AE enough for finalizing post work on a feature?

roei z

roei z

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Hi.
i have some AE inquiries:

after i'll finish shooting and editing my (about 10,000$) budget feature,
i'll have to solve how to produce a decent on-line ready to be screened.

is AE , under experienced hands, enough to finalize a big screen (2K) indie film?

(the film doesn't have CGI, just fixing a few shots and mainly colorizing and all the usual final touch ups, film grain, etc)

i have no clue on "preparing for theater screening" workflow for budget DSLR shot indies,
so i'll appreciate any reading material links or tips and advices.

thanks.
 
Hmmm..
Not sure that there's one person in Israel
That can handle AE for feature on-line...
They usually use other options here.
 
Your best option, then, is to find someone who can do this with whatever tools they have rather than try to handle it all yourself. I'm sure someone out there could help you.
 
the real difference is experience on big screen
Color adjustment rather than a monitor...
Or am I wrong?
can anyone advice me on that please?
 
roei i can tell you one thing and im from israel just like you with over 4 years of experience in ae there is almost no one here who can pull of your expectation even i wont color my short ,though i think i can make a pretty decent job it doesnt mean that it will be 100 % of a job
you should find a guy who colors in nuke or even think of a possibility to color it off broad thats my two shekels right there :thumbsup:
 
7evenup said:
roei i can tell you one thing and im from israel just like you with over 4 years of experience in ae there is almost no one here who can pull of your expectation even i wont color my short ,though i think i can make a pretty decent job it doesnt mean that it will be 100 % of a job
you should find a guy who colors in nuke or even think of a possibility to color it off broad thats my two shekels right there :thumbsup:
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roei z said:
the real difference is experience on big screen
Color adjustment rather than a monitor...
Or am I wrong?
can anyone advice me on that please?
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My biggest problem in this regard is access to a 'big screen'... The 'biggest' I have access to is the family LCD screen, and it is not all that 'up to date', in regard to bit depth, etc nor size... the Wife and I prefere
viewing most films at 1/2 zoom level (that is smaller than the screen)... rather than getting a giant screen and sitting in the neighbor's backyard to view it...

There is a local theater group that has gone completely digital, and they do have a film club that shows major films that are on Bluray, for their 'club' members, once month. I did participate in a local film fest, but
my submission was shown on a LCD screen they had set up in a 'available office space', as my film didn't make the 'big screen' cut... but heck it was in the fest... so I got IMDB credit...

So, my suggestion would be to get access, smoozing probably required..., to a big screen, and run 'tests' until you do become the local expert...

This same issue is also a problem for sound... what sounds good on your 'home' setup, probably will sound lousy on the theater... I actually think this is why Woody Allen produces his film in mono format... eliminates the need for fancy audio setup... still produces quality sound, but none of the 5.1 type sound stuff...

As a note, there is a 'theater digital film' format, it is called DCP, and I have experimented with a few tools to 'build' a package that would play on a digital theater setup... just no place to play it...
 
j1clark@ucsd.edu said:
My biggest problem in this regard is access to a 'big screen'... The 'biggest' I have access to is the family LCD screen, and it is not all that 'up to date', in regard to bit depth, etc nor size... the Wife and I prefere
viewing most films at 1/2 zoom level (that is smaller than the screen)... rather than getting a giant screen and sitting in the neighbor's backyard to view it...

There is a local theater group that has gone completely digital, and they do have a film club that shows major films that are on Bluray, for their 'club' members, once month. I did participate in a local film fest, but
my submission was shown on a LCD screen they had set up in a 'available office space', as my film didn't make the 'big screen' cut... but heck it was in the fest... so I got IMDB credit...

So, my suggestion would be to get access, smoozing probably required..., to a big screen, and run 'tests' until you do become the local expert...

This same issue is also a problem for sound... what sounds good on your 'home' setup, probably will sound lousy on the theater... I actually think this is why Woody Allen produces his film in mono format... eliminates the need for fancy audio setup... still produces quality sound, but none of the 5.1 type sound stuff...

As a note, there is a 'theater digital film' format, it is called DCP, and I have experimented with a few tools to 'build' a package that would play on a digital theater setup... just no place to play it...
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nice interesting info.
problem is i'm the worst smoozer on earth :(
the only way to make my feature was to write, shoot, edit, soundtrack it and pocket produce it..
so now finally it's favor time..
 
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