Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jun 2, 2005, at 3:30 PM, Slobodan Dimitrov wrote: > It's not uncommon now for someone to take over a 1000 exposures in one > day with little inhibition for the material cost. I think we've yet to > see the really creative wave coming out of this. > Slobodan Dimitrov There is something to that. I shot my first short film with a Mitchell NC-R 35mm motion picture camera. Fully assembled the camera weighed close to 100 lbs. Just raising the camera a foot on the tripod, took 2 or 3 people. And it was painfully expensive. Shooting 35mm ran about +50 cents PER SECOND, which was the cost of the film stock and development. So, not only was simply moving the camera a major undertaking, but every time you turned it on you had better be shooting something useful; unless you were related to Bill Gates. So, we had to really pay attention to the script, rehearse the actors and plan every shot in detail; where the camera would be, what lens would we use, the lights, nail the exposure etc. It really instilled discipline and forced you to visualize what you were actually trying to put on film. Nowadays students or independent film makers shoot digital tape. $8 buys you a 60 minute tape and if you don't like the days results you just erase it and start over again. It's a double edged sword. Besides turning out a piece of crap, there are no serious consequences, like blowing your credit card or next months rent if you screw up. On the other hand if you have your act together it is a liberating advantage, because you suddenly don't have to go hungry to shoot. The only problem is most people don't approach things that way. Feli ________________________________________________________ feli2@earthlink.net 2 + 2 = 4 www.elanphotos.com no archive