groveChuck
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If Canon made a cPhone,it would be in the test :grin:
This is nothing- have you read the comments on YT? :furious3:
Shane Hurlbut ASC conducting “The Ultimate Camera Test”
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If Canon made a cPhone,it would be in the test :grin:
This is nothing- have you read the comments on YT? :furious3:
starcentral
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..... and the test results are where?
Frankly, if their taste is so bad that they were willing to put it up on YouTube for the world to see without the slightest hint of embarrassment, perhaps they need a wake-up call?
They will almost certainly do so after you've posted your first full length feature on the internet... Or anywhere else for that matter. Until then, they'll likely hold their shameful breath.
Of course, when you do finish your first feature, I'd love to rent it.
dustylense
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Oh lord! There is a BTS of bloopers on The Time Machine. Meaning, it had takes!
Regardless, even though I couldn't get past the orange juice scene and I'm not sure how I even got that far...They made and finished the film. Not sure why. But it's finished.
Regardless, even though I couldn't get past the orange juice scene and I'm not sure how I even got that far...They made and finished the film. Not sure why. But it's finished.
starcentral
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Guys there is already a thread for that film, can we stick with the thread topic? Where is Shane's results, or has he been kidnapped by Sony or RED?
maranfilms
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I imagine he still cutting the footage, He's now realized what he got himself into.
groveChuck
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Shane has been overtaken by... The Time Machine!!! :grin:
Yes. Where is the footage? Or any estimate of release of this test?
starcentral
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Hope Canon pays him overtime for having to edit all this footage.. 
Sure it does - finishing a full length indie feature film is perhaps the hardest act to pull off in any art form. To wit, Ed Wood is perhaps the most famous film maker of his generation. One of the most anticipated films of this year is BIRDEMIC II. MANOS: THE HANDS OF FATE, ROBOT MONSTER, PLAN 9 - they've all been seen by millions of people over the span of generations. This TIME MACHINE flick has gotten more attention here then for any recent Hollywood film....
So yeah, any suggestion that finishing a feature - even a craptastic feature - should engender any negative feelings on the part of the makers is ridiculous... Particularly when the budget is so small.
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Please. Not good attention. Who here is going to hire the filmmakers? Give them money? Far more DVXUsers here will have Hollywood films that they purchased on DVD/Blu-ray for $20 than any of those other films you mentioned.
Plus, your criticism was that I wasn't allowed to say anything because I don't have a feature-length film. Guess what the difference between a feature and short is? Time. It's not that it's necessarily harder, only that the amount of time required means you can't count on people when there are bills to pay and you're making them work for free. And the way you don't make people work for free is to pay them, and to pay them requires to start off at around $30,000 and that's for barely anything for a small size crew and a decent shooting schedule.
Give me a break.
LyleGorch
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This argument might have been valid before the youtube era, but when someone can attract a couple hundred thousand hits for a fart-lighting clip I think it calls into question many of the basic assumptions about intent, craft and what today can be called a "feature". I really appreciate Ed Wood's body of work (and he might very well be flourishing today if he were still around) but I don't really see a relationship.
Back to the original topic, I occasionally like reading some of SH's blog but I lost a lot of respect for him and his operation when I saw how many "interns" he employs. Its a personal philosophical thing but I just think the whole intern thing (in all professions) is total BS, its basically people happily buying crap to put on their resume, but perhaps they are paid interns and I'm just becoming a crank about this. Camera shoot-outs have devolved into a form of reality-infotainment for the camera nerd faction, I think the key to understanding the camera nerd phenomena is how few women film makers participate.
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You're not wrong. I've seen postings for becoming an intern there and it is not paid from what I remember.
Victor Nhat Nguyen
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What the heck? Shane should have enough money to pay his interns. What with this business and not paying intern? I'm also an unpaid intern and very pissed off about it.
indiawilds
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Are you paying to become an intern? Are you called for out of station shoots? Do you pay for your own lodging and boarding?
If you are pissed off being an unpaid intern, then why do you continue with it? To me, it clearly indicates that you are getting more in return for being an unpaid intern. If this internship can help you learning the craft, and if you haven't paid any money which you would have paid had you taken a workshop, then you are fine.
In earlier days, pre internet era, people used to beg reputed filmmakers or production houses to take them for what ever job, including that of runner, tea/coffee maker etc etc and they used to rise through the ranks. Being associated also helps in increasing your networking. Ofcourse, I have no idea about your individual case, however, I feel in this age where you can always buy a second hand camera or sound or whatever other equipment and showcase your skills. If one has the passion, then he/she will make it. My honest suggestion is just leave the negativity behind and focus on the positives. Life is too short for regrets or brooding in negativity.
To all the youtube bashers here, just do a good short that is good to go viral, post it in youtube, let it get a billion hits like that Gangnam style video and get some 8 million plus USD. Then teach dance or whatever moves to paris hilton and other celebrities and do your full length feature films or whatever you want to.
Better to spend time shooting or editing your short film than arguing with each other in the forums. PS: I am sure with all the supporters and bashers that Shane Hurlbut has, if he puts the test result in youtube, it will get a million hits.
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