Fantastic Plastic Entertainment, Inc., a small but full-service production company. Four employees. Shoot SD, HD, 35mm film, and e35mm. Crane, Steadicam, crab dolly, etc. Three NLE suites with Premiere Pro, After Effects, Ultra2, Discreet Combustion... [ more] Fantastic Plastic Entertainment, Inc., a small but full-service production company. Four employees. Shoot SD, HD, 35mm film, and e35mm. Crane, Steadicam, crab dolly, etc. Three NLE suites with Premiere Pro, After Effects, Ultra2, Discreet Combustion, etc. Send us an email by clicking here or visit our website here (a new window will open). | | | | Member Since: October 6th 2006 Location: Huntsville, Alabama | | | | |
| | | | |  | C300 shooting at 50fpsby Simon Cox 5 days agoFirst time shooting with a C300 this coming Friday. I'll be recording 1080, 50mbps and have to do some over cranking at 50fps. Is the shutter best set at 1 100sec when doing this I realize I have to d | Re: C300 shooting at 50fps
by Todd Terry 5 days ago
Simon Cox " Is the shutter best set at 1 100sec when doing this " Yes, if you want a "normal motion look." Usually the look that most people are after is the same as if you were shooting film with a
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| | | |  | Flickering Line on Footage From Canon GL1by Cody Riebe 1 week agoHello- I just bought a used Canon GL1 off of eBay. The camera is in great shape and works wonderfully. I went to capture some footage today and noticed that a flickering line appears at the very botto | | | | |
| | | |  | Profit Percentagesby Sam Lesante Jr. 1 week agoHi fellow cows, I posted this in the Indie Doc forum but maybe you guys can give me some insight too :) Is there a standard % that is suitable for the "talent" in your doc I am already giving 15% to t | Re: Profit Percentages
by Todd Terry 1 week ago
Personally, I would never pay talent a percentage unless the were a must-have actor in a substantial lead role...and they (or their agent) insisted on it. I'd much rather pay talent whatever their day
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| | | |  | XL-H1 serious playback problemsby bohus blahut 4 weeks agoHi there. After lurking for many years, I'm finally posting. Wish it were under happier circumstances. Had a huge client shoot a couple of days ago, and I shot with my trusty XL-H1. I haven't gone tap | Re: XL-H1 serious playback problems
by Todd Terry 2 weeks ago
Sure, William... Sorry for delay, I was directing on location all day (loooong day) and am just now back in studio. I didn't remember the name or I would have sent it earlier. It's Video One Repair, a
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| | | |  | Want to sell my camera and get HDby David Ciavarella 2 weeks agoI don't have THAT much money saved up, but I'm going to start saving now. I have a Canon XL2, which is probably like 4-5 years old. I bought it new, and it's still in fine condition, but there's a sho | Re: Want to sell my camera and get HD
by Todd Terry 2 weeks ago
David Ciavarella "how much would I get " About $800 if it is fairly used, maybe up to $1,500 if it is fairly mint. T2 __________________________________ Todd Terry Creative Director Fantastic Plastic
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| | | |  | Print Advertisingby Richard Kuenneke 3 weeks agoI'm interested to learn how everyone else uses print advertising to promote their business. What does the advertisement look like and where do you publish it - and why I'm not necessarily talking abou | Re: Print Advertising
by Todd Terry 2 weeks ago
Richard Kuenneke "Every market is different and in this one the newspaper seems to hold the largest advertising share." Wow, that's amazing, and just shows the differences in markets. Here where we a
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| | | | | Reality TV Show Pilot - Artist Feeby Nicholas Cook 3 weeks agoI am an attorney who does not deal with a lot of television contracts for artists. I have a new client who has been approached by a production company to film a presentation for a reality tv show. I'm | Re: Reality TV Show Pilot - Artist Fee
