The final 3 podcasts have just been released!
Podcast #021: Loose Ends includes several tips and tricks that didn’t fit into the other podcasts.
Podcast #022: Music is an audio-only interview with composer Christopher Reyman.
Podcast #023: Sound Design is an audio-only interview with sound designer David Bewley.
We just got the film print back from the lab and my good friend Brandon Thomas and I went to check it out with the guys from DVFilm who did the output. First off, the print looked great. Very crisp and the color was amazingly accurate. That was my biggest concern in doing a film output that the gamma shifts and colorspace conversions would really muck with the color, but if anything, it looked better because it helped to hide some of the CG “crispiness” of the image and warmed it up a bit.
Honestly I had already seen some slide tests so by the time we got to the screening, I was actually more concerned about the optical audio track. There was a slight issue with the projection settings the first time around, but the second time it played back beautifully. It blows my mind that an optical audio track can sound that good. I worked with analog tape a lot back in college so I’m not afraid of the good ole fashioned ways, but just the idea of storing that information optically kind of boggles my mind. I wouldn’t think that there’s enough fidelity to pull off the frequencies you need for audio reproduction but like I said, the whole thing looks and sounds great so I’d definitely recommend DVFilm if you’re thinking of doing a film out.
Honestly the only thing that has bummed me out a little bit about the film print is that we got into SICAF in Seoul and I wanted to send them a print, but it was almost $110 for the slowest FedEx service, and there’s no way I’m sending it uninsured through standard mail. Ultimately I had to settle for a DBeta which I did ship through the USPS and I think it was like $7. Hopefully it won’t be so crazy to ship to Europe but I haven’t heard back from any of those festivals yet.
BTW, as much as I love the film print, I’ve got to give a major happy-filmmaker thumbs up to the festivals like SIGGRAPH and the KLIK! festival in Amsterdam who just want you to send them an HD quicktime. After all, this is the 21st century. 
