Various TOTEM posts 2001 - 2003

Rick Spilman · May 30th, 2003, 07:18 AM

I did a Google news search for "bruce almighty" "gods phone number" and got 135 articles! Apparently folks in phone exchanges from all over the country have been discovered that they have "god's number" and have been receiving lots of phone calls. Here is one of the articles:

http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/58235.htm

Charles French · June 1st, 2003, 07:24 AM

At 2:30 CST my wife , son & I will be at the Ford Center for performing arts in Oxford,Ms to see the great Merle Haggard. My son is 8 yrs old and loves Merle. I have introduced him to all genre's of music from the time he was born. At 8 yrs old I'm glad to see that some of his favorite are the likes of Merle, Jimmy Reed, Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry and assorted bluegrass artist. Oh he just discovered ZZ TOP. Anyway this should be a great concert. The Ford Center is a new facility and seats about 2K.

John Locke · June 1st, 2003, 07:29 AM

Merle Haggard! Boy...just hearing that name floods me with memories...and makes me want to grab a beer.

Enjoy your concert. Come back and tell us how it was. And tell your son he's got fine taste in music.

Matt Betea · June 1st, 2003, 11:52 AM

Hello,
A question for everyone with a website, who did you go with to host? Right now I was looking at Dotster.com, Powweb.com and Emegaweb.net. I'm just looking for a reliable place. Thanks.

matt

Paul Sedillo · June 1st, 2003, 01:40 PM

<<<-- Originally posted by Matt Betea : Hello,
A question for everyone with a website, who did you go with to host? Right now I was looking at Dotster.com, Powweb.com and Emegaweb.net. I'm just looking for a reliable place. Thanks.

matt -->>>

It really comes down to what you are going to do with it. If you plan on streaming video, you should look at a provider who supports this - i.e. high bandwidth allocation.

What will you be using the site for? Based on that I can make some recommendations.

Matt Betea · June 1st, 2003, 06:01 PM

Sorry, I should've mentioned it in the first post. Nothing streaming for now. It'll be a flash site to host photos. I registered a domain with dotster for 2 years, so now I just need the space. Thank you.

matt

Dan Holly · June 5th, 2003, 10:38 PM

This is a not so recent article, but I just stumbled across it in the last day or 2......

http://amo.net/NT/02-21-01FPS.html

Ken Tanaka · June 5th, 2003, 11:26 PM

Very interesting article, Dan. Thanks for passing that along to us.

Joseph George · June 8th, 2003, 01:24 PM

Cinegear Expo: Sony CineAlta was everywhere. Whoever was demonstarting their products, it was in conjunction with Sony CineAlta. Some were naturally privately labeled, like Panavision, etc. I would say that there were about 60 of them there. I saw something like 4 Thomson Vipers and about 3 Panasonic Varicams. Panasonic had a booth there. Sony did not. Sony did not have a booth at the High Def Expo either but everyone demonstrated their products with CineAlta. Varicam was in the Panasonic booth only.

There was also display at the Cinegear Expo of an English made prototpe of 16 mm camera, where instead of the film magazine you could install an HD back with nice flip out screen. It was made in cooperation with Ikagami and is made to feed HD arrays. The CCD is 2/3". Production should start this year.

Don Parrish · June 9th, 2003, 07:26 AM

Does anyone know (for a fact) or during the show have heard someone say if royalties are paid for the songs the contestants are singing.

Richard Alvarez · June 9th, 2003, 11:42 AM

Count on it. It's not just a good idea... it's the law.

Joe Carney · June 9th, 2003, 04:23 PM

Recently I was able to watch Jean Luc Godards 'Contempt'. I was impressed with his use of Camera movement and the long continuous takes. Things you don't normally see anymore. This is a movie about making movies. Based on the comentaries about the film, he felt he had sold out somewhat when he made it.

So he paid his producers back without them realizing it. Even his use of color spoke about the multinational team financing the movie, and how he was forced to cast Briget Bardot to get financing. Mix in some direct attacks on facism and hollywood style movie making, and you have an excellent satirical film.

Any comments about the visual aspects of the film from some of the cinemetagraphers that hang around here would be appreciated.

Mark Austin · June 9th, 2003, 08:34 PM

TiVo, the manufacturer of personal recording devices for television, has revealed it will soon report the viewing habits of its subscribers to advertisers and network programmers.

