TheBoost said:

Pennsylvania Jones said:

This makes zero sense.

Your dad is okay with you torrenting moves for editing purposes, which pretty much everyone agrees is piracy. But he won't let you download a preservation of the GOUT even if you buy the GOUT because he says that is piracy?

Head asplode.

Well, he's more indirectly okay with it. I don't do it with his permission, but he's seen me edit them, asked how I got them, then says "okay." However, when I directly asked him permission to download the preservation, he said no. He lets me edit pirated films, but he won't let me get the most awesome Star Wars preservations ever... I'll make a point of that the next time I get close to him. Even if it means deleting the movies from my computer. The projects I'm working on will go bye-bye, if that's the case. Oh, well. I guess that'll give me some free time to record my own video to edit.

Makes sense to me. Taking photos of the Mona Lisa to photoshop for an art project is different than stealing the Mona Lisa from the Lourve. (even if I disagree with your pops).

Make you a deal. When you're 18, PM me and I'll make sure you get the reservations. ;-)

And YES, go shoot your own stuff. You learn SO much about editing doing it. And you learn so much about shooting from editing.

Good thing I've already got ideas on what to make. One is Indiana Jones-related, and the other stars a puppet my little sister got recently.