On Wed, 26 Oct 1994, James Tichenor wrote: > Jennifer, > > > > >Has anyone seen " Hoop Dreams " ? Or any other film which used video as > >an aquisition medium? > > > > I've seen it (a WONDERFUL movie, far more exciting than anything I've seen > in recent months) and you can tell that it was shot on Beta. But who cares? > The material was so riviting, I wouln't have care if it was shot as a Super 8. > I think _NATURAL BORN KILLERS_ used video as one of it's too many mediums. > > > >I am fascinated by the prospect of being able to access non linear > >editing equipment and still be able to produce decent looking films. If > >the process can be done on anything approaching a decent budget (like > >around $10-$20,000 for a finished print with negative) then I am even > >MORE interested. > > As far as I know, you can still shoot on 35mm and use nonlinear editing - in > fact most films are made this way (first one that comes to mind was > _NEEDFUL THINGS_ where they used the AVID system and a wonderful 45" > computer monitor that had to be calibrated to the curvature of the Earth :-) > > James > AVID system?? Do you have any more info on what that is? Or where I can find out more about it?? Thanks...:) Jennie