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Just read a friend's screenplay, and so many scenes are really tired and derivative. I tried to tell him as much, as delicately as possible, and he argued that it was all incredibly fresh and original and he'd never seen these scenes in a movie before. Then challenged me to name the movie that...

Seeing as the next script-fest is about aliens, I wondered if anyone might be interested in the ebay listing I just put up for an "astronaut/space suit" costume. http://www.ebay.ca/itm/160794701766?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

I bought a GH1 last year (for the hack). And then it wasn't too many months before the GH2 came out and got hacked too. But I haven't found any discussions comparing the two cameras though. Not since the GH2 was hacked anyhow. Any opinions on how much of a bump the GH2 offers over the GH1? I'm...

I'm curious. So many great new cameras coming out and at ever more affordable prices. And yet I'm still a bit surprised how many of us are willing to pay the money for these expensive new technologies. In a recession, I just have to ask how other people are managing to do it. So I whipped up...

I seem to be getting duplicate frames in my 59.94 720p files. I notice it most when I try to play the 59.94 clips on a 23.98 timeline--the resultant slow motion is anything but smooth. Stepping through the original clip, I think it might be because of duplicate frames in the 59.94 clip. Anyone...

I bought the GH1 for video, and know it through-and-through in this regard. But whenever I am inclined/asked to take a still photo with my GH1, I become an embarrassing amateur. Because I primarily shoot video, I only use manual (Nikon) lenses--however when I try to shoot stills with these...

I keep running into this issue, so I bet someone has a better solution than I do. I am often given QuickTime files out of FCP that cannot be opened on a PC. Not even in QuickTime Pro. These files seem to be Mac-only, somehow. However, SOME programs like VLC Player will be able to play these...

Tried my first slo-mo in my GH13 (using SH resolution at 59.94 fps) with IPowell's 24fps hack. But I got a very strange result when I imported the clip into Avid. I've been finding Avid offers a great workflow for my GH13 footage so far. It re-wraps the progressive 23.98 AVCHD footage into...

So does a 25mm lens made specifically for an M4/3 camera have a different field of view than a full frame Nikon 25mm used on an M4/3 camera with an adapter mount? That is, does the manufacturer of the M4/3 sensor accommodate the sensor size when making the 25mm lens? So it would be the same...

Coming from Avid here, so not sure about the best procedure in FCP. I'm about to start synching all audio to video clips before the edit begins. I would rather not create a whole lot of new media, and so I'm wondering if I can create a new "sub-clip" which contains both audio track and video...

I'm doing a small assistant edit job. I've done it a couple times before, but generally I'm an editor with my own system, and almost always in Avid. So I'm not exactly sure what the editor means when he asks me to "synchronise all production sync slates in Final Cut before commencing offline, as...

For a couple weeks, I've been shooting in full manual movie mode with Nikon lenses. Today, I made some changes to the camera menus, and I've just noticed that the Exposure Compensation meter (the meter in the bottom-middle of the LCD that reads -3 to 3) is fluctuating according to light...

If I want to project the same image on two screens, can I split the HDMI signal coming out of a DVD player or Blu-Ray player? I can't find anything useful on Google (just very expensive IO boxes), and wondered if some of you had come across economical hardware that would allow for this (I don't...

Loving the hacked GH1. Gorgeous images. But handheld is sort of a nightmare. The ergonomics and light weight of the camera mean that there is serious shaky-cam, no matter how hard I try. What sort of camera stabilization have any of you found works well here? I've seen a lot of shoulder mounts...

I have a powerful machine, mainly to run Avid and After Effects. So you'd think that I could play a HD QuickTime without much problem. But invariably I get stutters and video tearing when I play these bigger higher resolution files. What would I need to add to my setup to improve the playback of...

What sort of issue is causing this green circle inside my image? I've switched lenses. I did a pixel refresh (even though it's clearly not a dead pixel). The sensor appears to be flawless to the naked eye. Any ideas? EDIT: I'm thinking it's a lens flare...though I've never seen flares like this...

There are so many. I get confused which are Duos, Dual Core, Quadcore, etc. I have a socket 775 motherboard. What's the fastest Quadcore available for such a socket? Fastest I can find so far is the Q9650 (Intel Core 2 Quad) at 3 GHz. Recommendations anyone?

Just thought I'd add a link to DOPPELGANGER, a new web series I directed. We shot on Red. Now you can watch it in HD (finally). Episode 1 Episode 2

I have the option for an HD-SDI output from the camera. It also has a BNC to DIN adapter (so that I can use the HD-SDI output with a DIN cable). But I don't know enough about the different monitors to really understand what a DIN cable entails. What sort of monitor accepts a DIN cable? Does it...

What are the recommendations for isolating your subject in a spotlight while keeping the surroundings darker? I want to keep the light flattering and diffused. So would you use a snoot with a lot of diffusion? Seems like the diffusion might ruin the isolating "spotlight" effect. But without the...