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    My First Feature

    in Please Critique My Work

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    If you're are Sony and you have suits on retainer...... The answer is obvious, they would bring suit against you just for target practice.

    See that's what I would assume too. However the internet has sprawled things out to the point where huge offenders aren't getting slammed with lawsuits like you would expect. If it WERE to happen, Youtube for instance would be a VERY different place than what it is right now.

    My First Feature

    in Please Critique My Work

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    It's the rights holders reaching you PERSONALLY that should be a concern, and they can.

     

    R,

     

    Well put it this way, let's say you have twice the cash in your bank account right now and you see someone just throwing up a random no-profit thing goofing on Against The Wild 2 using the footage. Are you going to write a C&D/digitally remove it? Or go through with an elongated court case and thousands in legal fees?

    My First Feature

    in Please Critique My Work

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    Hmmmmm, I think you need a course in basic film copyright. What you're doing is illegal and you can easily be sued.

     

    Youtube relies on the producers of the content to send in take down notices. A job I must personally do each week, because a-holes around the globe keep uploading my movies to YouTube. YouTube does not delete the accounts of these people or punish them in anyway, they are simply allowed to flaunt copyright laws.

     

    So you're on very very thin ice my friend.

     

    R,

     

    I'm completely aware of all of this, and there will come a point where I take things like this down. The law versus the law's enforcement are two very different things though. I could show you a load of people doing exactly this who faced, at the very most, a channel getting banned. If my Vimeo gets banned I can make another, really not concerned with an account on the internet.

    My First Feature

    in Please Critique My Work

    Posted

    However, I can't help but to wonder how long your video is going to stay online -- the copyright owners might not find your work amusing.

     

    In order for it to get taken down, it would need to gain enough momentum for a representative to see and report it. I'll take that as a bittersweet resolve knowing it gained enough momentum to reach that point. Youtube on the other hand automatically removes things in seconds.

    My First Feature

    in Please Critique My Work

    Posted · Edited by Macks Fiiod

    Due to a lack of budget, I took the Woody Allen approach and decided to dub something in a comedic sense, having the entire project rely on editing, screenwriting, and audio mixing/directing. I finished this in just under 3 months.

     

    I shipped it out to a few friends on VHS tapes for some added aesthetic. What you see on Vimeo is a rip from those tapes.

     

     

    If any of you had 45 minutes of free time, It'd be a great help for me to see if people outside of my usual demographics found enjoyment out of my current output.

     

    Thanks.

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    Mic Locker Thread

    in Sound

    Posted · Edited by Macks Fiiod

    Was curious to see what microphones the other video guys have in their collections? Could be educational for discovering a new tool for the arsenal.

     

    I'll post mine later.

     

    Thanks.

    Contributing factors to the pacing in modern film?

    in General Discussion

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    Blame games, social media, youtube.... Everything that has made sitting down and passively watching any 2 hour feature film seem like a chore.

     

    I feel like other markets encroaching on a movie's entertainment value, both mindful and mindless, would be beneficial for the medium. Features going from 90-130 to 60-75 by cutting out all the fluff seems to be a better product. Very few titles merit a 2 hour plus run time.

    Contributing factors to the pacing in modern film?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Sat down to watch Poltergeist for the first time in my adult life with a couple friends.

     

    I felt it was like 7/10 but one of my friends absolutely hated it. They aren't into film studies or anything like that, they just look to be entertained. I asked why they felt it was so boring and the clearest answer I received was "Any movie made before 1985 is boring and slow". Before you make assumptions; he isn't fond of Transformers/blockbuster action things either.

     

    In the back of my mind I could sort of understand where the notion of old being boring comes from, the pacing and attempted level of engagement feel significantly different than modern releases. I can't sit down and watch Cabinet of Caligary even with synced sound and quicker edits.

     

    Some film course I took had a blurb on how MTV's music video era influenced cinematic editing, but there has to be more to it than JUST the cuts.

     

    What are your takes on this specific evolution?

     

    Thanks.

    Suicide Squad on 16mm

    in On Screen / Reviews & Observations

    Posted

    So I just saw Suicide Squad in its 9th or so week of running and thought parts of the film could have really benefited from some added grime-like aesthetic.

     

    If you've seen it, a lot of the interaction took place in a dark, rainy, deserted city. Shooting on 16mm instead of 35 could've given a little more creative punch to this block buster (maybe save a tiny bit of budget as well, although that'd depend on their take ratio).

     

    I've seen major features like The Big Short switch between shooting methods (digtal-to-35) to establish various environments and eras, does anyone else feel even the big action flicks could benefit from that area of creativity?

     

    Is there a reason that might be a horrible idea for those productions?

     

    Thanks for any input.

     

     

    Reading ProRes without Quicktime?

    in Post Production

    Posted

    Question to all the Windows familiar guys out there.

     

    Just saw this article stating that people on Windows machines need to uninstall Quicktime

    http://blog.trendmicro.com/urgent-call-action-uninstall-quicktime-windows-today/

     

    However I cannot edit without Quicktimes codecs, and can't figure out a way to ditch the program and keep the codecs.

     

    What are some alternative codec packs which can be installed to read prores files without the Quicktime being installed on the machine?

     

    Thanks in advance.

    Best Cinematography You've Seen In A Comedy?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    My favorites are probably Chris Menges' work on "Local Hero" and "Comfort and Joy", and many Woody Allen movies, but those are all on the lower-key, naturalistic side, not really "lit" for comedy.

     

    What exactly do you mean by "lit" for comedy? I understand different genres can have different styles, but is there always a set of guidelines for shooting for humorous tone?

     

    Also thanks to everyone for your suggestions.

    Lens jumps when focusing

    in Lenses & Lens Accessories

    Posted

    I looked at the construction of the lens. I assume it was designed for stills.

     

    This was a problem I ran in to when I first got a DSLR with the 18-55 kit lens. Is the grip to pull focus directly glued to the front element? If so, every time your fingers make the slightest amount of contact, your image will wobble, no matter how stable the tripod is. Like literally ANY play at all on that front element and it will happen.

     

    As for the auto focus feature, it might just be a "get what you pay for" deal.

    Cheaper lenses made for stills won't be silent for video.

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