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Clampet15

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  1. Thanks for the info. I'll look into it because if I record the song myself, I would only tag a few violin riffs from the song and pretty much do everything else different with different instruments. I would hope a riff played differently, but sounding similar, would not be copy right protected.... but then again it is the Beatles.
  2. So, after two long years I am finally hitting the home stretch to finishing my first feature length. Right now I am in the post production stage of composing music for my film. My production team and I have come to the conclusion that the Beatles song Eleanore Rigby would be awesome to have as an opener. Now we know the actual song usage we could never afford for our low budget movie... and seeing how we are all musicians we think we could pull off recording it. My question however, is if we covered this song without words would we have to get the rights from the label - and if anyone knows, would It be possible to sample the actual song and create a new unique song from portions of it without acquiring rights? - Brandon Schwindt
  3. So what I have shot is what I have shot. Just don't mess with the push process and see what comes out? Unfortunatly the age was unknown to me at the time of shooting, so I rated it at 500. I guess this falls into one of those unfortunate lessons I needed to learn about shooting films. Thanks. -Brandon
  4. Hello, So i'm finally in the post production of my first feature. I recently had half my film transferred out to digital. I had a few rolls that were really old kodak 500T stuff that came out looking.... lets just say artzie... and some, not there. So after I punched myself in my head for buying cheap short ends off of ebay, I came to the realization that I have one more 400ft roll of old kodak 500T left to develope with my other load of stock. Now, the environment that I filmed this roll in was different (more light), but never-the-less, a very old stock. So my question is, Should I push the stock a stop or two durring the developement, or just let them do it digitally in post when transferring it. I know the grain is going to be increased either way, but I would like to know what might be a better way to go about it. Thanks -Brandon Schwindt
  5. Yeah, I'm thinking thats the best way to go with the lowest budget route possible. I'm pretty confident I can at most, make the footage look decent. I am pretty much using all of the footage, so going back later on wont be to hard. I'll make sure to keep track of the EDL's just incase I get lucky one day. Thanks.
  6. Thats is very good to know, seeing that is was spectra that I am talking to right now. Looks like my mind is set. I still might send just a demo roll to check it out. But I am glad to hear they do a good job. Thanks.
  7. Hello, I'm currently in the final stages of shooting my first feature length. I'm in the process of looking at labs with the best pricing, seeing that I'm a student and this project is super low buget. I found one lab online that has some pretty great prices and student rates, but I have just one question before I send off the goods. The pricing they gave me for a one light vs. a graded is about a 500 dollar difference. Now this might not be much money in the industry, but thats a hefty chunk to me when its comming out of my pocket. Now I am finishing this project on digital, so my major concerns are resolution (which I assume the both are pretty close to the same), and of course color. I totally get the idea behind using the highest quality image possible when going in, but I know for a fact I am going to be grading this stuff after the fact either way. My main question is, If I just go ahead and get a one light even though I did use different stocks and what not, will I be able to create a decent looking picture after tampering with the image in post. I would just hate to pay this place an extra 500 bucks for something I can very well do myself on my own. But I would also hate to pay over a thousand dollars for a bunch of crap. -Brandon
  8. When all else fails, just pretend to be in college and claim this thing is a student project. I'm in college... but not doing anything with film yet, but when anyone of authority (police), ask me what the heck I'm doing at 2 in the morning in a upscale shopping/loft area with a bunch of cameras and actors with fake blood on them and their shirts off making a ruckuss, I tell them "student project". Works everytime. But, I would never promote lieing. So definatly go to college.
  9. I work for an optical clinic. What I use is an optical micro fiber cleaning cloth for glasses (these can be picked up at any wal-mart vision center). Some would say not to spray it, but if you do not, better make sure your cloth and lens are dang clean and free of dust. Any amount of dust over time will scratch the lens. I recommend picking up some lens cleaner from there too. Do not, whatever you do, buff it with any kind of paper product. You might as well be rubbing bark all over it. Any paper product will eventually leave little scratches all over your lens.
  10. How is your experience with the post house in Dallas? I know this is a little off subject, but I live in the dfw area and was recently talking with them about pricing for a student feature I'm doing. From the sound of it, they are able to work some miracles, which I just might need when this thing comes around to post time.
  11. One last question. Would the quality be a lot better if when I get the footage transfered, I drop it on dvd or hard drive instead of mini dv. I'm sure it would be, but I dont think i could afford to do the hard drive, but maybe so on the dvd's. Are they the same type of file?
  12. Thanks for all the great info guys. I will definatly shop around. I have some 100' loads from my film I will use and get some samples from each place.
  13. Ok, so I have read as much post on these forums that my eye's can stand about transfers and what not of 16mm film. I'm currently still shooting my film right now (hopefully it will be done one day). My budget is really not big at all, so I plan on just releasing this thing digital instead of going back out onto film. My question is, does it matter if I get my film transferred on a rank or spirit if I'm just going to throw it into FCP and color grade all the colors myself untill I'm happy anyways? I totally understand it is allways better to have the greatest possible image going in to work with, but for bugetary reasons, would I be sacrificing a lot of quality to just get a one light from some place that does the transfer for 15 cents a foot on a rank vs. some other place with an ungodly price with a spirit?
  14. Thanks for the extra info. I'm told that the scoopic MS's light meter is the better of them all. I recently got some footage back, and outside of the crummy transfer I got, It came out reasonably good. So hopefully the whole film come out good as well.
  15. Great job man. I do agree that maybe a little less camera shaking. I thought that it was a good element during the intense fighting parts. But I felt like a was watching the blair witch project after a while. Good job though, I really liked the super 8 look for this piece. -Brandon
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