Ryan Mast
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Glad it went well for you, Jay! Thanks for reporting back on your findings — it really helps other people when they read through topics later on.
Have any cool video to show off from the trip? 🙂
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The Producer’s Guild of America has more info on what producer titles mean here.
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What grade of a camera are you using? Are you talking about a Canon XL, Canon GL, or Optura (roughly speaking)?
I’ve shot with a couple consumer cams and a Sony A1 at the beach without any issues. Don’t worry too much about it. Humidity will be your greatest enemy, most likely. I was working a summer camp last year with a small fleet of consumer cams rendered useless by the high humidity. Have a cleaning tape on hand. Sony makes sports cases for some of their cases — it’s waterproof and durable. Might be worth looking into — it’s served us very well, and it’ll keep the sand and seawater out for you.
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Thanks for the clarification, Brendan — that helps a lot!
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What about the original project files? For example, I create a title sequence for a client and the client wants to own “all the copyright” on it, do they own the finished edit, or do they also own the project file for the title sequence? Do I have to give them the project file and all the media for it?
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Check out Too Much Too Soon’s Flashframe transition. It also blurs the source/destination a bit — it has a little more punch than just a dip to white. It’s free.
Check out Volumetrix’s zoom and blur wipe, too. They’re $65, but it’s an easy cool look.
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Slightly offtopic, but…
Could the COW start a new forum for “Honest Feedback,” “Brutal Honesty,” something like that, where we could post our work for critical critique? Actually, I’d really enjoy getting my work ripped apart occasionally by the pros. The feedback the COW gave me on my reels and site back in December was bad for the ego, but it helped a lot.
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What about colors? Never used a Harding test before, but according to the info on their website (https://www.hardingfpa.com/), it tests for luminance AND color. Red and blue in particular. You could ask if they would send you a screenshot of the graph that it generates, to see if it’s luminance or color that’s causing your video to fail.
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Hi Ian,
Understanding you’re on a budget… another option for presenting HD video is to play it from a computer through QuickTime Player or (my favorite) VLC (videolan.org). Compress your video to the Apple TV format, and VLC will play it quite happily. And so will your Apple TV, if you are so blessed. Saves you printing to tape every time. If you’re connected to a data projector or LCD/plasma screen with decent resolution, it will give you a pretty good image.
Personally, I usually shoot HDV, edit ProRes, and deliver on SD DVD. It’s an inexpensive workflow — you don’t need RAID arrays or any special replication equipment.
You might want to go listen to this week’s Digital Production Buzz (by Larry Jordan et al). They had a representative on from the DVD Association talking about a provision in the Blu-Ray format for burning Blu-Ray content onto red laser DVD’s, bypassing the AACS fees. Might be something to keep an eye on. Anyone else know anything more about this?
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Hi Laura,
Have you tried anything with Super8/8mm film yet? The last few years, its look and style have seemed to come back in style again. You can get film/developing/telecine from Pro8mm, or you can telecine it yourself with a projector and a decent CCD camera.
Film is relatively expensive (compared to DV tapes), so you have to be very judicious with what you use it for. The bride walking down the aisle, kiss, the flower girl, etc. It forces you to look for the good shots. Now that I’m used to shooting for Super8, I’ll shoot with a regular camera and effect it in post if I want the look. But the look, grain, feel, and glitches of film might give you some fun new visual material to work with.