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The Root Kit
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#2This could be a great idea - or not. The Kickstarter pitch lost me in the first section (I did skim the rest), and the video lost me at "Plato".
I would have thought that Kickstarter respondents would be likely to embrace the idea of a movie depicting what a hacker really is, but along with that we need a great story, a great plot. Perhaps that was in the video.
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#3And then there's sound. One of the really quick ways you can tell a low-budget film from a major studio film, other than the logo, is by the sound. We've decided that we're only going to be recording the voice on set. What that means is that all of the other sounds, from footsteps to car engines, from smart-phones buzzing to a fist slapping against skin, all that has to be recorded and synched after the fact.
Sound guy for over a decade here [1], and I am off to shoot another feature starting Saturday. This is emphatically not true. You record as much as humanly possible on set. Even if you layer and resync it afterwards, doing all that in post is crazy expensive. On your limited budget it's self-defeating. Engineering the room response of the real location in post is very time consuming compared to capturing your raw material on location.
I'm open to helping with this project (EDIT: but won't be in the Bay area or online much until after 12/18); it pains me to see someone tying their hands unnecessarily.
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#4And then there's sound. One of the really quick ways you can tell a low-budget film from a major studio film, other than the logo, is by the sound. We've decided that we're only going to be recording the voice on set. What that means is that all of the other sounds, from footsteps to car engines, from smart-phones buzzing to a fist slapping against skin, all that has to be recorded and synched after the fact. Sound g…
This is what HN is about - expertise, pointing out an area of improvement, and offer of help. Kudos.
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#5This guy seems incredibly unprofessional. His writing style and grammar are totally off. I don't think I would trust his attention to detail for a movie on hacking.
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#6This could be a great idea - or not. The Kickstarter pitch lost me in the first section (I did skim the rest), and the video lost me at "Plato". I would have thought that Kickstarter respondents would be likely to embrace the idea of a movie depicting what a hacker really is, but along with that we need a great story, a great plot. Perhaps that was in the video.
Honestly, there's a lot of potential for a great story within that theme. The video was entertaining even if the reference to plato was a little cliched. I'm backing it.
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#7And then there's sound. One of the really quick ways you can tell a low-budget film from a major studio film, other than the logo, is by the sound. We've decided that we're only going to be recording the voice on set. What that means is that all of the other sounds, from footsteps to car engines, from smart-phones buzzing to a fist slapping against skin, all that has to be recorded and synched after the fact. Sound g…
Please tell me there's a Youtube clip of you as "Alcatraz Guard" somewhere we can see it.
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#8If only he would have mentioned who is going to act as his actual advisor when it comes to what 'hacking' really is these days.
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#9And then there's sound. One of the really quick ways you can tell a low-budget film from a major studio film, other than the logo, is by the sound. We've decided that we're only going to be recording the voice on set. What that means is that all of the other sounds, from footsteps to car engines, from smart-phones buzzing to a fist slapping against skin, all that has to be recorded and synched after the fact. Sound g…
Please tell me there's a Youtube clip of you as "Alcatraz Guard" somewhere we can see it.
Ha! I doubt it, but I have the DVD in a box somewhere in the attic, I'll upload it when I get back. Edit: apparently it's on Netflix. I'm in the opening scene (in fact I have the first lines in the film), which is a good thing because it will spare you having to watch the rest of it.
I wasn't supposed to act in it; IIRC we were one actor short that day so I got drafted.
It's awful in so many ways. After I played the film for my wife she turned to me and said 'that's 2 hours of my life that I will never get back.' Good times :-)
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#10If only he would have mentioned who is going to act as his actual advisor when it comes to what 'hacking' really is these days.
Yeah if you want to get an accurate portrayal and clear up media inventions, you might want to start with the right name of what you're portraying.