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Jeffrey G Baca

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  1. ..love to Discussion! I am glad to see the interest in FILM as a recording medium and the various work around's we may use to improve out workflow. I would like to see how the New 8MM film camera from Kodak (http://www.kodak.com/ek/US/en/Consumer/Products/Super8/Super8-camera/default.htm) that appear to have a USB port (for charging) along with a HDMI port and a memory (SD?) port as well, which would allow for some to use this camera and provide some form of Digital Image recording, usable as a part of the "dailies" workflow. jGb
  2. Mr. Leeds, As i said the industry is in Flux now, with Film still in the conversation IF we wish it to be. And i am very hopeful as others wish it too. jGb
  3. Mr. Heckert Thanks for the reply :) . I would like to make motion pictures myself shot on film. GREAT job to see the Hateful 8, i haven't hadda chance. #filmisalive jGb
  4. again, Mr Purcell, i agree. Hence my desire to retain film AS a projection medium. Regardless. :D
  5. The loss of film to digital projection was a matter to time. With their being over 60 lbs of film to every screen every weekend, that's Several Ton's of film produced and reproduced every year. Even with prints being rented, the Cost of FILM being sent to 35,000 screens a weekend at 60 lbs per screen, would account for Millions of lost dollars in revenue for those the shipped the print, showed that print and returned/resent those prints. Jobs were lost at both movie, theater and associated industries. This has caused a lost of trust in those that make film, used to project film and work generally in the film industry. I was associated with a similar situation when I worked and was a part of the Magazine industry folding back in the (WALL STREET JOURNAL http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB88844572736530000 ). AND basically, the industry is in flux now. So it's sad at the loss of jobs, but also not just a single factor, as with magazines, that made the industry change. BUT, magazines are still around. SO will FILM be. jGb
  6. ...SOON enough :D :D :D . I am putting together a resource for those how LOVE film and wish to see their movies projected FROM film. jGb
  7. mr. Fiiod, I am researching a thesis i'm writing on Film. The specific reason in general for Drive-in's, back when i was younger was no one when any longer. You'd get a 'good' date ;) at a Drive In, but then Mall's came along and movies became multiplex's.
  8. mr. Purcell, a. Agreed, some studio's i've worked at used to store their Wine better than their Classic Movie Negatives. b. mr. Clark, i must agree with mr. Purcell, digital medium is far from perfect and far from error free. In the article i outlined above, the digital medium storing in what are called, "digital cinema packages" or DCP use a type of storage called "Linear tape open" or LTO. (http://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/honors-research-and-exhibition/2015/section-01/1/) in such, the generations of LTO change YEARLY!, and are backward compatible only TWO generations. We are now on LTO7, which means digital storage tapes from three years ago are no longer compatible and this is not about 'refreshing' digital medium. but MOST troubling with LTO digital storage is the problems with Digital Medium in General...it can break! Drop an LTO over 3 feet, all data is lost and this would be hazardous in a locale (like So. California), prone to earthquakes.... page 3 (http://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/honors-research-and-exhibition/2015/section-01/1/) jGb
  9. mr. Fiiod, you're up, bruv! thanks for the reply. a. i agree with you fully, when it comes to digital post production or DI. I have done analog post production, cutting and putting film together with tape and it's not fun.... :P and there are still part of the world where films are made on film, produced on film and projected on film. my first post on this discussion thread listed nearly 1,800 in the U.S. alone (almost 370 drive ins, my fave in Monte Vista CO http://bestwesterncolorado.com/hotels/best-western-movie-manor , a drive MOTEL and theater!) As for merit, i don't give a film merit based on it's recording medium, film, video or marble tablet! Merit should be always on how it was shot and for someone, like myself, who grew up on movies shot and projected on Film, i love the medium. As for your last point, i agree with too. I would feel ripped off IF the intent of the filmmaker was to record and then project on film, as was the case for The Hateful Eight this past year (http://motion.kodak.com/motion/campaign/hateful_eight/default.htm) , i have YET To see it in a digital theater. The nearest FILM projection on "glorious 70MM" as mr. Tarentino intended is not available in my town, but 70 miles away. SO i will go when i can. :) jGb
