Posts tagged: digital film

Digital Filmmaking

The Nonstop Life of a Freelance Filmmaker

September 24, 2008 The phone rang. Without even looking, I knew who it was. "Urvi." I said answering the phone. "What's up?" "A couple things. Are you busy?" "That depends..." "Good. Listen, the Pro-Teck people want to discuss deliverables and compression, so could you please get back to them ASAP? Also, I have a favor to ask." "I'll call Pro-Teck when I get off the phone with you. What's this Read On...

Digital Filmmaking

Why Are We So Concerned About Resolution Anyway?

September 15, 2008   I’ve been obsessed with doubling frame rates for almost ten years.   It was 1999, and I was a freshman in film school. I’d yet to drink the inexpensive, instant-gratification Kool-Aid that is digital filmmaking. I’d never shot a frame of film, or experienced the disappointment of getting film back from the lab over-exposed or soft (after dropping a hundo on stock/processing). To be fair to film, I’d also yet Read On...