by Todd Terry 2 weeks ago
I'll have to triple what Mark and Nick suggested... this is definitely a job for an entertainment attorney. There's a reason that most high-powered Hollywood agents are also entertainment lawyers... t
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| | | | | LA County 571-Lby Laurent Phillipe 4 weeks agoHi Everyone, Has anyone encountered the 571-L unsecured business property tax in LA County, California It is the most asinine anti-business tax we've ever seen. You're required to itemize every single | Re: LA County 571-L
by Todd Terry 3 weeks ago
Dumbfounding... Makes me glad I'm not in California... unless it's to make them a better video (which they sorely need). T2 __________________________________ Todd Terry Creative Director Fantastic Pl
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| | | |  | Eggcratesby Harry Bromley-Davenport 4 weeks agoHi there - I own three 2k Ianiro Blondes with barn doors and I'm looking for a better way to control them, so I'm looking into Egg Crates Grids. B&H sell a 1" grid and a 2" grid (about $100 each) whic | Re: Eggcrates
by Todd Terry 4 weeks ago
I think it's pretty much the same reason that a whole lot of film gear is outrageously expensive... "Because it can be." If there was a huge market for these and there were stacks and stacks of them o
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| | | |  | DIY Battery Ring lightby Harry Pallenberg 1 month agoI ve wanted a battery powered ring light - but most are either WAY too much money or they are built for DSLRs and are too small. I was at Pep Boys (auto parts) and saw that they had these little batte | Re: DIY Battery Ring light
by Todd Terry 4 weeks ago
Nice find, Harry... and I see they are available in both tungsten and daylight color temps (well, at least in the neighborhood). I sense a project coming on.... T2 __________________________________ T
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| | | | | Remote head for jib useby Todd Terry 1 month agoHey gang... I'm looking for a recommendation for a remote head for use on a jib. Although I've had a jib (Losmany Porta-Jib) for about 15 years, I've never used a remote head on it. That's mostly beca | Re: Remote head for jib use
by Todd Terry 4 weeks ago
I'll give it a look, Mark... but as a general rule I'm now sooooo over building my own gear. I did enough of that in my younger poorer more-energetic days. I'd love to find something off the shelf tha
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| | | |  | Hourly Job - Charge Rendering Time?by Shane McGee 4 weeks agoSo I have an editing job going right now where the guy wants to pay hourly. Should I be charging for rendering time (aka any time I'm not actively doing anything at the computer) or is that "wrong" 15 | Re: Hourly Job - Charge Rendering Time?
by Todd Terry 4 weeks ago
If it's an edit job that is completely intertwined with the editing (i.e. edit for five minutes, render for 30 seconds... edit for 30 minutes, render for 10), then that's just all billable at our norm
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| | | |  | Training videos billingby Jarrod Cecil 1 month agoI've seen various rates for training videos, but I thought I'd come here first for advice. The project is finished and I invested 13 hours of in-office screen capture and VO recording of their softwar | Re: Training videos billing
by Todd Terry 1 month ago
Sam Cornelis "How did you raise your rates Was it only for new customers, or for the existing ones as well " Well we never did a huge rate hike all at one time... our present rates are the result of
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| | | |  | This also changes everything!!!by Steve Connor 1 month agohttp: johnbrawley.wordpress.com 2012 04 17 blackmagic-cinema-camera-lets-take-it-from-the-top Steve Connor "FCPX Professional" Adrenalin Television+2 | Re: This also changes everything!!!