  10. Mr. Purcell, :) 1st and foremost, thanks for the welcome! I appreciate it greatly. I am glad to see this discussion has been on 'everyone's' minds lately, I would be sad, were it not. i LOVED the long reply, so bear with me. a. i could NOT agree with you MORE, Sir, i LOVE LOVE LOVE film's resolution's and ability to remain, plastic, as it were to the light images we try so hard to attempt to impress upon them. I truly love and adore how we can push and pull the images we impress upon film. I was the true geek in Jr High, imagine long pants and a 120 double reflex camera around my neck taking b&w images i would later bring to life in a darkroom! Most cool, But i digress. b. i also agree that film, In most Cases, does not cost more than digital. My promblemo's have been the recent film imaging i've done ( for a self pitch, my instagram is jbaca59 :) ). They've been TWO fold. 1. the gosh darn labs suck terribly from what i remember only 10 to 15 years ago! gezz, do they Not know to put their fingers on the images. Seriously, i've scanned my 35MM 4x6 reprints into digi world to share with digi world. An Epson Scanner for those that care mostly 2400 dpi for a 160+ Megapixel image. AND i find images that have either finger prints OR dust images on those prints. Dust and BIG grains of ??, i can't understand it, like they are processing film in a windy desert with the windows open, after brushing down the camels, THEN they process my film! I have 100's! of pictures, since 1960's childhood and such that have super IMAGE quality. So LAB work is one issue. 2. the places when, where and how to get GOOD film product is variable and fluid at best. So FILM itself is another issue. I thank you for all your information. You have obviously a love for your craft and i enjoy your feedback. c. I wish that more storytellers, like you and myself consider stay with or using partially Film as their recording mediums. As someone who is in front of, as well as behind the camera, i have an understanding of how Motion Pictures are made. I used the term "Motion Picture" because it describes the craft of storytelling using video, film, still photos and digital mediums to provide a picture that, hopefully, if we do our jobs right, we and others enjoy. and I LOVE capturing moments of action on film. Because we, those both behind and in front of the camera, have to take into account shooting ratio's of 3:1 or even 2:1, where as videography is nearly cost-less, even with shooting ratio's or 8:1 or 12:1! Makes for good gag reels but not good cinema. I am of the school of 'say less, show more'. With both shooting ratio and the 'Cinema pur' thought process, rehearsal and pre-prod are VERY important. i pre-vis E V E R Y T H I N G!.... :), so, Film as a recording medium costs are equal to videography, i believe, when done with passion and love. Finally, I will say, mr. Purcell, that you obviously have a passion for film. I think that film school should include the 'film' part. maybe we can contribute to this discussion and toward that ends. thanks jGb
  11. Mr. Clark Thanks for the information. It seems that while film preservation IS the most reliable way to improve long term preservation of the Motion Picture, the 'studio's' do not make a good place to archive anything. My background with some of them is to have seen film left in vault's as described above, that looked like a closet in my backyard. But I digress. The Current mode of preservation is and should always be film. The reasons are simple. and mostly because... 1. the digital world Changes weekly, monthly and mostly and importantly for this conversation, Yearly. 2. Film can, should and has been shown to last for years, when properly stored. This recent study by AMPAS details it further. The Reel Problem with Digital: The Challenges of Preserving Motion Pictures in Digital Formats by Nicholas Sy Mentor: Professor Robert Simmons http://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/honors-research-and-exhibition/2015/section-01/1/ This article is wonderful and my favorite argument against digital motion picture preservation, where in a just a nine year span, Pixar had to Update software for Finding Nemo, from 2003 when it was made to 2012. So far, I am of the opinion that Celluloid is the past way to preserve motion pictures and My Fair Lady is an example, i believe in film preserving posterity in art. I grew up seeing ALL films recorded, post-produced and displayed on film. I love recording on film. thanks jGb
  12. Mr. Jha, Thanks for the information, but I would prefer to keep this discussion "on topic" as is were, so please, when replying, reply to the topic. I'd prefer this not digress into "Trivial Pursuit - Cinematography Edition" As for this being the "only" Narrative Feature Film shot entirely on 15/70, THAT'S great for the format, but the question remains, "FILM or not to FILM?" :)
  13. Please reply to my post, "to film or not to film, that is the Question?" TYVM!

  14. Simple Questions, to begin with, Do you shoot in FILM or VIDEO? IF FILM or VIDEO, why? Do you believe that FILM costs more to use that VIDEO? Do you seek out Motion Pictures, (i.e., The Hateful Eight) shot on film? And if so, Do you seek out film-recorded Motion Pictures, such at The Hateful Eight, to see the PROJECTED on film? I am beginning a new production company and would like industry feedback. I will also post, throughout this discussion, facts such as... According to MPAA, in 2014, there were 14,526 ANALOG or Film projected screens in the World, 62,784 Digital NON 3D screens and 64.905 Digital 3D screens in the World. In the US alone, it 1,747 Analog, 25.372 Digital NON 3D and 16,146 Digital 3D screens. (http://www.mpaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/MPAA-Theatrical-Market-Statistics-2014.pdf) I am of the opinion, contrary that it may be that film is NOT dead, certainly not as a medium for Recording Motion Pictures. But I must agree that its most likely no longer a widely used medium for Projecting Motion Pictures. FYI, I shoot on 35MM and 120 FILM photography, as well as AD on 16MM & 35MM, and I would like to continue to use Film as my recording Medium. I don't believe its dead, just as OIL paints didn't 'die' when ACRYLIC paints arrived. Different mediums for different artists. I look forward to hearing for you. jGb
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