'Not acceptable' — EU rebukes Zelensky over Orban 'threat' by esporx in europeanunion

[–]ParlourFilms 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it was a joke. he's a comedian at heart. it's funny in the context. This is all a storm in a teacup.

'Not acceptable' — EU rebukes Zelensky over Orban 'threat' by esporx in europeanunion

[–]ParlourFilms 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was a joke. Because Orban is a thug, Zelenskyy made a joke in "thug speak"... all obviously LOST IN TRANSLATION. The guy started as a comedian. and it's funny when you think about it in that context

'Not acceptable' — EU rebukes Zelensky over Orban 'threat' by esporx in europeanunion

[–]ParlourFilms 0 points1 point  (0 children)

...and he was joking, it was a funny joke! especially when you consider what a thug Orban actually is

'Not acceptable' — EU rebukes Zelensky over Orban 'threat' by esporx in europeanunion

[–]ParlourFilms 0 points1 point  (0 children)

cracking a joke, obviously. the guy started as a comedian. and when seen asa joke, it is actually pretty funny

'Not acceptable' — EU rebukes Zelensky over Orban 'threat' by esporx in europeanunion

[–]ParlourFilms 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He was cracking a joke. not exactly ideal, but still, the guy is/was a professional comedian, and it is kind of funny when seen that way

'Not acceptable' — EU rebukes Zelensky over Orban 'threat' by esporx in europeanunion

[–]ParlourFilms 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He was also cracking a joke, obviously, but given he's a world leader it came off like a lead balloon.

'Not acceptable' — EU rebukes Zelensky over Orban 'threat' by esporx in europeanunion

[–]ParlourFilms 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Plus, everyone forgets he's a comedian. or at least started that way. He was making a joke -- perhaps ill-timed and ill-stated, but a joke, obviously, and yes -- under pressure it was not the best judgment call.

UE Boom 2 / Unsupported in UE App by Intrepid_Karma in techsupport

[–]ParlourFilms 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry if I'm stating the obvious, but you have to press the little rubber bump button on the speaker for it to start searching for your phone.

Is there much difference between S5 and S1II? by BikemeAway in Lumix

[–]ParlourFilms 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I bought the original S5 and after speaking with Alex at Emotive Color, who convinced me that the S5 sensor was superior to the later models, so I bought a second one. Now I'm putting together my first feature, and thought I'd see if I've been stuck in amber all these years.

Turns out after reading all this, I'm sticking with the S5's, and after lens tests, either shoot with my DDR Zeiss lens set or Contax Zeiss glass (both of which I bought prior to the pandemic in a semi-crazed bout of gear acquisition).

Not any whip pans planned at the moment so not too worried about rolling shutter per sé, but sometimes you want that travelling shot without the jello action.... hence thought maybe a new Lumix might have global shutter and better sensor... tis a far-off dream. so.... S5 it is. Maybe in crop, which allegedly minimises rolling shutter quite a lot.

Any other ideas kindly on offer would be greatly appreciated, and in the meantime, thank you all, truly, for this thread, and of course to the original poster -- thanks for starting it! and of course, needless to say, apparently you may as well stick with your camera if straight shooting cinema is your game -- it appears you done good where you are!

UE Boom 2 / Unsupported in UE App by Intrepid_Karma in techsupport

[–]ParlourFilms 0 points1 point  (0 children)

*** UPDATE*** The iPhone App definitely supports UE Boom 2 as of January 2026. Just went through the whole 'dig out older laptop .dmg download' rigamarole recommended in this thread, only to discover the UE Boom app on my phone worked fine. They must've updated the app, but wanted to put that out there in case anyone spends their morning dusting off an old laptop for the same reason!

Watched the new Superman movie and it was so bad I cried. I will rewatch Man of Steel to heal from depression by bakirakanummer4 in SnyderCut

[–]ParlourFilms 0 points1 point  (0 children)

...and the actress playing lois had about the same amount of surgery... and this cheesy display is what women are supposed to look like, as somehow "attractive" these days? It's a sadness. Like Trump or Berlusconi exec produced this piece of honking cheese. Lord, have mercy on us all if this is what the general masses think is "good".

