Maybe someone should make a film with a load missing from the end 'cos the tape ran out' and see if anybody roits in the cinemas ;)
So was there anything in this movie that had progressed further than Blair Witch style, reflecting the areas of progress in video over the last decade or so? not that Im ever likely to bother watching it, or Blair Witch for that matter. Cheers Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Cammack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I guess that's possible if the camera was in some sort of extended > play (read: lower quality) mode, since tapes are 60 minutes long to > begin with, and 40 minutes if you're recording DVcam instead of miniDV. > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "mcmpress" <mcmpress@> wrote: > > > > I have read that the concept of the movie's TRT is that the entire > > movie lasts 80 minutes, no longer than a tape would in the camera. > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Cammack" <billcammack@> > > wrote: > > > > > > I didn't see the movie, but based on the synopsis in the wiki, it > > > would have had to have been tape. That's the only way that they would > > > have had scenes from a previous recording. > > > > > > Had it been disk-based or card-based, that would not have happened > > > because there's no "recording over" disk files. There's deleting disk > > > files so you have more space to record. > > > > > > Also, files are recorded in sequential order, so if it were disk or > > > card-based, all of the old footage would have been first, and all of > > > the new footage would have been after it. > > > > > > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Amirault" > > > <ramirault@> wrote: > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Michael Verdi" > > > > > > > > > > > > > They refer to tape in the film, I think, because they use the > device > > > > > of having taped over previously recorded video. That wouldn't > happen > > > > > with a disc based camera. That being said, some of it was shot > with > > > > > the panasonic hvx200 but most was shot with the Sony CineAlta F23 > > > > > which is not a consumer camera. > > > > > > > > I didn't get the impression that we were supposed to believe it was > > > a disc > > > > based camera (either DVD or hard disk) . What came to my minds > > eye was > > > > something like an XACTI .. a very small, memory card based unit .. > > > *very* > > > > rugged compared to either real tape or DVD or hard disk. I think > > > using the > > > > term "tape" was more as a convenience. It's the most common term and > > > does > > > > not need any further explanation. > > > > > > > > If not a card based camcorder .. than a mini-DV unit would be my > next > > > > choice. > > > > > > > > Richard Amirault > > > > Boston, MA, USA > > > > http://n1jdu.org > > > > http://bostonfandom.org > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ > > > > > > > > > >
