Liam

@Axel do you think it's just inherent to a novel that it would have more of an effect on you? Or would you say a good author is generally more creative than a good filmmaker?

@kaylee totally agree. I'm mostly just worried about it not being taken as seriously as a film would. Webcomics almost seem like an even more saturated field than film, with maybe less of an appeal to the public. That's pretty intimidating.

@Mattias Burling do you worry about the flip side, that there might be too much ambiguity in photography? 

It's looking like I could do a webcomic soon, which is cool, but admittedly less exciting than if I was making a film.

Why did you pick film over other similar mediums to tell stories? Or is it no longer a choice for a lot of us at some point? Or are you in multiple arts that appeal to you? Just curious to hear some thoughts

30 minutes ago, kaylee said:

@Liam i cant help you im too stupid but im sorry your 'puter broke buddy!!!!

are you thinking about a mac? have you had one before?

also

what service?? 

Thanks, Kayls :') I forget the name.. something with a padlock logo. The files were there, but they were all encrypted.. maybe I was likewise too stupid to figure it out.

It's really not a big deal this time though because I'm on google drive for documents and pictures B)

Edit: think it was carbonite

16 minutes ago, tupp said:

You might still have all of your files intact.

 

Macs  generally use the same internal components as many non-Macs.

 

More info needed:   Does it not turn on (blank screen) or does it fail to boot (you see stuff on the screen initially, but your desktop doesn't come up)?; Does it have multiple drives?; Is it a laptop?; etc.

It's a laptop, I'll have to look up some of the specs maybe.. it's an acer f15. I'm going to try more scanning or something. It turns on, tries to run automatic repair, and then says it didn't work and can't boot up.

My latest computer seems to have died on me after about 7 months. Luckily this time I had my important files on my external ssd. It was kinda cheap, and I expected it might be a little disposable, but 7 months seems nuts to me. I kept pretty good care of it, barely even moved it.

Is a mac always going to last longer? Is an ssd hard drive necessary for longevity?

And what's the best way to back it up? Because this is just terrifying. Copying and pasting the files to my hard drive seems wrong, and doesn't update the files when they're changed of course. paying seems unnecessary (plus I paid for a service for a while that didn't even work).

Sorry for the noob questions, and I know it's been discussed, but yeah, any help would be great

I respect some of those guys, but can't justify Pewdiepie being a multi multimillionaire...

There ARE people out there making powerful films with their $7 or whatever they can. They'd be the happy medium to me. Never hurts to reexamine yourself and what you're doing, especially when you see someone with less doing more.

Yeah, I would think it doesn't change the focal length when the height changes in the field of view. But it's weird. It's like the opposite of the concept of using anamorphic lenses, where you actually make the frame wider with the same vertical framing. While, when letterboxing, you'll want to keep getting wider lenses and backing up to keep the same vertical framing. Not sure how to do that math.. the fishiest fish eye lens can act as a normal focal length when you letterbox enough. You could take your own references, and consider the sides cut off as well when you cut off the top and the bottom to find out about what it would be equivalent to. 

http://www.storytellerartist.com/documents/Perspective_Made_Easy.pdf

I don't want to blab on too much more how I've been learning to draw and animate lately, but I stumbled on this book in the process and love it. It's a really easy read, and each chapter had several moments of "OHHH! Now I get it!" It's making me think about framing in a new way, as well as boosting my storyboarding skills like crazy. I'm almost positive it's okay that it's online for free because it's in the creative commons, but.. grain of salt. Worth a look. Happy filming!

So hard to keep up with the huge threads in these subforums, but every time I come back and check.. wow. Bravo, Luca

29 minutes ago, Amook said:

how?

Yeah, I guess I meant just check that it won't email you and then stop logging in

Lol, delete your own

1 hour ago, mercer said:

We have talked about your short numerous times and I think I had some of the same theories as Juxx. I know you're not trying to change it or make it different but here's an idea anyway... if you filmed one wide shot for the end of the piece that showed you sitting next to a mirror, the whole short would come together. I know you don't like "twist" endings but in all honesty... you wrote it in a way that just begs for that twist, so why fight your own material? A good friend of mine always makes a really interesting point... he is a writer/director/editor and when he shoots his script, he calls the writer a moron... when he edits his footage he believes the director had his head up his ass.

Ah, Mercer, my old nemesis. No, I really do appreciate it, haha. I just see so many twist ending short films. None of them stick with me. And it negates anything that happened up to that point. The human aspects I liked of this film are disregarded as sociopathic, and it probably starts to feel like even longer of a film, if that's one of its downsides, because nothing that's happening matters, it's all just a "wait for the twiiiiiiiist....!!" No version of me; writer, director, or editor; wants a twist. And that sort of conflict between the three actually seems like it could be dangerous for the film.. it could keep the process exciting, and it's a catchy concept, but I think that's one thing Sidney Lumet, for example, speaks directly against.

