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FCPX cutting a hundred million dollar feature right this minute.
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For those that haven’t seen “Seduced and Abandoned” (the documentary), it’s worth a watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfzrA5seD3c
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[tony west] “Gary, this is apples and oranges but have seen the film Gasland?
What did you think of that film?”
I’ll hop on this one.
It was the worst looking film I have ever seen. It truly bothered me when watching it.
But it has also had a bunch of staying power. I remember it. The look only bugged me because I pay attention to these things, but for that film, the message trumps the look without a doubt.
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[Jeremy Garchow] “”Seduced and Abandoned” (the documentary),”
Looks good. Coppola has a winery to pay for the filmmaking addiction.
– Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
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I’m not arguing the concepts bigger budget filmmaking. IMO new media is about what’s possible rather than whats profitable.
I’m trying to illustrate that more than ever before, creatives have access to high quality equipment, (cameras, audio, post, etc) that makes it easier for talented (yet financially starved) filmmakers to make their films.
Yes its always been ‘possible’ to make indie films for little to no money, my point is now it is far more affordable, and accessible.
Most independent filmmakers I know, Calgary Alberta has a lot of us, work union jobs to earn a living, and then throw that money into making their films. Not purely for hobbyist means, but as a hope that it will exceed the expectations of a film made for X amount of dollars. And lead to bigger and greater things. I can attribute to this. Our little film is now leading the way for a film with 50,000 + budget. That’s the mindset of us Calgary filmmakers, keep upping the ante.
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[Marcus Hardy] “IMO new media is about what’s possible rather than whats profitable. “
IOW, “new media” makes no money? If so, you are largely correct for most folks.
[Marcus Hardy] “And lead to bigger and greater things. I can attribute to this. Our little film is now leading the way for a film with 50,000 + budget.”
Wait a minute! Now the budget jumped to over $50K? We had been talking about $2-6K. Still laudable that the film was made for that, but as you said, much of the labor was free. So it’s really not access to cheap technology, but rather cheap labor that facilitates that. I’m just busting your chops a bit, so don’t get ticked off, but that is short of what it boils down to, right? In the end, it’s a team effort, of course.
[Marcus Hardy] “Not purely for hobbyist means, but as a hope that it will exceed the expectations of a film made for X amount of dollars. And lead to bigger and greater things.”
And that’s fine. It’s your calling card. Advertising more or less. That’s fine.
– Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
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[Jeremy Garchow] “It was the worst looking film I have ever seen.”
I found it on YouTube and skipped through it. It is decidedly poorly made. And, yes, it is apples to oranges. It’s a documentary film about a subject that people are passionate about, and the genre allows it to have something of a pass.
But the poor technical aspects of the film would never fly as a narrative work. So, in that regard, what do you think about this? The Devil of Blue Mountain
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What I meant by possibility over profitability isn’t that new media doesn’t earn money, but more that in order to make a profit, you have to innovate, show whats possible. “If we can do this with 3000, imagine what we can do with 3 million!”
Our 3000 dollar film got us noticed by investors and investors are now financially backing us for our next feature film. That’s the 50,000 dollar one.
For creatives who want to make feature films, calling cards are a means to an end. Will it necessarily earn us money, not directly. Its not cheap labour, but more a bunch of creatives coming together to tell a story, pure filmmaking. We didn’t manipulate anyone into working for free, they came because they wanted to be apart of something. So team effort, absolutely.
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[Marcus Hardy] “We didn’t manipulate anyone into working for free, they came because they wanted to be apart of something. “
I did not mean to imply that. A friend of mine refers to filmmaking as “team art”.
– Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
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I know you weren’t meaning anything by it. No harm no foul.
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[Michael Sanders] “I think “Monsters” was shot by Gareth Edwards himself on a 5D, and he did all the post and VFX at home.”
It was shot on a Sony EX3 with the Letus 35mm adapter. And not at home, he traveled South America to shoot it.
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