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Bill Paris
December 14, 2009 at 6:43 pm in reply to: 24 frame judder

Bryan,

Another thing you need to check….. are you viewing 23.98 footage in a 29.97 timeline? If so, you will see bad frame judder. Edit the footage in 23.98, then use a good hardware based card ie Kona 3 Card to do the proper pull down on it’s way to tape (29.97). This works for me!

Bill Paris

Bill Paris
Producer/Director of Photography
Crew Hawaii Television
http://www.crewhawaii.com
Bill Paris
November 23, 2009 at 5:49 pm in reply to: time lapse with 3700

Fermin,

I’ve found 1 frame per second a good place to start. The clouds have a very fluid natural look at that rate as long as the clouds are moving 10-15 mph. You can always speed up the footage in post if you want faster movement.

Bill Paris
Crew Hawaii Television

Bill Paris
Producer/Director of Photography
Crew Hawaii Television
http://www.crewhawaii.com
Bill Paris
September 28, 2009 at 6:36 pm in reply to: Construction Project HD Documentation

Greg,

A couple of additional thoughts:
1. Travel – 1/2 Day per travel day, plus costs is usually fair.

2. FCP Training – Lynda.com will set them up enough to get started and answer more difficult questions as they progress.

3. Long Term Timelapse in HD – Harbortronics sells a weatherproof enclosure for digital SLR’s that will run on solar. I used two of their systems on a movie set, shooting for three months in the jungle with no AC power and they worked great!

Good Luck!

Bill Paris
Producer/Director of Photography
Crew Hawaii Television
https://www.crewhawaii.com
Bill Paris
September 4, 2009 at 11:10 pm in reply to: Final Cut 7 Crashes Computer w/Snow Leopard

Hi Guys,

Thanks again for responding to my post with such great suggestions and information. I talked with the folks at ProMax …. (They’re support guys are great these days!) apparently the drivers for the ESATA card are not compatible with Snow Leopard, so It’s been recommended to go back to Leopard and wait for the updates via the CAL DIGIT. Sounds simple enough …… had to learn the hard way not to be a BETA tester with my edit system that was working perfectly! Especially when I’m up to my elbows in projects …… live and learn! Thanks again for the help!

Bill Paris
Bill Paris
September 4, 2009 at 4:45 am in reply to: Final Cut 7 Crashes Computer w/Snow Leopard

David,

Thanks for your response……. i fixed the permissions on the system drive and the computer and all applications(including FCP) would run with everything unplugged. My 5TB ESATA raid seems to be the problem now. When I try to open FCP with the raid connected the system crashes. I tried to “repair” the drives using the disk utility, but the computer keeps crashing. According to the literature I have on the drives (PROMAX SATAMAX) there are no drivers needed. I’m perplexed since the drives were humming along before I installed Snow Leopard.

I also tried to run Disk Warrior ……. it did not see my raid. The raid does show up when finder is launched.

Any ideas? Thanks!

Bill Paris
Bill Paris
August 6, 2009 at 5:43 pm in reply to: Matching F900 and EX-1

Thanks Noah, Jason and Glenn…

The Abel Cine Tech white shading video was very helpful, I’ll look forward to the Gamma Set up video. My biggest concern is how the EX will handle high contrast. I’ll give it a shot and let you know what I discover.

Thanks again!

Bill Paris
Crew Hawaii Television
Bill Paris
August 6, 2009 at 12:18 am in reply to: client not paying – need advice!

DeAnna,

Great advise from everyone. I would just like to add a couple of thoughts.
1. Make sure your communications are all in writing from this point on. Perhaps send an email outlining the steps you will be taking…. (ie. All materials relating to the project will be retained until payment is received in full…..)
2. Be professional. State the facts, not emotions.
3. Like everyone else is advising you…. let this one go!

You may be surprised, your client may need the rest of the project or portions of it and be forced to pay in full. If they do….. complete it professionally and keep the door open. You never know how these situations can turn out in the long run!

Good luck!

Bill Paris
Crew Hawaii Television
Bill Paris
July 15, 2009 at 2:22 am in reply to: HDV/ProRes timeline going off to SD DVD…not happy

Another option that has worked for me on HDCAM projects cut in Pro Res……
Use a Kona 3 Card to do the downconvert to tape and recapture as an SD file before going to DVD. On a recent 1 hour show I struggled with this same issue and found the Kona 3 card did a much better job at downconverting the timeline.

Bill Paris
Bill Paris
May 1, 2009 at 2:43 am in reply to: Lost Check – Client Not Paying/Communicating – Time To Push Back Hard?

Ok this may be crossing the line…. please pull me back in if it is. Is it too much to use a little leverage such as contacting the sports figure who’s name was on the special? We exchanged some photos and emails… got along great….. they may be interested to know the guy producing the show is not paying his crews? Also sending a mass email to all the DPs on the ABC, NBC, CBS, ESPN email lists alerting them that this guy does not pay? Is it crossing the line to use that threat to motivate him to pay? I don’t like confrontation and strong arming a client, but what other recourse is there?
Bill Paris
April 30, 2009 at 11:56 pm in reply to: Lost Check – Client Not Paying/Communicating – Time To Push Back Hard?

Mark,

It’s $3200 …… not a lot of money, but enough to fight for.

Bill

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