[Konvas] buying a 2-perf camera. finally! or renting one for the moment

[Freya]

> we ask stuff at the lab, but only get to people who
> don't know what
> they are doing, writing 150m three times although we told
> them that we
> want to develop and telecine 150ft of material

150ft? Is there a 0 missing there somewhere? This is something a little over 1 minute of footage! Maybe 2!

This could be a problem. Most telecine places I have come across have a half hour minimum charge.

In addition my local lab also has a minimum charge on development which comes to something like a 400ft roll. Are you planning to make a tiny, tiny short and to edit in camera perhaps?

> what is the difference between a HD telecine and the DI
> route?
> isn't DI just 2k telecine (isn't 2K HD?) ->
> color correction -> print
> positive on film, am i missing something?
> why is the HD telecine cheaper than a DI then?

Well for starters with HD you don't make a print at all so that is a massive cost saving. Also even 2k DI is usually done on specialised and expensive scanners instead of the normal telecine machines, tho there are now a few telecine machines capable of 2k resolution. There are of course 4k and 8k DI's which are super super expensive. Theres a massive saving by not making a print at all tho.

This is a big advantage of 4 perf or Anamorphic as both of them are projectable formats and you can make a contact print of the film avoiding a film out. This saves a massive amount of money compared to a DI when making a print.
 
> we probably won't shoot anamorphic since the lenses are
> too slow and
> the script is completely in the night.

eeeek! A night time script is a bit scary for your first time out. I can see now why 16mm might not be a great option either. I guess you want super speeds and a really amazing focus puller!

That's a little scary. Is it all night exteriors too?

Maybe you should come up with a simpler script and save this one for down the line when you have everything worked out more.

love

Freya