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Jay Rodriguez

Jay Rodriguez

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As an indie filmmaker I struggle with this one.

If I were to shoot a good film on 35mm film, does that automatically open up more doors of opportunity for me? I read a boat load of articles about this and it always troubles me when I read stuff like this: Susan Peterson, VP of dist. for Hypnotic Films " Unless someone is looking for student films then format does matter." EEK!!!!!

Another quote: "Among the distribution group, we prefer 16mm and 35mm over DV."

Another EEK!!!!

I know film is king and the story is god, trust me I know this but is the movie looked highly upon because of the image and feel that film provides and because most dv movies look like dv movies?

What if the same film was shot on DV but looked REALLY close to film with the help of the G35, mini35, etc then will it be accepted more widely or does the term DV just kill some opportunities?
 
I'm sure if you sent them a screener on dvd and the quality was bar none, and they couldn't tell what it was shot on, you'd have more of a shot. Don't tell them up front. Let your work do the talking.
 
So if they ask then what? Do you BS them and say that it was 16 or 35mm and let them judge whether or not you're jiving them? I mean I don't have a problem with that at all.... lol
 
Im hoping to start diving in to shooting some practice stuff on 16 and 35 this year. I feel that the story comes first no matter what you shoot on and if they love your story that much they may give you the budget to reshoot on 35. I love the technical aspect of it all. I shot some 16 in school way back but I wasnt into learning it like I am now.
 
well, they won't necessarily ask about it if they didn't think it was good in the first place. i wouldn't lie to them. i'd say what i shot it on and then tell them i have more like it. screw those bastards for saying format is better over story. maybe that's why we're seeing so much crap in theatres.
 
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...now I'm verklempt...
...talk amongst yourselves...
...here's a topic...
...35mm film, door-opener or distribution hype...
...Discuss.​
 
coffee said:
CallaghanFilms, you lost me on that one. Are you picking on me? haha
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Not at all.

Your thread header reminded me of the Coffee Talk SNL skit...
Coffee....Coffee Talk....a match made in heaven.:beer:
 
Darlene over at indieclub gets into this all the time, she represents movies to distributers. http://www.infernofilm.com/ Basically there does not seem to be a big problem on the low end with US distribution but international, especially Europe won't hardley touch it if it is not on film. Oh, and also if you are wanting to do international distribution you have to have an M&E track.
 
Music and effects. Since they like to dub the voice, they need to be able to get rid of the original dialogue track and still have the music and sound effects, minus dialogue.:)
 
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