Local filmmaking company Blind Lyle Films shoots a scene from upcoming short film Cleaning House outside the Miles Building on Wall Street this morning.
According to the film’s Facebook page, it’s about “Dallas and Denver, two spirit professionals who pay a visit to Charlie, a toy maker in need of their services” and stars Claire Bowerman, Z. Joseph Guice, Matthew Montgomery, Sierra Byrd and Jacob Barker. The screenplay is by Jaime Byrd and Montgomery; Byrd directs the film and Adam Cohen, Byrd and Montgomery are listed as producers.
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Funny. That doesn’t look like a film camera. Are you sure they are filming? For a film?
/pedant rant
pedant rant
I’m afraid the time for this partiular bit of pedantry is long past.
True, true. One cannot even say “taping” now, as many cameras don’t use tape.
I still prefer to use “shooting”, as violent as it sounds it is always the correct term.
Also, in all seriousness, I wish these folks luck. Shooting outdoors in Asheville is a sound nightmare. Beautiful visuals, terrible wind noise.
I still prefer to use “shooting”, as violent as it sounds it is always the correct term.
But is the end product a film, especially if it is transferred to 35mm and released in that format? And since nearly all movies are at some point turned into digital form and then turned into a 35mm print no matter what they were shot on, why wouldn’t it?
I blame Obama. He’s a nazi.
And the gays. They need to keep it to themselves.
[b]I still prefer to use “shooting”, as violent as it sounds it is always the correct term.[/b]
How about ‘capturing and storing light, digitally’?
I guess we’ve finally reached the point where anyone with a digital camera can now get away with calling themselves a filmmaker and producer for their own filmmaking company. So sad for the truly skilled and trained photographers and producers that they are now heaped in with an ever growing glut of self annoited professional “filmmakers”, “directors” and “artists”.
[b]So sad for the truly skilled and trained photographers and producers[/b]
Why? What makes one ‘truly’ skilled? What is the litmus test in your opinion?A degree? Expensive schools?
I guess we’ve finally reached the point where anyone with a digital camera can now get away with calling themselves a filmmaker and producer for their own filmmaking company.
The proof will lie or not in the results of what they come up with. That’s as it should be. I’ve seen no actual connection between “trained” filmmakers and quality work.