No No Jeff I completly agree with TarantinoGod, he has a point. Movie makers will be prone to get extremely fucking lazy and try making a digital production more juicy by adding on more and more crap since the whole fucking medium became so much less cumbersome and now they’ll have all this new time to manipulate the end result. It doesn’t matter if The Matrix was shot on film or not. He means THAT ugly factor will take control hold over harder earned substance once the movie becomes so much easier to fool around with and then not having to think out your delima consequently reducing its impact, like claudia11 mentioned about a 35millimeter camera searching for a (meaningful) shot. I know exactly what TG means. As a matter of fact The Presendent of the MPAA said it himself at was it last years oscars, something like,“The incredible progress of technology will be meeting head on with cinema as an art form.” With that CGI is just some kind of high tech paint brush. Now what are you going to do with this shit? That’s the question. Side not here. I made a short slasher movie on DV and believe you me I thought and thought and thought it out before even TOUCHING that camcorder. So that’s what’s going on, you know: the story boarding, writing, brainstorming, to not do less of either qualities because you can, un like film were you atleast HAVE to know where the fuck you’re going place the camera BEFORE you get there. Let me also say that if I were to of just have a working idea and then figure it out later at the moment kind of thing because it’s MY THING AND I’M LIKE HIP GUY THAT INVENTS ON THE FLY OUTSIDER, “Fuck You I Shoot Like An Outlaw Fuck ball!”- that kind of mentality, well that wouldn’t of worked even though it was free to do because WE HAD NOTHING. I’m talking fuckng trees and two actors and NADA but a GREAT BIG FUCKING STRAIGHT RAZOR and that’s exactly what I fucking EXPLOITED so we HAD to have a plan MUST have a strategy when you’re working with fucking trees! Shit for one these guys don’t got all fucking day waiting around for almighty ass-fuck to get going-although HOLLYWEIRD is laughing at that one-THEY GET PAID TO FUCKING WAIT!! But not if any of you fuckers are going to make an independent movie, uh uh bubba, you best be General Fucking Patton on THAT fucking set!!! You gotta be FAST. Of course to get in the shooting preparedness a little more deeper, Stanely Kubrick said that your re-inventing while your on the set. That’s saying a hell of a fucking lot being that thorough a person to begin with. Last item here on this DV biz. A borrowed laptop comming from a borrowed camcorder from your local Public Access can fool the eye more than you would think it would if you get obsessive about whatever the fuck your project is. I shit you not. The thing I did which is very very short looks like something I assume between 16 or 8 mil shot in black and white and after adding on all kinds of slow motion sequences-that would cost a fucking ton cuz U gotta crank it up to slow it down, you could almost be conned into thinking it. But this is still DV so if you plan on going big get the goods-the 24p panasonic for under 2 grand is a real good choice, this moves over to the movie making forum. For what it’s worth though I got a killer glossed over art film effect from the basic i-movie post feautre that comes standard on a mac, same goes for the slow-mo sequences. Gee I guess I’m proud of it. Why shouldn’t I be, cuz it was done with tape?? Think Sin City Fuckos.
