Daniel D. Teoli Jr.

Depends on their overhead, wife, etc.

https://www.dga.org/Craft/DGAQ/All-Articles/1904-Fall-2019/Conversation-Scorsese-Tarantino.aspx From the website... "Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino are born storytellers, not just in their movies—which bear each director's unmistakable stamp—but in their deep-seated appreciation for the medium. While they hail from different generations—Scorsese was among the first wave of film school grads in the mid '60s, and Tarantino's rise coincided with the indie film revolution of the early '90s—their passion and knowledge of cinema place them on equal footing. No genre escapes their grasp, whether it's prestige studio releases or B-movie potboilers, splashy musicals or noirish thrillers, art-house fare or spaghetti Westerns. They've been dining on this grand buffet all their lives, and it shows in their own work, in the characters they've created, and the lens through which they view the world. This is a particularly conspicuous year for both filmmakers: Tarantino's Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood has galvanized critics and audiences alike since its debut at Cannes, while anticipation runs high for Scorsese's The Irishman, for which the director has spent considerable time in post dealing with digitally de-aging his leads. The two sat down for the DGA Quarterly to talk directors, influences and violence as catharsis, among other topics. This is an edited version of their conversation." – Steve Chagollan

https://www.videomaker.com/short-filmmaking-checklist-everything-you-need-to-do-before-the-shoot Some good, basic advice for those starting out. (By Fuji)

I'm happy with the 2K Retroscan software Tyler. I'm not too much for complex software, so I like the software. It is basic and easy to use. You can get TIFF or JPEG individual scans with it. As was said. The Restroscan is not a Lasergraphics. The Lasergraphics training and set up fee alone cost more than a Retroscan. In its price range the Retroscan is the best option for budget scanning unless you are wealthy or a big company. It would be nice if the Retroscan software could add a red faded film color color corrector like Lasergraphics has. Give it a few options of color correcting with one click. The only other 'dream' options I'd like would be a sound reader built into the scanner, not a sound module. And higher res scans...4K - 5K If you got sound and only have a silent scanner, the University of South Carolina came up with this software to extract sound. But I have not tried it yet. https://usc-imi.github.io/aeo-light/ I bought a LightPin 16mm gate but still have not tried it. My problem is too many irons in the fire. I have 100,000+ still photos going back to 2013 I have not looked at yet to sort. I hope to get back to film scanning in the next month or two. I will give you a report then.

A Hard Day's Night has good commentary on a number of the 3 disk Criterion set. Especially from editors.

I'm using a JVC VCR with 19u head. RCA jacks feeding to a Toshiba DVD-R recorder.

I'm duplicating a tape from 1976. No issues and it was a rental tape at one time. Just some hiccups at the beginning few seconds. Impressed that they hold up so well. I may have some VHS a little earlier than this one. Still looking through archive. What is your earliest VHS? Did it hold up for you? I guess video is similar to reel to reel audio. I had some from 1955 audio tape and it was OK. I had heard reel to reel tape is acetate, so maybe subject to vinegar syndrome.

Thanks for rundown. Are you saying the Blu-ray is not good? If so, is there a version does justice to the BW?

Is it worthwhile trying to find a S-VHS machine to dupe standard VHS tapes to DVD versus a regular VHS machine? I read the S-VHS machines had special heads in them and claimed sharper payback. If the S-VHS offer a better playback for standard VHS do you need to find S-VHS machines with S-Video outlet jacks? I've seen a lot of S-VHS machines that haver standard RCA jacks and no S-VHS jacks. Thanks

Thanks Perry. Is this it?

Thanks, makes sense to use scanning tech.

Do they generally have a video camera going for instant replay? Or do they do it the traditional way of waiting for the dailies?

Nice interview. She does some interesting art. She started in the 1960s in L.A. and is still going strong at 80. https://hyperallergic.com/518417/feminist-icon-judy-chicago-on-resisting-the-cycle-of-erasure

Script (partial) for The Rockford Files - Shootout at the Gold Pagoda 1997 https://archive.org/details/scriptrockfordfilesd.d.teolijr.a.c76 An example script to study.

https://nofilmschool.com/ad-astra-movie-interview Hoyte van Hoytema is very talented.

Perry, why would Scanstation release a subpar sensor like that? You should not have to do all that work to make it doable. With all the money they charge it should produce excellent results right out of the box. Was it worth it for you to move up from 4K just so you could say you have 5K, but everything had to be reworked to make it acceptable?

Being mainly a still photog you never have the concerns I mention. Still camera is not heavy and no need to be perfectly quiet. So the problems of old age surfaced quick with film work. Plus my subject of 85 also chokes up and starts coughing when he has to speak for any length of time. Hopefully he is not shot with singing. Making the best of it anyway. (And coughing can be a help when you need to mask the shutter sound with candid work. The Leica book even recommended it!)

Kinda, just bloodwork at a free public health screening. They said borderline heart worries if I don't shape up.

Thanks. What type of files are uncompressed? I'm using a PC not Apple. Size is not a big deal for me. I'd just like to be able to make a library of stock titles to save time. But want titles to look as good as was originally made. I think the AVI is 264 if that means anything. Beside titles, it would also be nice to save the edited video clips uncompressed in the origonal res. Here are my export options. Mp4 Avi Mov Mpeg1 Mpeg2 Wmv Mkv Flv M2ts h264 Webm Ogv Swf

I have a Sony a7rii. I'm getting a line flash at the top of the frame every 30 to 60 seconds. Line is just a fraction of a second. Also if there is fast movent there is some jerkiness in the movement. I'm using an older SD card. Do you think these problems are from the card not being fast enough for 4k? I just started shooting 4k with this cam so don't have any history with it. Same card worked fine with Fuji 1080 video. Thanks

When making generic titles for reuse is it better to save in AVI or MP4? I can't see much difference in quality between the two. Thanks

Thanks I meant comparing amount of film shot for a movie in Hollywood's heyday to movies shot on film now. I was wondering since film was cheaper back then if they used more of it. Or if they had different techniques that required more use of film as compared to nowadays.

How much $$ do the top DP's make on big budget films?

Any range of estimates? Did they shoot more film in the old days versus now?

Good interview of the late Muller in Criterion's 'Down By Law' by Jim Jarmusch Simple and clean high quality BW work. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robby_Müller