Search results

Yes, that's why I like Trams over COS. Not sure how COS got so popular. But then, I like the COS shape and end-fire depending on application.

In the film, they talk about the Editdroid crashing. At 14:18, Edgar talks about the ILM editing department coming to Skywalker ranch to see a demonstration of Editdroid. I put on that demonstration, with John and another editor doing the edits on the droid and a KEM. Right at the beginning of...

Oh, and for the in-house monthly newspaper, the top story was about Editdroid being used to edit the movie. It had a picture of the editor with the 'droid. The caption under the picture? "(name redacted) cutting wind on the Editdroid." Classic.

I don't have set stories. I have post stories. Carrol Ballard, who made The Black Stallion, which was known for its cinematography, did a movie called Wind. He made fabulous montage scenes. He shot 110 hours of film. The editor spent 13 months cutting it. I would drop by about once a week...

What is your attraction to the 4060? I know it is popular, but it seems big. I've never seen one in-person.

I think what I was trying to say, in my backhanded way, is that we are allowed to give criticism to everyone, be it Jar Jar or Lucas. Yes, this puzzle's me because in many interviews he said that was what he was going to do after he was done with Star Wars. He did make Red Tails, which is not...

He spent virtually all his career in VFX. He built the premiere VFX house. He kept pushing for better and better. His organization did the groundbreaking effects as Aliens/marines, Terminator 2, Jurassic Park, Total Recall, Back to the Future, ..... He pushed Sony to make digital cameras for...

But do you condone the backlash at Mr. Lucas? We humans are a cruel bunch. Here we are; we haven't done dick compared to what Mr. Lucas did, and yet we're experts about what he did wrong, what his motivations were/are, and what he should have done. That includes me.

I haven't tried the moleskin extreme, but it seems like a very handy item. I've been using small, transparent clamshell cases very similar to what you have. It packs nice and tight. Everything else seems so bulky. I made a microphone roll, like a tool roll, out of neoprene. It's two layers...

Two things happened between the first batch and second batch of movies. 1. Mr. Lucas largely took a 15 year break from movies. His divorce was devastating. He spent those years raising his children, worked on his educational foundation, and many other things that interested him. 2. Visual...

He changed his path a lot. From starting out wanting to be an anthropologist to being a photographer and he discovered film by accident. He found out he had a talent for it and he liked it. He was very much into what he calls tone poems. Coppola pushed him to make something marketable. That led...

It's not clear to me that this is the case. Clearly, something changes. Mel Brooks made for me, the funniest movies of my youth. Later, he made movies that I thought where pretty bad. What changed? Did his sensibilities of what is funny change? I think so. Did mine? Probably. For example; as a...

I don't think age affects film making skills that much. Being old, I know first hand what does and does not whither away. I would think that the stories one wants to tell change. For sure, energy level both physically and mentally decline in a big way in the 60's and beyond. So that affects "Do...

He knew what he was doing. It's a film that has been on his mind for 40 years. He is at the point in his life that he has nothing to prove to anyone and can do what he wants and he wants to make this film, regardless of outcome. Heck, who doesn't want to do that? But most people have a career...

Everybody with a camera calls themselves a DP. But back to the original question - it's not important to know the science of anything you use. Do you know the science behind camera sensors, SD cards, car tires? What you want to know is how to use light and shadow. And that only comes with...

Yep. I wish I could use Voice ISO on a clip, not track basis...... Your not saying you can do this are you?

Cutting picture without sound - I'll have to give that a go. Yes, having a bunch of audio tracks is a nuisance. I'd like the camera file to give me one mono track and then when picture is in decent shape and I'm ready to work on sound, bring in the ISO tracks from the mixer. As to Resolves...

Well, you're not alone. No one wants that. Does that prevent you from seeking a PA or other job? We all have fears. One thing that held me back in my youth was my anxieties. What a waste it was. It held me back from doing so many things. Lack of confidence and sagging ego can hold us back from...

Is that your expectation or experience?

Zack, that is one fine post Alex wrote. Read it a few times. Let it soak in.