Richard Herd
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My lawyer hates it when I use “copyright” as a verb, because a copyright is something you hold. What this person really means is “register the copyright.”
This is not merely a pedantic semantic detail, especially when the work is collaborative.
“Copyright protects an author’s specific expression in literary, artistic, or musical form. Copyright protection does not extend to any idea, system, method, device, name, or title.”
https://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl115.html
My opinion, not a lawyer, is FCP project file is a system and device and not subject to copyright.
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the XL-H1s has an hd-sdi pipe out the back. At 1.5GBs, it’s tough to beat that feature when combined with a few other tools, like the aja ki pro or the aja i/o…(not to mention renting an HDCAM deck).
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As edited, pretty well done. Here’s a thought: as he drinks down the water, and wine, cut to his OTS as way to increase the pacing. Really showing her reaction. The slow pace work well up till that point, no conclusion otherwise.
A few things out of the editor’s control though:
— more coverage, woulda been nice to see a WIDE 2 Shot.
— more coverage, woulda been nice to see a shot of the table
— more coverage, since the gag ends with him drinking down the wine and water, woulda been nice to see some of that before the end (foreshadow type thing–another moment to increase the pacing)
— wine glasses were filthy
— must’ve been cold outside with her breath puffing out, doesn’t match her summery dress -
How are you viewing it? I mean what cables are connected? And how and to where?
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That’s only half the story, shooting Crank2 on mpeg2.
The American Cinematographer Magazine reported the footage went through a Digital Intermediate process. Man, that’s expensive.
Anyway, just want to make sure folks are aware there’s a wide gulf in resolution between mpeg2 and what you see at the cinema.
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I like that: [grinner hester] “If we are always embarrassed by our last reel, we are always growing.”
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Fix the stream, by hitting CMD-F.
In MPEG Streamclip, be sure to choose convert with audio (seems obvious, said it anyway). -
I hope you get a chance to read the article, in The American Cinematographer “Crafting a Stylized Caper” by Stephanie Argy (May 2009, page 74).
Here’s a cool quote, “The grading theater at Hollywood-DI is equipped with a Barco 2K DLP projector and a 20′ Stewart DI screen[.]…Though we could keep our files digital all through color-correction, we did one file-format conversion when we did our media management in Final Cut Pro immediately prior to grading. A friend of mine once observed…” [I already posted this quote].
Here’s another one: “Color-correction and its various methodologies are topics that can ignite religious wars.”
A 20 foot screen! While the overwhelming majority of my projects reach a 60″ screen, this particular project is designed for a 20-footer.
Having myself followed the dvcprohd w/o hq when I read the above mentioned article, I was immediately intrigued, and am now running a test. Hopefully will have some results on Friday.
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Piece o’ cake. Use compressor to make the file, just like making something for a DVD Studio, be sure to select the option to include audio layer. Then use MPEG Streamclip to convert that file.