Max Field

It's 4 in the morning and I'm giving up on life. So mine: -SM57 -SM7B -AT4047 -MKH416 -Neumann KMS-105 -Neumann TLM-102 -Blue Kiwi -EV 635a

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.

What're you charging for the 35 prime? Is there any aberration?

What are the close focus distances on them? And how fast?

Unless you NEED the brand to be Nikon/vintage: Have you considered a Nikon-F mount Bower cine? 16mm is only $280. T2.2 is creeping on the fast side.

I'd like to get into a series with the story structure of GoT but the elves/dragons/fantasy vibe is something I just cannot get into.

Asking price?

I was more addressing film students kidding themselves into thinking something is entertaining solely because it's old, not so much addressing run time. Maybe the Marx Brothers had it right with Duck Soup's length all along.

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.

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.

I have no idea how someone can go from writing the near-perfect Superbad to haha food funnies.

Sorry I sort of implied only 16mm use for those dark city parts. But yeah not the entire feature. Clean 16mm doesn't look all that jarring to me. For example there's 16 shorts on Youtube that aren't necessarily done by masters but at the same time don't feature the amount of artifacts one would expect.

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.

Thanks for replying, do the codecs for MacGo also affect the color in a completely separate editor? Or is that exclusively within the player?

Clouds looked nice on it. Overall natural look, I should get one for myself. But I can't believe you revealed the horse's funeral, that's spoiling the movie!!

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.

Guys, I think we're overlooking the upcoming 2016 sequel to the greatest Christmas film ever made; Bad Santa.

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.

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.

Stuff Spike Lee made that scored over 7/10 on imdb is cool when it comes around. Superbad is very underrated in terms of people taking it seriously and remains my first recommendation for someone trying to learn comedy screenwriting. My generic answer is the 50's "12 Angry Men"

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Does it read that there is written data on it at all? As in GB capacity free?

I hear better things about SanDisk, also use it more than Lexar.

Are you turning the camera on while connecting it via USB? Make sure to browse using windows explorer and not a proprietary camera reading software. I've put many unintended files on things like FlipCams and transferred them from PC to PC fine.