On Wed, 26 Oct 1994, Jennifer Warren wrote: > Sorry to get somewhat off topic here, but I just heard about a film > called " Hoop Dreams ". Apparantly, this 35mm film was shot entirely > with a Beta (video) camera. I've heard that the quality of the dub was > so good that the audience coudn't tell that it wasn't shot using a film > camera at all. Word is that the same company that performed the dub has > done a few other films, some of which were shot with even the lowly SVHS > format. > > Has anyone seen " Hoop Dreams " ? Or any other film which used video as > an aquisition medium? If you can find a copy of it, check out the latest edition of "The Independent", the magazine of the Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers about the making of this film/video hybrid. I got the impression from the article that the filmmakers got ALOT of backing behind the project from commercial sponsors. Randy A. Riddle [log in to unmask]