I was reading a story on Wired.com today about Bryan Singer and his views on the upcoming Superman movie and it’s use of new technology, and I noticed him say that he used to do wedding videography (very briefly) just like me, and now he makes movies (something I hope to do too).
“…My $200 million movie is being recorded on a big stack of $85 tapes. It’s scary. When I saw those little tapes come out of the thing, it reminded me of the days when I was a wedding videographer. Someone’s whole wedding is on this one tape that could easily be erased by a magnet.” “…Was it the best wedding video ever?
It was horrible. And frankly, it actually cost me money to do that job for a night, because I had to buy a suit, which I never wore again. Of the 37 jobs I’ve worked since I was 16, that was the shortest.”
In the article he talks about how they’ve been using all this new technology for the movie, and how it’s been a testing ground for quite a few things. The movie is being shot on HD. Frankly, I don’t have that much interest in learning how to work with 16mm and 35mm film, I’d rather just work with HD, but I do see the value in learning a little bit about them, I guess. Personally, I don’t think I would ever do a movie on film, HD just seems so much simpler to work with (based purely on my own reading, and absolutely no experience). I suppose next year I will have to compare what it is like learning to use both of them, and let you know about it.
