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| