[MacDV] Movie Length

[James Asherman]

On Tuesday, January 6, 2004, at 04:17  PM, Erica Sadun wrote:

> At 4:13 PM -0500 1/6/04, James Asherman wrote:
>> On Tuesday, January 6, 2004, at 03:58  PM, Erica Sadun wrote:
>>
>>> So how is it that everyone is always working on
>>> projects that last 1-2 hours? I can never torture
>>> my audience for longer than 10-15 minutes...
>>>
>>> -- Erica
>>>
>>
>> Who said entertainment. ?  I have a mortgage. I do weddings in mass 
>> quantities.
>> I don't shoot them much anymore
>> because I don't find that entertaining at all.
>> But the occaisonal special job requirres that extra iDVD spice that 
>> you can't get from a
>> standalone which I use to deliver my regular jobs on DVD+RW for 
>> further copying and packaging.
>> My Nephews Bar Mitzvah went on two hour long DVD's in iDVD3 It was a 
>> hoot.
>> Jim
>
> That's just...insane.
> Who would make someone watch two hours of Bar Mitzvah?

Thatt is why two DVD's to get rid of the BORING ceremony was great and 
chapters and such on a DVD are also great. Making a pic of the kid the 
menu background made it more fun

> Isn't watching Weddings and Bar Mitzvahs for more than
> 10 minutes a violation of international convention?
Yes That is why I have miy sound off all most all the time and just 
check it sometimes,

  and why I have a big TV here, . Hell Girl I edit weddings in foreign 
tongues from beginning to end and cut lots of stuff out. These 1hr45 
weddings start with 2:40 of footage.
I do one a day the bills get paid.
Folks call  from the phone book for Montages and film transfers.
Sometimes I get a good corporate job (10 min. promo or something) but 
the last one soured me. 30 hrs of software seminar. Hard Deadline . 
DVD's and to get it I had to cut my Price and sell them the master 
tapes. So now I have an empty stock shelf and I did the math and what 
with putting them in the philips,I made a big $20 an hour. Better to do 
mindless weddings and read a book while capturing , and stay home 6 
days a week.
> What would Amnesty International say?
They would say I have among the top 2-3% living standards in the world.
>
> -- Erica
>