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Are you talking about a Godzilla fan film? If so and if you are not releasing it for money, then I don't see too much trouble. If you are just planning on using Godzilla in your own film and plan on selling that....trouble. Loophole or not, you're likely to get sued. Even if you win it could get...

Welcome Welcome. I am based in Portsmouth, Virginia so maybe we can work on films together sometime in the future. A good place in Richmond to screen a short film is Project Resolution. http://www.yellowhouseva.org/

For the past year or so I have been working on a CGI animated film series called "DragonWars". Along comes this Korean film originally titled "D-War" but released in the U.S. theatrically as, you guessed it, "Dragon Wars". I just saw the Korean film tonight and asides from having dragons in it...

Best cover options I liked #4 best, but I like a classic look to my DVDs. I think the one that would grab the most attention then it's #2. Has a very "Saw" like feel to it and would probably appeal more the horror fans. I thought #2 was a bit too exploitative, but if that's what you're going...

Anyone going to DragonCon fantasy/SF convention in a few days? There looks to be some great indie film forums attached to the SF/F film festival they have every year. I'll be there so if there are any indie talk members planning on attending let me know so we can talk all things indie film.

Problem viewing your movies I tried to watch the sample greenscreen movies on that page but it kept crashing my browser. What video codec did you use?

3D animation programs This is a topic I feel I can say a little about. All the major 3D programs today are all very powerful. The major differences are that the workflow of certain programs caters to certain markets and there are some price differences. Here's my rundown of the major 3D apps...

Makes me glad to be where I am... I watched part of "On the Lot" last night. At the risk of sounding like I'm eating sour grapes, I have to honestly say that I don't envy those people. I don't want to put all my time and energy into trying to fit myself into someone else's ideas. The logline I...

Use shapes I recommend using Shapes instead of the layered menu technique. You have alot more flexibility with Shapes. A shape is a Photoshop file with layers that represent the visual component of the button as well as the on and off states. Check the manual for more details but you might like...

How did you? I just got the DVD of "Flatland" in the mail. What I've seen so far is very well produced. I was especially impressed with the audio quality, especially the voice acting and music. Anyway, how did you go about getting SCIFI channel to review your film if it hasn't been...

Screen capture software Hmmm... Windows Media Encoder will screen capture video and it's free. Windows only, but you could convert it later. As far as this marketing goes, I don't know why you even posted this here. This is a filmmaking site. People on these forums want to make movies, not...

Finally! It's about freakin' time!

Interesting That was informative. Also, gives me more faith in my current course which is just to make the films I want and not even worry about "breaking in".

I would consider four-walling it if the entire feature film was complete, but I won't go through that to show what is Chapter I of a 4-5 part series. I just got word back from one of the festivals that they accept work-in-progress which is what I will consider all the Chapters of my film from...

OK. I've read Chris Gore's "Film Festival Survival Guide" and every article I can get my hands on about planning a festival strategy, so I know in theory how I should plan out a festival strategy. My problem is that I don't see my film fitting into the standard film festival strategy. I am...

Vegas hint If you are using Sony Vegas for video editing, I discovered a work-around for a problem I was having. Let's say you're doing a widescreen project (1.2 pixel aspect ratio). Even if your source clips have that aspect ratio when you drag them onto the timeline they will act like...

Has anyone heard of this site? I just found it from an article in Microfilmmaker.com. The concept is interesting. You put up shares of your film as "IP stock". Fortunately, I am able to self-finance my current projects, but I may be looking for financing for future projects. What does...

Journeyed This is where I get most of my software. If you have an academic ID you can purchase directly here. http://www.journeyed.com/home.asp At this time, Premier Pro is $295, Adobe Production Suite is $599 and Avid Express HD is $295 On the Apple site, but in your educational institute...

Selling movie files Have you looked into selling movie files through iTunes? What's involved in that?

I love Final Cut and am getting to the point where I need to get a secondary computer. I'm thinking seriously about moving into the Mac so I can now do Final Cut at home. At work we have a G4 Mac that is loaded so Final Cut works great with that system. I don't want to sink $3,000 into a...