Broomcorns
New member
Hello. Here is a little about me and why I am here.
I have loved film for as long as I can remember. I used to listen to DVD commentaries and watch every making of special features. I was fascinated by the craft. My father insisted I watch almost every post war and silent era classic film. Falling in love with Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday and laughing like crazy at Katherine Hepburn in Bringing Up Baby. I watched everything I could in Blockbuster and mom and pop video stores before that. I ordered movies from Romania, Japan and Brazil. I fell in love with Kurasowa at 15 and still consider Ikiru to be the best movie ever made.
Then off to engineering school and a career in aerospace, which sounded and sounds a lot cooler than it is in practice. Don't get me wrong I love math, science, and that I had a part in keeping people safe in the air. I don't love metrology or optical comparators or drop gages. Not any more. A year or so ago I lost my job. Normally I would just queue up interview again and go get hired. I didn't this time. I decided to learn film instead. After trying and failing to convert an older DSLR into a film camera I got a cheap Canon C100 and started shooting. Love it. I am fascinated by how much I didn't and still don't know about making a movie or even correctly exposing a shot. I learned that gaffers are the real heroes or at least who I wish I had on my set more than any other to help me light something, anything correctly for once.
I have no regrets even if my paychecks are smaller. The problem and wall I have reached is feedback from people whose eyes don't roll back in their skull when I complain about trying to get the right CST for my camera (the bane of my existence in Resolve). Trying to do this alone has been fun at times since I love working through tech problems, but I have real questions on how to make a film both technical and artistic that books and tutorials can't substitute for people who have done the work. I am currently drawn to editing and try to shoot, edit, and color correct every day, but am not solely interested in that. I look forward to participating in discussions with people who know what they are talking about or others trying to work through the same problems. Thanks for having me and if you read all of that I hope you have a great day.
I have loved film for as long as I can remember. I used to listen to DVD commentaries and watch every making of special features. I was fascinated by the craft. My father insisted I watch almost every post war and silent era classic film. Falling in love with Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday and laughing like crazy at Katherine Hepburn in Bringing Up Baby. I watched everything I could in Blockbuster and mom and pop video stores before that. I ordered movies from Romania, Japan and Brazil. I fell in love with Kurasowa at 15 and still consider Ikiru to be the best movie ever made.
Then off to engineering school and a career in aerospace, which sounded and sounds a lot cooler than it is in practice. Don't get me wrong I love math, science, and that I had a part in keeping people safe in the air. I don't love metrology or optical comparators or drop gages. Not any more. A year or so ago I lost my job. Normally I would just queue up interview again and go get hired. I didn't this time. I decided to learn film instead. After trying and failing to convert an older DSLR into a film camera I got a cheap Canon C100 and started shooting. Love it. I am fascinated by how much I didn't and still don't know about making a movie or even correctly exposing a shot. I learned that gaffers are the real heroes or at least who I wish I had on my set more than any other to help me light something, anything correctly for once.
I have no regrets even if my paychecks are smaller. The problem and wall I have reached is feedback from people whose eyes don't roll back in their skull when I complain about trying to get the right CST for my camera (the bane of my existence in Resolve). Trying to do this alone has been fun at times since I love working through tech problems, but I have real questions on how to make a film both technical and artistic that books and tutorials can't substitute for people who have done the work. I am currently drawn to editing and try to shoot, edit, and color correct every day, but am not solely interested in that. I look forward to participating in discussions with people who know what they are talking about or others trying to work through the same problems. Thanks for having me and if you read all of that I hope you have a great day.
