Recent content by scarfhead

I just shot a feature called HE'S SUCH A GIRL on a pair of HVX200's at 720pN. We started in March and had a 35 day shooting schedule. There is a lot of footage. Unfortunately, all of it was imported to FCP before we upgraded to 5.1.1. Do I need to re-import all of this raw footage??? Good...

Less than two weeks away from principal photography. Storage is not an issue. We are leaning towards 1080, but I must say, it does seem like the 720 has a certain warmth to it. Does it handle color the same way? This is all 24 frame, of course. Saw some footage today at Laser Pacific --...

I need a DP for a microbudget ($100,000) feature we're shooting in March and April (about 5 weeks). No cast yet as we start casting on Monday, but our casting director is top flight (Director of Casting at Fox). We also have some great people involved in the project, including Jonathan Lynn...

Say I shoot many hours of footage for my next project at 1080/24p. For the sake of argument, I have a terabyte of data. How the hell do I archive this? I have no original tape. Burning DVDs, even Blu-Ray, will take forever. Do I need an expensive tape backup?

Just got off the phone with ProMax. They met with Panasonic last night and were told not to expect shipment of HVX200s until mid-January now. Piss.

I am a longtime PC user and have finally succumbed. Anyone want to chime in on what my first system should look like? I will be purchasing it in the next week or two to edit micro-budget features in Final Cut Studio. These projects will mostly be shot on the forthcoming HVX-200 using DVC-PRO...