Yes, the cinematog sent me a demo reel which was pretty good and he seemed professional in person. He is a Chicago-ite named Steven Simon (associated with Pearly/Perly films)--recent film school grad.
After the shoot he promised to edit the whole film for free--he did not. He then promised to at least sync the sound and change the speed---a nope there too. Then he said he would get me a DV camera to capture the footage into my own comp...the camera he got me was not functional, and he promised to find another one. I called him a week later and he indicated that he had not been looking. He then, after over a month all-told said "man, I'm holding you back" and dumped everything on me. Make a note folks... Ben --- In [email protected], "Someone from the Petting Zoo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ben writes "About a third of the way through the film shoot the > cinematographer came to me to tell me, panicked, that the speed > control knob had gotten "bumped"... he told me this could be > corrected in post." > > Wow. Um. Lesson #1: do not hire this person again. That's pretty > damn appalling. I mean, the horse has already eaten the children, but > still... damn! Did this person have any references at all? It "got > bumped"? > > "It turns out that 1/3 of my footage is at 18fps speed and I need to > change it." > > If this were me, I would go into the bathroom, stare at myself for an > entire minute in the mirror, and then tell myself: "What price eternal > regret? Call it the mistake it is, get a different DP in there, and > reshoot the bastard." > > "I tried by simply making is 75% speed in Premiere 6 but it looked > awful, as if the actors were under water." > > Yeah, I suspect "awful" is going to end up being what you get no > matter how you try. There is simply missing data and reconstructing > it's going to look like, well, not-so-good. > > That said, you might just download and follow the Twixtor tutorials: > http://www.revisionfx.com/rstwixtortutorials.htm > > If it works, great, otherwise, well, consider reshooting. > > No matter what happens, though, your cubicle future is up to YOU -- > not some nitwit that calls himself a DP and "bumps" the camera settings. > > planner monkey, > > Edward > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/KIlPFB/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/ADr1lB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