by Todd Terry 1 month ago
It's kinda neat... but you think Blackmagic would have learned a lesson or two from all the people screaming about their Canon DSLRs and what those won't do... I think there are a few things keeping i
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| | | | | Lighting Control vs Lighting Fixturesby Jon Frost 1 month agoHaving read some of the recent postings, I thought it might be nice to offer some guidance to those beginning to acquire their fledgling G&E kits. It seems that some folks get stuck on "what lights sh | Re: Lighting Control vs Lighting Fixtures
by Todd Terry 1 month ago
Scott Sheriff "this is really dependent on what type of work you do, the size of the crew, and what your budget is." This is really true. We don't have a gigantic inventory of instruments, but we usu
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| | | |  | lens resolutionby Michael Locke 1 month agoGentlemen, I'm studying the Canon cinema lenses, and they look to be awesome glass. They tout the "4K resolution" for motion pictures, but how does that differ from stills The RED Epic is 5K at 5120x2 | Re: lens resolution
by Todd Terry 1 month ago
I'll add to Angelo's excellent and very technical explanation with one that is very down to earth and completely non-technical. It just comes down to degrees of "good" and "not as good." For years and
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| | | |  | peel-and-stick button guidesby Bob Cole 1 month agoI am not sure this product exists, but I hope it does. I'd like to put a textured peel-and-stick "dot" on the side of my EX1R so I can locate the zebra peaking buttons, without looking for them. Just | Re: peel-and-stick button guides
by Todd Terry 1 month ago
Well, it's not what they are for, Bob, but this might work. Just this week we were dealing with some props that had little peel-n-stick Velcro dots on them. You could try those... either the "loops" s
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| | | |  | Set-up - basics and work habitsby Craig Alan 2 months agoAny tips on the order you use to achieve the look you are after Do you, for example, start with x number of lights and then play with or turn off one at a time, or do you add lights after setting up t | Re: Set-up - basics and work habits
by Todd Terry 2 months ago
Thanks for the input, John and Rick... We had really been considering the Sony, and for quite a while I figured it would be next in line here... all the while hoping that Canon put finally get off the
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| | | |  | Documentary Filmography suggestionsby Richard Herd 2 months agoI'll be teaching a documentary filmmaking class to juniors in High School at a school specializing in helping at-risk teens earn their diploma. Many of the kids have never seen a documentary. I wan to | Re: Documentary Filmography suggestions
by Todd Terry 2 months ago
It might not be something you'd want, since it is both a heavily-involved first-person doc, and also pure activism... but I was pretty darn surprised at just how good the KONY 2012 doc is.... not only
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| | | |  | A Documentary about Cornhusker fansby Ryan Tweedy 2 months agoPlease check out the teaser for our new documentary that we are trying to get off the ground. Its on our website: http: www.huskersfilm.com Thanks everyone and let us know what you think. | Re: A Documentary about Cornhusker fans
by Todd Terry 2 months ago
Your teaser looks pretty good... production values are quite high. I'd say though, your best bet for seeking funding for your project is to really really concentrate on hitting up the Nebraska fan bas
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| | | | | Sony Z5U 1080pby Fernando Bobadilla 3 months agoI have two important questions: Is the Sony Z5U able to shoot 60fps I've been seeing awesome videos online boasting smooth slow motion, and I was wondering if I could achieve this as well using a Sony | Re: Sony Z5U 1080p
by Todd Terry 3 months ago
Fernando Bobadilla "Twixtor would be a good start - do you know where I would be able to get it from " Re:Vision Effects http: www.revisionfx.com products twixtor T2 _________________________________
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| | | | | Looking for flash drive recorderby Todd Terry 3 months agoHi guys... I'm looking for a product whose name has fallen out of my head. It's one of the firewire flash drive recorders you can use with your camera to record directly to cards. It's NOT the Nanofla | Re: Looking for flash drive recorder
by Todd Terry 3 months ago
Tracked it down, it's the one from Blackmagic... so no replies needed. Thanks! T2 __________________________________ Todd Terry Creative Director Fantastic Plastic Entertainment, Inc. fantasticplastic
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| | | | | Question for Jan, re Panasonic monitorsby Todd Terry 3 months agoSorry to highjack this forum with a question NOT about any of the specific cameras in this list... but I had a Panasonic monitor question and was hoping Jan might be able to answer since she hosts and | Re: Question for Jan, re Panasonic monitors
by Todd Terry 3 months ago
Jan Crittenden Livingston " It has been replaced by the BT-LH910. Hope that helps," Well, it helps knowing the info, but doesn't help me in practicality...ha. Arrrgh... the BT-LH910 is much too big t
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