Dan Yeager's Lounge Discussions

I agree with most of what you say. During the many years that I've participated on S32, I guess that I've declined 95% (or more) of the invites I received. I'm a member of a small cadre of vetted & working professional writers - by invitation only. (It's almost like a secret society, but without the handshake.) But S32 is different; It's an open/public forum where the dreamers and wannabes hang out. There are a few for-real writers and filmmakers in here - and there are a lot of posers too. Caveat emptor! (But that too is a part of the education that a newbie/amature needs). So while I agree that I'd like to see an effort to improve the value of S32 as a professional platform - everybody needs to start someplace. I'm grateful that S32 exists.

Consider your suggestion taken, Dan Yeager! I'm writing a follow-up blog to my intro that will address the importance of completing your profile: https://www.stage32.com/blog/Find-Your-Community-on-Stage-32

Perhaps I'll start a post asking for more feedback before I launch it! Thanks for reaching out!

Is that you in this movie? I guess I should look up you IMDb credits. Nice to meet you.

God bless Count Yorga and thank you for posting, Dan.

A Beaulieu R16! haven't even heard anyone mention one of those in a really long time. Lens? Film stock? I watched "Man With a Movie Camera" a few months ago. Interesting enough picture to see again. Struck me that it is somewhat of a mix of documentary and "reality TV" genres. Different than either and with slow filmstocks, all of the interiors need lots of lighting, as do a lot of the exteriors because of latitude. Just as with his hand-cranked camera, the Beaulieu is not completely unobtrusive. I tried to watch the link you posted but it would only play 1 second of black. I thought, "interesting approach to shooting, with a very consistent image and a very even handed approach to the wonderful dark humour of the story" :-) or is there just an issue with youtube?

Oops sorry about the link issue. this one should work http://youtu.be/m_LGliNGDpw

I still shoot film quite often, not only for motion but also for stills. Sadly most of this year has been D-Cinema but I've still probably rolled a few tens of thousands of feet of Kodak.

Daniel I think you have achieved what you were aiming for. Much of your short certainly feels like Vertov's work. I was quite surprised at that. having recently watched "Man With a Movie Camera" again, much of the form and artistic sensibilities are there creating a different viewing experience than is usually the case with current productions. Congratulations!! The handheld sections took me out of the "Vertov" feeling. That could just be my reaction to the style since Vertov did not use handheld cameras although if he were working today he might well use them. Thanks for posting the piece.

I still do. It really depends on the project and budget and with the advent of such great digital technologies, as someone mentioned before, it's getting harder and harder to justify shooting on it. I shot the last bit of Fuji film on a 35mm feature I did in Austria last year right around the time that Europe's Fuji headquarters closed. I also just shot a 16mm B&W short on double-x combined with Vision 3 500T for some night exterior.