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- Sun Mar 11, 2012 8:27 pm
- Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
- Topic: Edius disc burning
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9471
Re: Edius disc burning
You said it yourself Tom, all we want surely, is to insert the disc into the player and watch the film? Menus are a darn nuisance, another button to press. Unless of course it is an instructional disc or, as with you, a wedding, when the punters want to go to a particular scene.
- Fri Mar 09, 2012 1:18 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: DEADLINE FOR IAC WEBSITE COMPETITION and BIAFF 31 Jan
- Replies: 52
- Views: 43419
Re: DEADLINE FOR IAC WEBSITE COMPETITION and BIAFF 31 Jan
Fraught, you are getting yourself into a terrible state! It will all happen in due course and do you not have a very good idea as to how you've scored? I can honestly say that, in over forty years of entering film festivals, I've hardly ever been surprised by a judgement, good or bad. I can classify...
- Thu Mar 08, 2012 11:15 pm
- Forum: Club and General Issues
- Topic: Classification
- Replies: 17
- Views: 19668
Re: Classification
I really think we are in danger of getting our knickers in a twist over a situation that is so highly unlikely that it can be ignored. The content that the legislation is aimed at has been described in the above posts, it doesn't need a brain surgeon to recognise it and none of us are likely to incl...
- Tue Mar 06, 2012 11:16 am
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: TELL IT YOUR WAY - winner
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5595
Re: TELL IT YOUR WAY - winner
Dave, it's absolutely brilliant, one of the best short films I've ever seen. The prescribed words are so cleverly worked into the script, what an imaginative mind to manage this! Apart from this the technique, camerawork and editing is impeccable. Willy, if you're listening, thank you for bringing i...
- Tue Feb 28, 2012 10:19 am
- Forum: Club and General Issues
- Topic: Classification
- Replies: 17
- Views: 19668
Re: Classification
So Tom's alright then, his weddings can include all the stripping and torture he can find!
How are the sniffles Dave?
How are the sniffles Dave?
- Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:48 am
- Forum: Club and General Issues
- Topic: Classification
- Replies: 17
- Views: 19668
Re: Classification
Poor old 'snuffy with cold', wish you better! I think that this regulation is intended to prevent circulation of pornographic and otherwise undesirable material. If there are doubts about a given production then yes, classification might then be sensible, but otherwise I'd forget about it. Dave (in ...
- Wed Feb 15, 2012 11:28 am
- Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
- Topic: 8MM CINE FILM COPYING TO VIDEO
- Replies: 29
- Views: 27135
Re: 8MM CINE FILM COPYING TO VIDEO
Unless you chaps really enjoy messing about with shutter speeds and frame rates I repeat the advice I posted last year on this topic, ask the kind and talented Tom Hardwick to do your film transfers for you, it will save you endless trouble and, I'm sure, won't break the bank!
- Tue Feb 14, 2012 6:49 pm
- Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
- Topic: Archiving
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8969
Re: Archiving
I've just returned from the Production / Broadcast show at Earls Court (where by the way I met many IAC people, notably Tom Hardwick & John Astin) and every Professional film maker I spoke to uses and archives in the Apple ProRes codec, so I don't think that Col's pessimistic view is justified b...
- Mon Feb 13, 2012 11:43 am
- Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
- Topic: Archiving
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8969
Re: Archiving
As always, Dave puts things into perspective. Archiving for most of us might not be such an issue as it is with the production companies and broadcasters. His suggestion of transferring to newer drives every few years is however sensible, these are getting cheaper by the year and they can also be us...
- Sat Feb 11, 2012 6:29 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: Exactly what constitutes 'Amateur'?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9736
Re: Exactly what constitutes 'Amateur'?
Oh dear, this topic will not go away! We could of course abolish all restrictions and demarkation and allow anyone to enter any festival. Would a film director such as say, Sam Mendes or Michael Winterbottom want to enter a film for BIAFF? Of course he wouldn't. What therefore are we afraid of? Prof...
- Sat Feb 11, 2012 9:01 am
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: SARNIA SHORTS (The successor to Guernsey Lily)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 23382
Re: SARNIA SHORTS (The successor to Guernsey Lily)
Sorry, yes, Guernsey! Still, Jersey and Guernsey aren't very far apart. Willy, all digital video starts as a file, zeros and ones as Tom Hardwick will tell you. Tape was, and still is for some purposes, a useful way to record and play the pictures but the basis is still a digital file and that's bec...
- Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:51 am
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: SARNIA SHORTS (The successor to Guernsey Lily)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 23382
Re: SARNIA SHORTS (The successor to Guernsey Lily)
Col, we're going off topic rather which Dave will mention but I understand that ProRes HQ is the best way to protect HD quality when exporting as a file. Then my 50 GB file won't fit on any of the discs that you mention will it? Dave, I don't hate anything, actually my latest film is just 30 minutes...
- Thu Feb 09, 2012 10:34 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: SARNIA SHORTS (The successor to Guernsey Lily)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 23382
Re: SARNIA SHORTS (The successor to Guernsey Lily)
With my HD films I archive a .mov file in the ProRes 422 HQ codec but that has to go onto a drive because my last film was 55Gb's in that file. Couldn't go onto a DVD or a single layer BD. For some competitions and festivals I lend them a portable drive for them to download the file. What does Dave ...
- Wed Feb 01, 2012 10:12 pm
- Forum: Club and General Issues
- Topic: When are documentaries not movies?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 18867
Re: When are documentaries not movies?
Peter, I face your problem almost every time I make a documentary. One way to overcome background noise is to fit a tie clip mic to your subject (either wired or radio). This should give you a higher level for the voice. At the same time you use the second channel for your other mic (probably on the...
- Tue Jan 31, 2012 12:09 pm
- Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
- Topic: copying Blu-Ray videos
- Replies: 26
- Views: 21379
Re: copying Blu-Ray videos
Roy, I assumed in my first reply that you have a BD burner, either free standing or built in to your kit. You obviously need a BD burner to make Blu-Ray discs from your HD material. All I do is make sure my burner is connected to my computer (MacPro), open Toast Pro 11 and drag the HD (ProRes 422 HQ...