Re: Student question

From: lj frezza (email suppressed)
Date: Thu May 06 2010 - 20:54:40 PDT


as for the copyrighted footage don't worry at all about it. it's definitely
fair use if you're doing it for educational purposes, and you won't be
hurting the profits of the copyright owner at all from using their material
in your movie. we all need to be less afraid of media corporations

as for printing, there will be differences depending on the stocks that you
use in terms of latitudes and color saturation. i'm not really en expert on
film stocks, though, so i couldn't help you there

-lj
On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 11:44 PM, Alex McCarron <email suppressed>wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> So I'm a film student and I trying to figure out how to cut a film I shot
> on 16mm reversal.
>
> I kind of just want to cut the camera original and then figure out how to
> add a voice over later, printing it when I can afford it and maybe just
> using a boom box or my own voice before then.
>
> I've been warned this is a terrible idea by someone I consider to represent
> the odious forces of Production Quality but whose opinion I otherwise
> respect.
>
> My rationale is this:
> A.) Pac Lab already scratched my footage, I have some exposure problems and
> some dirt already on the film from using Temple University projectors. I
> don't really know how much more I can screw up my film and the film has a
> deliberate amateurish tone anyway.
>
> B.) I love the difference between what I shot looks like projected and what
> it looks telecined. I wonder if I started making prints if I would dislike
> the lack of that originality, if I would lose the aura that maybe is part of
> reversal filmmaking.
>
> C.) This film might be illegal and just meant for my friends anyway. I
> recorded a bunch of people's faces on the street and I might end up using
> copyrighted footage.
>
> Really the main problem is money but I wonder if it's a lost cause trying
> to make this film look pristine and if I really care anyway.
>
> I was wondering if anyone on here had any thoughts though.
>
> Sorry for the long message.
>
> Thanks,
> Alex McCarron
>
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