Under the new plan, TiVo will tell advertisers which commercials its subscribers watched in their entirety during an episode of a comedy, such as "Friends".

The new audience measurement system ? capable of creating a second-by-second viewing record ? represents a potential new revenue stream for TiVo, a company that?s trying to remake itself into a media services company. The new data service would represent income beyond TiVo?s standard monthly subscriber fees.

TiVo currently allows its subscribers to opt-out of the monitoring of their viewing habits. However, a TiVo spokesman told Reuters that most do not do so. Under the new plan, TiVo will tell advertisers which commercials its subscribers watched in their entirety during an episode of a comedy, such as "Friends." It can, for example, also inform "Friends" producers of how many viewers changed the channel when a particular character entered an episode.

TiVo has targeted a viewing sample of one million subscribers by early 2004.

Maybe Orwell was right?

Dylan Couper · June 9th, 2003, 11:23 PM

Looking for an online forum for placing casting notices in Vancouver. Do any Vancouverites know of the biggest/best ones?

Andrew Petrie · June 10th, 2003, 07:45 AM

... and I was wondering if there's any possibility I could visit a real production set and observe (I do have broadcasting experience but I don't think anyone would trust me). I've never been on a real motion picture set before (or a network TV show). I think it'd be a tremendous learning experience.

Are there any connections out there?...

I could go to a beach somewhere and soak up the rays and fine ladies.... but it really ain't all that productive. :)

ooo I just noticed I'm a 'trustee' now, wohoo!

June 1st, 2003, 07:24 AM	#122
Charles French Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: grenada,ms Posts: 78	Merle Haggard At 2:30 CST my wife , son & I will be at the Ford Center for performing arts in Oxford,Ms to see the great Merle Haggard. My son is 8 yrs old and loves Merle. I have introduced him to all genre's of music from the time he was born. At 8 yrs old I'm glad to see that some of his favorite are the likes of Merle, Jimmy Reed, Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry and assorted bluegrass artist. Oh he just discovered ZZ TOP. Anyway this should be a great concert. The Ford Center is a new facility and seats about 2K.

June 1st, 2003, 07:29 AM	#123
John Locke Retired DV Info Net Almunus Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Austin, TX USA Posts: 2,882	Merle Haggard! Boy...just hearing that name floods me with memories...and makes me want to grab a beer. Enjoy your concert. Come back and tell us how it was. And tell your son he's got fine taste in music. __________________ John Locke SursumFilms.com

June 1st, 2003, 11:52 AM	#124
Matt Betea Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: detroit, mi Posts: 187	Website Hosting Hello, A question for everyone with a website, who did you go with to host? Right now I was looking at Dotster.com, Powweb.com and Emegaweb.net. I'm just looking for a reliable place. Thanks. matt

June 1st, 2003, 01:40 PM	#125
Paul Sedillo Major Player Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 607	Re: Website Hosting <<<-- Originally posted by Matt Betea : Hello, A question for everyone with a website, who did you go with to host? Right now I was looking at Dotster.com, Powweb.com and Emegaweb.net. I'm just looking for a reliable place. Thanks. matt -->>> It really comes down to what you are going to do with it. If you plan on streaming video, you should look at a provider who supports this - i.e. high bandwidth allocation. What will you be using the site for? Based on that I can make some recommendations. __________________ Paul Sedillo Image::Studio http://www.image-studio.com Houston, Texas

June 5th, 2003, 10:38 PM	#127
Dan Holly Major Player Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Anchorage, Alaska Posts: 336	How many FPS can your eyes process? This is a not so recent article, but I just stumbled across it in the last day or 2...... http://amo.net/NT/02-21-01FPS.html __________________ Dan Holly Anchorage, Alaska

May 30th, 2003, 07:18 AM	#121
Rick Spilman Major Player Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Jersey City, NJ Posts: 366	I did a Google news search for "bruce almighty" "gods phone number" and got 135 articles! Apparently folks in phone exchanges from all over the country have been discovered that they have "god's number" and have been receiving lots of phone calls. Here is one of the articles: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/58235.htm

June 1st, 2003, 06:01 PM	#126
Matt Betea Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: detroit, mi Posts: 187	Sorry, I should've mentioned it in the first post. Nothing streaming for now. It'll be a flash site to host photos. I registered a domain with dotster for 2 years, so now I just need the space. Thank you. matt

