Daniel D. Teoli Jr.

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 But want titles to look as good as was originally made.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

What type of meter do they use for determining light temps?

I read this from another forum. I was looking for how much 4K video you can out on a 32 gb card. Is the native video in the Sony the highest quality 4K or do I need to adjust the settings? I heard about bitrate, but never paid attention to it until reading this. "Things like sensor size, framerate and resolution of the video doesn't affect how much you can record to your memory card, it's the video bitrate per second that does. Basically if you have a camera capable of recording 1080p 60fps at 100Mbps you'd be able to fit exactly the same amount of video on your memory card as if you're recording 4K 25fps at 100Mps. I have a Sony RX100 IV which is capable of recording 4K video at 100Mbps bitrate. On a 64GB SDXC card that gives me around 1 hour and 20 mins of recording time. As far as I know the GX85 is also capable of recording 100Mbps 4K so you'd be looking at around the same time. Some cameras have the option to dial down the bitrate (on my RX100 IV you can opt for recording 4K at 60Mbps) which will give you more recording time on your memory card (2h11m). Obviously the video will be more heavily compressed as a result. Make sure you have fast enough memory cards for recording 4K by the way as some cards, even SDXC U-3 cards aren't fast enough for recording at 100Mbps." Thanks

Good for you Perry! Someday I hope to buy the 4K model...but lotto is not cooperating.

Who makes the 5K sensor with more noise? Are sensors easily swapped out with Scanstation?

When you stand for a short period of time your ankles and joints crack when you move and get in the sound. Heavy breathing has to be suppressed and gets in the sound. When you handhold on the shoulder heavy breathing can raise or lower the camera. Then your shoulder is pinched the next day from holding the camera. You are always choking up and trying not to cough. …it is hell being an old cameraman

Silent scanner 8 - 16mm http://www.moviestuff.tv/moviestuff_universal_mark_ii_series.html $8495+

I'm just learning about editing. What resources are there to study for editing? Any gold rules for editing don'ts? Thanks

Tyler, they must have had a mess with all these personalities involved in the cutting process. With digital editing is easy. Film must have been a nightmare with moving things back and forth, in and out.

I've been working on a film called The Cotton Pickers. Film also has some migratory farm workers and dustbowl refugees from the 1930's in it. So it not 100% cotton pickers. I thought about breaking up the carrot and potato workers into other films, but am not that interested in it so lumped em all together with about 75% of them as cotton workers. And really they were as the name says ...migratory and picked whatever they could to make a buck. About 80% of material was shot by Dorothea Lange. Here is one of Lange's less known, but still iconic shots. Photo has 15 - 20 minutes of post work by me. Almost everything out of the LOC are flat, raw scans...and dirty. Lange was a helluva gal and photog! I've come to known her quite well post processing hundreds of her photos. But I probably spent the most time on this photo.

Interesting little film. Nice music. I didn't like going back and forth from wide screen. Chops it up too much for my taste. Good luck!

I thought you were being harsh, but after watching, I concur. I sped through with the slider. Too jumbled up for me. Also hate low res film. But there were bits and pieces that looked interesting. Good luck with your film aspirations OP.

I've tried a number vintage lenses on stills. Always disappointed. No great vintage look for me. Waste of $$ All these lenses were sharp. I was looking for interesting bokeh and got very little. Here are a few I've tried... http://vintage-camera-lenses.com/meyer-optik-gorlitz-primoplan-1-9-58/ http://vintage-camera-lenses.com/carl-zeiss-ultron-50mm-1-8/ http://vintage-camera-lenses.com/category/lenses/jupiter/ Check this site out for lenses, it is the holy grail, but you will have to adapt to movie cam. http://vintage-camera-lenses.com/carl-zeiss-ultron-50mm-1-8/ If you want film look, try shooting at T2.8, T4 to T5.6 max. Then add some digital grain. If you have a monochrome sensor and shoot at 2500 ISO. Higher ISO can have a nice grain look to them. But I don't like it over 2500 ISO, although in emergency will go to 3200 ISO sometimes. Even color sensors at high ISO can offer some grain. Problem with digital grain in post is that it is not organic grain as film grain is. Digital grain is like a screen of grain put over the image even in the whites. At least that is how it was a few years ago when I tried. Maybe they have improved it. Note, all my digital cam / software is old. (2012 to 2014) Maybe state of the art gear / software will perform better in areas I've discussed. If you want to soft the look, then try very light diffusion. Very cheap $$, just be careful to buy items that can be returned if they don't achieve your look. Some $$ ones are non returnable. https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=soft focus filters&N=0&InitialSearch=yes&sts=ma&Top+Nav-Search= Good luck!

Here is one of the clips with commentary. Takes more work to get the names and dates so I let people figure it out if they are interested. If I had more time and energy would tag everything. I'm only one person, can only do so much. I have 140+ areas of collection in my archive. https://archive.org/search.php?query=Frankie %26 Johnny Old Country Record Shop D.D.Teoli Jr. A.C.