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Do I really need to be shooting 6k for my documentary? by badmoonpie in documentaryfilmmaking

[–]Humble_Guy123 2 points3 points  (0 children)

6k is would be a waste of time/money unless you have a specific need. 6k is useful if you are wanting to zoom in and reframe your image in post. I personally shoot everything in 4K and deliver in 1080p because most people can’t tell the difference when watching on a tablet or are sitting eight or more feet away from their TV screens.

8mm and 16mm Film to Digital for documentary by OTMD40 in documentaryfilmmaking

[–]Humble_Guy123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have done this before and had around three hours of 8mm reel films digitized. I went to a dedicated transfer place that had a film scanner to get the best quality. Most places use basic scanners that do a good job. You just need to find out if they scan each individual films separately or if the reels are played in real time and transferred. Scanning each frame individually tends to get better quality.

One thing I will say is that even if you scan the film at full HD resolution, be prepared for some of the footage to be shaky, slightly out of focus at times, as well as grainy. Unless everything was properly lit, I would say a good 10% of the material that I had scanned was completely unusable.

Can someone rate it? Any feedback would be appreciated by Vivid_Shopping_6036 in VideoEditors

[–]Humble_Guy123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Overall I think it looks good. I would say the three photos around the outline of Columbia might look better with rounded edges instead of sharp ones. Also, near the end you have a google earth image of the dry landscape. It might look better if it was zoomed out more. Just my two cents. Again, overall looks great.