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Thank you David and Gary. It seems going with the up-converting the sd to HD prior to 35mm transfer is the option that will give us best results. Yes, we will do several tests and see if going full Teranex is doable (in terms of cost vs difference against the K3 or Terranex mini).
But I am still curious if this would still be the best option had we had only SD material (no hdv). In that case, would doing the hd intermediate would still give better results than direct to 35mm? My curiosity is about what process is used by the 35mm transfer facility to up-convert the sd material and whether provides lower quality than what a Terranex can do before the 35mm transfer. In our case, its a bit different since going sd would mean down converting the HDV footage which makes little sense.
So, anyone knows how the sd to 35mm resampling is done?
Thank you both for your help.
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Thank Steve, this is very useful. We never thought about the decision of the color correction step. It is unlikely that the film will do digital projection but we are 100% sure that it will be released in dvd. So we will for sure discuss this with the colorist. Thank you. Nestor
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Thank you Walter. Would you mind sharing with me the name of the Atlanta facility that charges Chevy prices. You can email the info to nestorlld @ explorart.com. Also could you share in your email what would be the estimated cost of up converting a 100 minute project.
We will likely edit to tape all the raw footage we used and send them only about 100 minutes of footage in 2 tapes. Hopefully this may save some costs vs having them recapture everything from the original tapes.
Thank you so much. Nestor.
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Nestor L. Lopez
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Thank you all for your suggestions. I’ll contact these companies and see which may provide the complete solution for this task. Thank you again. Nestor.
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Nestor L. Lopez
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hello KB, the free way: use IMDB. But this will only show you distributed shows and not titles that have been trademarketed but never used.
A better, but more expensive way: https://www.thomson-thomson.com/ is the leader in title search. This is what your attorney will likely use if requested, but you can do it directly and save the attorney’s fees. However, we don’t spend $1 in title search, copyrights, trademarks, etc unless we are distributing the film/tv show directly. If your goal is to sell the project to a major network or to a distributor, they will likely run the title search and change the title to something they want. So we usually don’t bother about the ‘perfect’ title since this will likely change 10 times before it airs.
Cheers, Nestor.
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Nestor L. Lopez
Executive Vice-President
Explorart Films
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Scott, we need more information about your situation before we can suggest ideas. Are you being hired to do this? Is a producer/company/organization hiring your services to do this? Are you going into business with a partner to develop this project? etc etc. The type of claim you can/should ask for a project depends on the nature of the project and your role. Give us some more details and we could help. N.
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Nestor L. Lopez
Executive Vice-President
Explorart Films
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Sam, one industry related suggestion. You need to do a lot of work before the show about what kind of network would be interested in your shows. Research this by territoy and find out if they are coming to NAPTE. Then try to make contact with them by sending promotional materials, etc. Yes, they get tons of these before the markets but some will actually catch their attention, specially if you have quality projects. If you get contacted before Napte, do everything you can to set up a meeting.
Another mistake is to not understand the difference between distributors and broadcasters. Napte is a market. Distributors are not there to buy your work. They are trying to SELL the hundreds of shows they represent. So don’t waste money or time trying to get a distributor during a market. YOu should be doing that NOW and ideally your shows will be brought to Napte by them. The only exception to this is in regards to distributors in smaller territories, who are actually interested in US content to bring to smaller networks back home (think small asian countries, eastern europe, Africa, etc). But in general, you are trying to get the broadcaster attention (not the distributors’) during these type of markets.
Finally, make sure you have all deliveries ready if asked. Nothing kills a deal faster than when the distributor ask you for these and you say well we don’t really have this or that. Do you have E&O insurance, do you have a digibeta masters without titles, dialog list, music and effects audio track, music cue sheets and proof of all clearance, chain of title, etc etc etc.
Wish you the best of luck. Nestor.
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Explorart Films
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Hello Kevin. You need to clear the clip. Don’t contact the label directly. Instead contact a music clearance company who will do this for you. The clarance rates vary by the type of broadcast your client want and you have to be careful with this. You are covered as long as your client uses the clip in the manner agreed. If they later decide to go national, you can be liable. Thus, make the ‘limitations of use’ explicit in the contract with your client. Nestor.
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Nestor L. Lopez
Executive Vice-President
Explorart Films
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Mark and Nick are right. You could and most likely should, take the high road and give the client what they want. What to do here is a
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Yes. You need to talk to the producer and get a copy of the music release they obtained. It will likely not allow videotaping of the performance for any reason. However, you and the producer can contact the rights holder/manager and purchase the correct license – which most times is very expensive. In the future, if you get hired for something like this explain the issues to the producer and demand the obtain the correct clearance and provide you a copy of it. Sometimes you have to be named on the contract as the person authorized to videotape the performance.
Good luck. Nestor.
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Nestor L. Lopez
Executive Vice-President
Explorart Films
http://www.explorart.com——
Statements presented in the message are statements of opinion only and should not be considered legal advice. Please contact a qualified entertainment attorney.