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#117745
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Computer & Camera Advice
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/117745/action/topic#117745
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It's called "Automatic Duck". If you do a google search for it the very first one should be the company web site. (automaticduck.com ? maybe). I know the website has a slick video of it in action you can watch.

The down side is it's a 500 dollar plugin. Work has it so I only use it there but man if I had the money I would get it for sure. It's pretty slick if you know anything about After Effects you can really make your work look good. No matter what camera you shot it on.
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#117452
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I haven't watched a SW movie since midnight ROTS
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That was one of the things that bugged me. Everyone got so damn old so fast between ROTS and Star Wars. What the hell? But I digress; I’m chancing the subject a little.

I feel that ROTS wasn't a great movie. I think the whole PT really missed the mark as a whole. TPM was closest to getting it right and then it just became about special effects and whatnot. Not that TPM didn't have that but it had more of a heart to it. Lucas tried to set up characters we would like and care for. He tried new things to keep the story new and fresh. Some of these didn't work and some of them did.

In the end I wouldn't say the PT hurt the OT at all but it definitely didn't strengthen my love it like I thought it would.
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#115336
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Storing Laserdiscs?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/115336/action/topic#115336
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I once read an article (I'll try to find it and post the link) that had the true story about laser rot. Apparently a guy did a study of 99 laserdiscs and found that one of them got worse over time. The aluminum inside the disc began to oxydize. He called it laser rot. Everything I've read about it say that it's mostly caused by disc missuse. Mostly bending of the disc and poor handleing. I would say just be nice to your discs and they will be nice to you.

I'm off to find that link now...
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#114641
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Land Of The Dead
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/114641/action/topic#114641
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I have been waiting for this movie for only about 20 years

I knew I wasn't the only one but I didn't want the be the one to ask the question.

I just can't get enough of the grue and anything new by Romero automatically falls into that catagory. I am way more exicted about this then anything else that has come out in the past five years.

I'll be there opening night. I can't wait.
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#113758
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Computer & Camera Advice
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/113758/action/topic#113758
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As a film editor myself I have to tell you right out. Apple is a better choice for that.

Having said that I can also say; you can get an avid setup for your windows PC fairly cheap. Or if you wanted you could use Premiere so that your final edited product can be imported into After Effects with no problems. I use a plug-in for Final Cut Pro called "Automatic Duck" which costs around 500 bux but it works great. Premiere can do that without the need for a plug-in.

The one problem you will run into is the render times. If you’re doing a lot of heavy editing and rendering you’re really going to bog down your computer to the point of a crawl. (At times) Just keep that in mind and be ready for that.

As far as a camera it comes down to how much money you have. "Picture quality is just a matter of price. The question is how good do you want your film to look?"

I work with some higher DVPRO50 equipment but then again it's not coming out of my pocket. For my own personal camera I have a GL2 and a XL1 (Both Canon cameras). I could go on and on about cameras but really it's a little like speakers in the respect that it's all relative to how you view things and how your final project looks. By that I mean that even with a little 400 dollar MiniDV camera (both cameras above are MiniDV by the way) you can add enough effects and filters over it to make it look great. Picture "Man on Fire" and think of how that film looks. It never had accurate colors in it. It was always shifting in hue and saturation. This can be done easily with After Effects (I do it in Final Cut Pro). If you do that your little film will great.

If I was to recommend a camera to you I would say the GL2.

I hope this helps. It's more of a ramble on my part than anything.