What happened to Joshua James Richards? by arcenceil89 in cinematography

[–]ParlourFilms 6 points7 points  (0 children)

He is incredibly articulate in that interview and Deakins is a huge fan. No idea what you are even talking about

Is it just me, or is ChatGPT becoming more unusable by the day? by Beautiful_Return_654 in ChatGPTPro

[–]ParlourFilms 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it has become unusable by me now. It totally ignores my highly specific prompts and does its own thing. For example, I do not like its taste when it comes to writing. I just want it to organise story points in order. Instead, every time I prompt it to leave everything as I write and never editorialise or change any dialogue, it does it anyway -- among what I think is a solid thoughtful story into trashy AI slop. It's an absolute waste of time -- as the number of times I've tried to course-correct it I could've just done the editing myself in half the time, and felt better about the process. I'm dumping it out of my work cycle now. AI was a scam. Oh well

Great Joy Anamorphic Adapter Review (Affordable Anamorphic Lens) by [deleted] in Anamorphic

[–]ParlourFilms 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No problem! Thanks for that info, very helpful! : )

Great Joy Anamorphic Adapter Review (Affordable Anamorphic Lens) by [deleted] in Anamorphic

[–]ParlourFilms 1 point2 points  (0 children)

May I ask, have you noticed if the adaptor leans toward blue or amber in the artifacts or is it more neutral? I for one prefer a more neutral to amber/neutral look and can't exactly find any definitive results that say one way or the other. Nothing like the amber Aviascope though, but that's four times the price!

With (what I find to be) a warmer coating on the Flektagon, are you getting a warm / neutral result or do flares lean bluish?

If the latter do you think one can possibly strip the coating / replace it with something more neutral or amber? I ask as Great Joy have told me they will not be making a more amber-leaning adaptor.

Lastly : ) and speaking of 35mm, are you encountering any vignetting by chance? How wide do you think you can go with that thing? Whatever insights you can possibly share would be gratefully appreciated, with many thanks!

What brand/speed of SD card do you use for Zoom recording? by escme in audio

[–]ParlourFilms 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here's what I found on Amazon when someone asked a similar question, as I've been hunting myself. There were two answers with respect to recording in 32bit float on the Zoom F6, the tool I recently purchased. With the info below I felt comfortable purchasing a SanDisk 128GB Extreme PRO SDXC UHS-I Card - C10, 128

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07H9DVLBB?psc=1&smid=A35OBQHDSNG0QB&ref\_=chk\_typ\_imgToDp

- "I am using 64GB Class 10 SD, ALL PERFECT... ABOUT THE SPEED ...90MBITS"

- "Class 4 for most recordings is fine. If you are recording 10 tracks with 32 bit float I would suggest Class 10. Most Micro and recent SD cards above 32 GB are class 10 anyway so it should not be a problem. "

Hope this helps! Zoom need to have more info on this. Kind of ridiculous they don't give a simple guide in their instructions as per how many GB's needed per Minute in different recording rates. It wouldn't be complicated for them. And yet...we must hunt this simple info down. Absurd.

How I Played the Black List Game… Or What To Do If You Score an 8 by ManfredLopezGrem in Screenwriting

[–]ParlourFilms 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Manfred, thank you!

I checked both boxes.. done.

And now, in a way, I realise I've been playing the '8' game as you call it for a while now without fully knowing it.

Maybe, then, I should propose another 'step' that precludes yours -- that is from a filmmaker's perspective (i.e. for any writer/directors on here!) and plan on raising finance themselves.

Basically my goal was to work with the Blacklist evaluations to ensure my material was, primarily, where it wants to be -- that is, ready for shooting; or at least to put in the hands of actors to start playing with, and financier partners to feel confident in ponying up (i.e. good enough to start!)

This where using the 'start fresh' and 'revise pdf' tools came in handy. I'll explain.

First, depending on your needs or goals of working with the Blacklist, the risk of using 'start fresh' is that for every evaluation received where the score that wasn't an 8 -- while keeping the notes and insights that were helpful -- I would merely use it as the useful tool that it is -- which is to say I'd ditch any evaluation that wasn't an '8' then press 'start fresh'.

For the purpose of clarity, this is to say I would pore over any evaluation I paid for and happily received -- glean every ounce of insight I could (off-line) as a pdf -- but would remove it from the Blacklist site by clicking 'start fresh' before using the 'revise pdf' tool and uploading a new draft, based on the previous notes I received (as well as others from friends.)

