Nick Griffin
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Google “Snow Leopard Release” and you’ll find a few predictions that it will come out June 8th for the keynote of the WWDC.
My understanding (from the rumor mill) is that Snow Leopard includes a whole new flavor of Quicktime and since FCP is a Quicktime application there’s not much to release until then.
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You should also be able to do this in the Color application. But, like changing colors in Photoshop your results are far more realistic when the basic tonality remains the same. Simply put changing a medium blue to a medium green can look quite real while changing something bright like yellow to something deep and saturated will almost always look awful.
If you’re not familiar with Color I HIGHLY recommend Walter Biscardi’s Stop Staring and Start Color Grading DVD sold here on the COW. It’s a fantastic learning tool and a real bargain at $49.95.
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“While it’s true that technology waits for no man;
stupidity will always stop to take on new passengers.”-Source unknown
“Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day.
Teach them to use the Internet and they won’t
bother you for weeks.”-Also source unknown
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The announcement of Media 100 Suite would seem to indicate so. Have you seen the press release here on the COW in the “News” section? Perhaps more info will come out next week at NAB.
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Walt showed me the before and after on this India footage and his color grading on it was MASTERFUL. Yes. He truly made the story by adding mood and focus in some places and colorful excitement in others which simply did not exist in the original footage. (As said in Wayne’s World while bowing feverishly, “We’re not worthy. We’re not worthy!”)
So what happens when there’s decent footage to begin with? Can’t better work come from starting with a better product? I believe the answer is fairly obvious.
And while I have little doubt that Planet Earth was helped in post there are so many aspects of its cinematogrpahy — ie. – the the one man hot air balloon camera gliding through the treetops — that simply could not be on screen without it.
Then there’s one of my favorites, production music. Put great music behind mediocre to adequate footage and suddenly no one notices the video, just how dramatic the scene is. Oops. There I’ve given away one of my secrets to how I pass myself off as a cameraman.
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[jon agnew] “It may not look like “The Last Emperor”, but the story was successful…and because it cost so little to make, it was a financial success as well.”
[walter biscardi] “Bad storytelling lowers standards, not any particular video / film format.”
More than a couple of times I have explained to those starting out that they need to be conscious of, and stick to, what they CAN do with what they HAVE to work with. You can’t have a smooth as silk crane shot descending from 75 feet in the air into the middle of the action if you don’t have a 75 foot Chapman or similar piece of hardware. Duh.
Well you can’t expect to have the look of Discovery Channel’s Planet Earth from a DV camcorder either. But just as Jon and Walter point out, the storytelling needs to carry the project, not the equipment. In fact, the equipment and it’s limitations can sometimes help the project.
Probably one of the better know examples of this The Blair Witch Project. It had the look of a handheld camcorder because it WAS shot with a handheld camcorder. The gear and its usage created the look which created the mood.
The long and short of it is you have to match what you’ve got, or are getting… or yes, David renting (because that’s how people in Hollywood operate — not that there’s anything wrong with that)… with what you’re trying to do. The problems arise when there’s a mis-match.
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[Wickham Strub] “Sony XDCAM Support: Media 100 v13.0.2 expands support for XDCAM video formats”
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It was several years ago. The pain has subsided. My hope is that my former “creative director” is working in a WalMart somewhere. Nah, come to think of it, I wouldn’t wish that on WalMart.
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[Bob Zelin] “Do you know when you can relax – NEVER – you NEVER relax. You always have this pain in your stomach that you will be unemployed soon. You get used to that pain.”
OK, Bob. Time to up the dosage on your meds. Not necessarily un-true but a rather severe take on business.
Personally I direct my efforts more towards what Tim was describing. Our business comes, for the most part, from working inside a niche industry where we are well known and even have the industry associations themselves as clients. When I take a step back and look at the past twenty years I can see how 80% or more of our business has come from referrals and/or people we’ve worked with before at different companies. Lately we’ve begun a small amount of advertising, but it’s only for the purpose of reminding people who already know us that we’re still around and doing well.
And, for what it’s worth, and speaking of referrals, I’ve heard nothing but great things about the quality of Bob Zelin’s work and depth of his knowledge. People for whom I have a lot of respect call his installations those of a professional’s professional. Just don’t give him any more coffee because I also hear that he NEVER, NEVER relaxes.
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Well, now we can see why your ex-employer is worried. Your stuff is great! Put this dispute behind you and move on as quickly as you can.