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[PSUBS-MAILIST] HOMSUBVID update and information...



Aloha!
 
Since my last post, we've got a few more participants onboard (Dale Heinzig and Dan Scott Taylor most recently); this thing is really starting to take off.  Thank you!
 
Just in case it might be necessary, I'd like to re-emphasize or clarify a few points:
 
1. I'm compiling throughout the Summer and editing in the Fall, so you've got time. (I'm refurbishing the NAUTILUS and taking her to KAWAIHAE, where they filmed  WATERWORLD, for this project.  So everyone has time to enjoy their boats during the warm weather, and shoot a lot of good video.)
 
2. Unfinished projects in progress, and computer generated conceptual designs represented by scans, are extremely welcome!
 
3. FORMAT: Any kind of stills (photos or scans in jpeg) work well.  Regular ol' VIDEO-8MM  is what my editing equipment accepts; I can use anything else, but it will need to be transferred to V-8MM, and may lose a little quality in the process.
 
4. Some narrated scenes are fine (take a bow!); but for the most part, NON-NARRATED scenes with the background sounds and candid conversation intact work best, providing a good foundation over which to lay our narration, music, etc.
 
5. Don't worry about making it a finished production; just send me a bunch of bulk scenes, include a written description of what we're seeing and what you'd like people to know, and I'll do the arrangement with my editing equipment.
 
6. As much as possible, hold the camera steady and level; shoot AT LEAST "10-second scenes" (or longer, preferably); pan or zoom slowly and smoothly.  Try to avoid scenes where the camera "jumps around" quickly from point to point.  Scenes where the viewer can "relax and watch the action from a stable viewpoint" are the best!
 
OK!  I'm back to work!
 
Very best regards, 
 
Pat Regan
vulcania@interpac.net