June 5th, 2003, 11:26 PM	#128
Ken Tanaka Retired DV Info Net Almunus Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 6,943	Very interesting article, Dan. Thanks for passing that along to us. __________________ Lady X Films: A lady with a boring wardrobe...and a global mission. Hey, you don't have enough stuff! Buy with confidence from our sponsors. Hand-picked as the best in the business...Really! See some of my work one frame at a time: www.KenTanaka.com

June 8th, 2003, 01:24 PM	#129
Joseph George Permanently Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 265	Hi Def Expo and Cinegear Expo Cinegear Expo: Sony CineAlta was everywhere. Whoever was demonstarting their products, it was in conjunction with Sony CineAlta. Some were naturally privately labeled, like Panavision, etc. I would say that there were about 60 of them there. I saw something like 4 Thomson Vipers and about 3 Panasonic Varicams. Panasonic had a booth there. Sony did not. Sony did not have a booth at the High Def Expo either but everyone demonstrated their products with CineAlta. Varicam was in the Panasonic booth only. There was also display at the Cinegear Expo of an English made prototpe of 16 mm camera, where instead of the film magazine you could install an HD back with nice flip out screen. It was made in cooperation with Ikagami and is made to feed HD arrays. The CCD is 2/3". Production should start this year.

June 9th, 2003, 07:26 AM	#130
Don Parrish Major Player Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Tavares Fla Posts: 541	American Idol Does anyone know (for a fact) or during the show have heard someone say if royalties are paid for the songs the contestants are singing.

June 9th, 2003, 11:42 AM	#131
Richard Alvarez Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: San Mateo, CA Posts: 3,840	Count on it. It's not just a good idea... it's the law.

June 9th, 2003, 04:23 PM	#132
Joe Carney Inner Circle Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Centreville Va Posts: 1,828	Contempt Recently I was able to watch Jean Luc Godards 'Contempt'. I was impressed with his use of Camera movement and the long continuous takes. Things you don't normally see anymore. This is a movie about making movies. Based on the comentaries about the film, he felt he had sold out somewhat when he made it. So he paid his producers back without them realizing it. Even his use of color spoke about the multinational team financing the movie, and how he was forced to cast Briget Bardot to get financing. Mix in some direct attacks on facism and hollywood style movie making, and you have an excellent satirical film. Any comments about the visual aspects of the film from some of the cinemetagraphers that hang around here would be appreciated.

June 9th, 2003, 08:34 PM	#133
Mark Austin Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 188	TiVo to sell viewer data to advertisers and network programmers TiVo, the manufacturer of personal recording devices for television, has revealed it will soon report the viewing habits of its subscribers to advertisers and network programmers. Under the new plan, TiVo will tell advertisers which commercials its subscribers watched in their entirety during an episode of a comedy, such as "Friends". The new audience measurement system ? capable of creating a second-by-second viewing record ? represents a potential new revenue stream for TiVo, a company that?s trying to remake itself into a media services company. The new data service would represent income beyond TiVo?s standard monthly subscriber fees. TiVo currently allows its subscribers to opt-out of the monitoring of their viewing habits. However, a TiVo spokesman told Reuters that most do not do so. Under the new plan, TiVo will tell advertisers which commercials its subscribers watched in their entirety during an episode of a comedy, such as "Friends." It can, for example, also inform "Friends" producers of how many viewers changed the channel when a particular character entered an episode. TiVo has targeted a viewing sample of one million subscribers by early 2004. Maybe Orwell was right? __________________ I'm humbled by the greatness that surrounds me.

June 9th, 2003, 11:23 PM	#134
Dylan Couper Wrangler Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia Posts: 8,314	online casting boards Looking for an online forum for placing casting notices in Vancouver. Do any Vancouverites know of the biggest/best ones? __________________ Need to rent camera gear in Vancouver BC? Check me out at camerarentalsvancouver.com

June 10th, 2003, 07:45 AM	#135
Andrew Petrie Major Player Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: London, Ontario, Canada Posts: 484	I have vacation time to use... ... and I was wondering if there's any possibility I could visit a real production set and observe (I do have broadcasting experience but I don't think anyone would trust me). I've never been on a real motion picture set before (or a network TV show). I think it'd be a tremendous learning experience. Are there any connections out there?... I could go to a beach somewhere and soak up the rays and fine ladies.... but it really ain't all that productive. :) ooo I just noticed I'm a 'trustee' now, wohoo! __________________ Andrew \| Canon XL1s, ME66, Vinten Vision 3, GlideCam V16 (for sale!)