Making my 1st movie

[Yammeryammeryammer]

Ya, but he still had a budget of what? $10,000,000? I seem to recall that figure. Could be mistaken.

[Generic Skinhead]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size=2 face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><table border="0" width="90%" bgcolor="#333333" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0"><tr><td width="100%"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#FF9900"><tr><td width="100%" bgcolor="#DDDDDD"><font size=2 face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Alex:
I don't think Charchar gave enough info about their own knowledge base to come to some of the conclusions I am hearing. It's not the first script Charchar has written, and we have no idea how much previous experience Charchar has.</font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></BLOCKQUOTE>

The title of the thread: "Making my first movie" does not suggest much experience Alex. Always a good idea to read that.

[Brainmuncher]

Hmmmm
Dude its a bad idea for your first film to be feature length. youll never do it

[Alex]

I don't think Charchar gave enough info about their own knowledge base to come to some of the conclusions I am hearing. It's not the first script Charchar has written, and we have no idea how much previous experience Charchar has.

But if you do shoot 16mm, don't transfer it to either Mini-DV or 3/4. Digital BetaCam or BetaCam SP are the current, ideal transfer formats of choice, (and HD transfers are close but super-expensive)

If you desire, you should be able to make a straight copy to Mini-DV from either of those two formats with no percieveable loss in quality.
It's ideal to have matching time-code from your archival video transfer format and the video format you will edit with.


But with FCP-4 allowing for direct transfer from either BetaCam SP or Digital BetaCam, the bar has been raised for low budget NLE.

[Alex]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size=2 face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><table border="0" width="90%" bgcolor="#333333" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0"><tr><td width="100%"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#FF9900"><tr><td width="100%" bgcolor="#DDDDDD"><font size=2 face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Generic Skinhead:
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size=2 face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><table border="0" width="90%" bgcolor="#333333" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0"><tr><td width="100%"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#FF9900"><tr><td width="100%" bgcolor="#DDDDDD"><font size=2 face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Alex:
I don't think Charchar gave enough info about their own knowledge base to come to some of the conclusions I am hearing. It's not the first script Charchar has written, and we have no idea how much previous experience Charchar has.</font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></BLOCKQUOTE>

The title of the thread: "Making my first movie" does not suggest much experience Alex. Always a good idea to read that.</font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></BLOCKQUOTE>


Ok, good point. But if one were to follow previously given advice of "work on someone elses film project before attempting your own", the title of his topic post would still remain "Making my first movie". Only now you have someone who has written more than one script, and with production experience on other projects.

[Alex]

???

[Generic Skinhead]

Woah, nabbed. Kev you need to relax man. If you got angry at every clueless person in the world, you'd be...erm...you'd be...well, very angry in general I guess.

Oh and Alex, while I see your point, taking into account the type of people who post here, I think the possibility of the topic starter having worked on other films is very, very remote.

[Kev Owens]

Ha ha ha... well obsevered,

but I can't fight the rage!!! [img]graemlins/grrr.gif[/img]

[foolmaster2]

Very well put, most of the people that post here are beginners.

Ive had very bad experience with 16mm and ive seen lots of problems with using film. Stick to digital.

A full feature length is going to take forever to shoot, and its going to cost alot more as well, so my suggestion to you is, forget money and make a short film.

Better yet, shoot a fake 10 minute trailer for your movie (using fake scenes etc..), that way you get to see what the actors can do and get a feel for the equipment, and possibly pick up a few ideas along the way.

well ive said my piece.

good luck with your film

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ July 10, 2003 07:19 AM: Message edited by: Bliss ist Qual ]</font>