What if they raise the price?

[Adam C Lubkin]

I'm not sure how the choice of angles allows one to cut the length of a movie if it runs too long, but I would really like to hear more. I do like the Mark Twain approach of "I would have written less if I'd had more time", so that idea intrigues me.

With two angles, you can compress the scene (cut out some of it), and hide the fact that you did so, by cutting to another angle that seems continuous but actually is a later part of the scene. With one angle, you have to find a good cutaway to hide the cut, and often there just isn't a good option, especially if your style tends to not use a lot of cutaways.

 

[number6]

With two angles, you can compress the scene (cut out some of it), and hide the fact that you did so, by cutting to another angle that seems continuous but actually is a later part of the scene. With one angle, you have to find a good cutaway to hide the cut, and often there just isn't a good option, especially if your style tends to not use a lot of cutaways.

Makes perfect sense. Thanks adam

 

[Jonathan L. Bowen]

I learned really quickly the value of inserts and cut-aways for editing. Sometimes you are sitting there in the editing room pulling your hair thinking, "WHY didn't I get more cutaways?! How the heck do I get around this problem?" They can be life-savers.

lol, David, that was a funny comment you snuck in there about the quality of a film. I swear sometimes, not saying this happens constantly, but sometimes I think a company cares more about having a product it can package than having anything that's actually good. I mean a lot of horror movies that come out, even to theaters but almost always straight-to-DVD, are made because these guys know there is a market for horror movies, a niche market that is big enough to support decent success and will often watch almost anything, so if you can make a horror movie fairly cheap, even if it isn't very good, if they can package it well enough to sell it, it makes financial sense. It's kind of disturbing, in the sense that you wish the quality would really matter, but if I were a producer or distributor and I thought I could make money on a movie of mediocre quality, just by marketing it well, I suppose why not?

 

[Jannard]

I admit to not reading every post on this thread... but, no price increase.

Jim

 

[Zakaree Sandberg]

from the horses mouth

 

[Jonathan L. Bowen]

Nice. I like that!

 

[Shawn Nelson]

Sing with me gents! For he's a jolly good fellow...

 

[Adrian T.]

...for he's a jolly good fellow...

 

[number6]

For he's a jolly god feh-eh lowwwwww....

 

[Jonathan L. Bowen]

...which nobody can deny!