31 minutes ago, Juxx989 said:

SPOILERS if you haven't watched... 

Its a whole bunch of close ups I can see this is the same person is that what was conveyed by the shoes off at the same time? Im not sure what the ring was trying to say but it meant something...or did it....

it feels like your flirting with the movie types like "The Waking Life" and "A scanner darkly" you have to show not tell... you were discussing universal things... I would raid all the stock footage I could and cut to it to show your point.... talking about major deaths you could cut to grainy news footage showing bodies...(dont have to be super graphic or it COULD)  when you speak of Hitler  you could cut to Clips of "Triumph of Will" when speaking of dumb people you could show 1984 clips of people just marching to work like drones in the style of  "koyaanisqatsi" type time lapses watching TV or 50's footage of an Idealized turkey dinner...

You talk about sex you could cut to people crying some Jerry springer type show or something... etc

you need more wide shots perhaps you could get a friend to sit there...  or you could shoot a plate from the perspective of the bed looking at you sitting in the chair the chair and shoot your back in the same perspective...

I still dont get the power strip with the light coming on.... 

I get the impression this is a person talking to himself in an inner dialogue....like he is deciding to go Kill? or is he just getting drunk??

Also all the stuff was in focus and I could hear it pretty well and the color looked like early morning to me.

I know saying this stuff is alot easier than doing it... I should a been a critic!

its alot easier to put paint on somebody else's  house than to plan dig a foundation and build your own!

I wish I could flow with ideas like this for my own shit. But just remember I am some nobody on a message board... and I may not even be real 

 

 

I really appreciate your time, thank you. It might not be beneficial for me to respond to each point and get defensive.. I'm a little stubborn, and I know it's a problem, so I'm sorry if any of this comes across as snotty (but hey I may not be real either, so doesn't matter). I'm just not really looking for ways to "improve" the film. Those notes could be an interesting new direction to take it; I just don't think it would be this film anymore at all. I generally agree with show-don't-tell, but I don't think the dialogue tells the story here, so they're speaking, but not telling. And yeah, my resources were limited, so I played both parts. I tried to distinguish them, but I'm okay with someone reading it as an internal thing

1 minute ago, webrunner5 said:

Well I do like the dark mood of it, but to me a little too much grain and a little too much dialog with out a scene change. Ergo, it sort of got boring ,and I really stopped paying attention to what they were saying in the end. Sorry , that is what I see.

Haha, fine with me! That was at least more specific than "speechless". Yeah, it's a weird film. Thanks for watching.

7 minutes ago, webrunner5 said:

I, I, I am speechless LoL. Ok, what cheap ass camera did you use? I know you did not go out and rent a Arri.

haha, I never know how to read your posts, web 

but no, of course not. a single Arri is useless. you need two in a mirror rig to make full use of the 20 stops

Guess I'm done with festivals. Let me know what you think.

I'm more annoyed by a bad gimbal than handheld jitters

Have you changed your opinion of the iso rating or the motion cadence? Or you're just okay with the compromise because it's so great in other ways?

7 minutes ago, webrunner5 said:

I sort of have noticed that you are hands down the "tight ass from hell" on here!  I hope if you are married, at least for a few more days, you might go out to lunch, go on a vacation, hell to the Mall and buy some stuff. It really helps in the long run.   But you probably have money out the ass, and I am broke! 

Ha, I have none. Not sure how to take that

But you're right that if I was married it would only last a few days.

I've always loved and believed in the idea that we can do amazing things with nothing. This is probably a little bit of a tangent, but I've been so depressed lately at how few people around you will see things the same way...

The filmmaker will say "I love filmmaking, and this film will only cost me $500 out of pocket!! I'm in heaven."

My friend is a composer and keeps posting about how terrible it is that people want him to work for free. There are also very few composition competitions that charge a fee for submissions, which is apparently completely evil... Every film festival charges a fee.

I look forward to meeting actors and collaborators at my next film festival, but I dread hearing what they cost.

Out of frustration of it all, I played two parts in my last film, and I'm slowly and painfully learning to draw and animate so that I can be all the actors in anything bigger down the road. My own time is worth nothing, or less... I do it because I want to.

I mean, I probably hate money more than the average person, but where the hell is the passion? Where's the fun?

Usually I'd define it myself first, but I really want to leave it open to whatever anyone has to say. Maybe mainly I'm just seeing myself less and less interested in someday getting an Oscar. What makes, or would make, you feel accomplished and creatively satisfied?

bmcc raw

Maybe just a sturdy, flexible little tripod for that small of a setup? More likely to only work with the gopro..

Well if THAT doesn't come and wash away the rain, I don't know what will.

Plus people HAVE confused the dicussion and made it about how iphone video really is better than say.. a d750. It also gets weird when it's the newest iphone with 4k etc, trying to be fancy. Someone might use it to "simplify" and still say no one should ever shoot video on an iphone 6 -_-

Regardless, being able to change focal length makes absolutely everything more appealing to me than a phone