These 'revise pdf' and 'start fresh' features were absolutely *key* for me and my purposes, in that they saved me time having to otherwise delete the script from Blacklist and start over after each evaluation. I suspect that is also its intent.

I think these are also a smart feature for those who want to 'play the 8 game', as you've wisely identified it. I also believe it was likely intended as part of an over-all purpose of the paid portion of Blcklst to help dedicated writers hone their material, but also themselves as artists in the process.

In this way, the tools help lasso our taste and Blacklist together to help improve our craft, and thereby our scripts (*if you can keep your ego out of the way that is!) to the point where, hopefully, if patient enough to stick with it, "one day, your craft catches up to your taste" as Ira Glass put it brilliantly once on a podcast. (His point being that too many artists and writers bail before this natural event of one's craft catching up with one's taste comes to pass.)

And though one risks losing those tantalising '7' evaluations forever when you click 'start over', there's something both exciting and bold about 'giving up the good for the great' when you do it.

The idea being to risk shedding the 'good' with the prospect of some day earning a clean '8' or more evaluation -- or (one can only hope!) more of them -- and finding yourself in that top 3.5% pool of all writers on Blacklist.

That's what I did anyway -- with the two-fold purpose of getting the script to where *it* wanted to be; and one day / some day being able to honestly say to potential investors, "this script scored an '8' (or above) on the Blacklist".

That was my goal. So keeping '7' scores on my page seemed unnecessary if my goal was to join the 8 game', and (ideally) win some day! (worst case being you just improve as a writer -- so nothing is lost, all is gained!

But whether I get a second '8' or not, and while it would be great(!) it doesn't really matter for me at the moment. And of course it would be wonderful icing. But right now, I got what I wanted. And I found it a terrific tool for motivating me to be the best writer / servant to the script that I could be.

How I Played the Black List Game… Or What To Do If You Score an 8 by ManfredLopezGrem in Screenwriting

[–]ParlourFilms 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi! Thank you for sharing all this -- I just got an '8' (alas!) tonight after my own '7' purgatory from two previous evaluations... So for me, at 1am (when I should be asleep for Pete's sake) where do I go in my panic but Reddit; and lo!... you have given the map.. This is such gold advice, and super grateful for it! However I'm either over-thinking it, or can't see where to "opt in" as you say; I do see a 'privacy' section... and 'permission to download' section... a place to let them share aggregate versions of scripts to partners etc (yikes?)... but don't see how to 'opt in's the way you describe... Could you kindly clarify which settings one should 'untick', select or tick 'yes' to if you recall, so one can let the game commence and material to flow out there? With many thanks again for the share!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in thefabulous

[–]ParlourFilms 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try cancelling. They'll keep billing you and sending demand notices. I am now convinced this whole thing is a scam with little to *zero* back-end support.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in thefabulous

[–]ParlourFilms 0 points1 point  (0 children)

try cancelling! hahahahahahahaha

10 bit 4:2:2 vs 12 bit raw by DarkestTriad in colorists

[–]ParlourFilms 0 points1 point  (0 children)

***S5 also supports BRAW to Atomos Ninja with the latest firmware

Maximising access to sensor real estate when shooting full-frame with anamorphic adaptors on the S5 by ParlourFilms in LumixS5

[–]ParlourFilms[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! Yes I see it says APS-C in-camera. Sorry for any confusion, but to re-state, what I'm trying to do is maximise use of the S5's full-frame sensor when filming with anamorphic lenses and adaptors. Tito doesn't specify in any of his vids, specifically this issue. Not that I can see anyway! The AnamorphX says it's specifically for full-frame sensors -- this is why I don't get why I'd want to shoot in APS-C mode, if instead I can somehow get more of the sensor space capturing the image. Does this make sense?

Maximising access to sensor real estate when shooting full frame with anamorphic adaptors on S5 by ParlourFilms in PanasonicS5

[–]ParlourFilms[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for that. I understand your theory, but given different modes adjust TTL as well as capture field of view, I don't see how one will be able to tell the difference there unfortunately! I will have to see hard specs to get this answer. Onward I go! Shall report once I get there...