies but then are shot traditionally and don't look quite as good. I'm sure it can work vice versa as well: where a traditional model in front of longer lenses doesn't look as striking through a wide angle lens. So far I've seen some old vs new media crossover but my question really boils down to this: Are the new wave of Instagram models going to be passed over for the looks which have always been accepted on real sets, or will the real sets start evolving to accommodate this newfound talent pool? Thanks to anyone with insight!

Are the daughters 15-24 and into general internet progressiveness? Those last 2 films had young people rushing out due to their political connotations.

When someone on here complains about the tent-pole features being targeted to the younger market I'm not arguing that producers believe that, I'm just wondering if those producers ever actually seen someone that age watch a movie in the last 5 years. Literally every time I've witnessed someone under 25 watching a feature film, the majority of their time is spent talking with others around them (not about the movie) and sliding through things on the phone. I'm not sitting here complaining about that behavior, cause the reality is feature-length movies desperately need evolution when it comes to pacing if they want to survive past 2040. Even with all the super hero movies, it feels as if people aged 30-40 are the primary consumers and anyone under 25 into them are trying to wear their "movie-buff" hat. I'm aware numbers show the youth to be the main demographic, but many of those stats are from over a decade ago. So getting back to the title of the post; Would spending $100 million on a film pandering to middle-aged people really hurt revenue that much?

...What are the animals?

I try to motivate them to strive for more but I'm fighting against video games and social media.

AARP will knock at your door a little harder this year.

Is this back when the young guys on set dressed like they were there to actually work? Sad to have missed those times

Craigslist can be helpful, you'll find established grips or rental houses selling off everything every now and then. There was a grip in Englewood who sold off a ton of useful stuff from the 70's last year.

Sorry to be a bit off topic, but what prime sets are doing 32mm?? Most of the time I look at a focal length rundown it always hits at 35. I think Adrian and someone else said 32mm is their all time favorite focal length as well.

Whether it's photo or video, every time the angle gets tighter than 50mm I feel like the image looses most of its punch. Does anyone else feel this way? Sometimes I feel like if I don't learn to embrace other focal lengths my style will become predictable.

Fast AND Furious!

I don't blame you if you don't understand, our starts are in two completely different eras with different rules. The age of the internet forces you to spread to as many different mediums as possible.

For one, my name is spelled incorrectly on here because I don't need serial killers stalking me (you never know). I have more official credits in voice direction for web series and video games than cinema direction. I screenwrote and directed for a computer game set to release this year. http://www.treneongames.com/ As well as a couple TV pilots currently being shopped. Film is still my favorite industry to get into, but I've focused my time on new media, music, and TV because it accepts younger talent. Having just some of the technical knowledge that everyone here has when it comes to cinematography makes me look like a genius on new media sets.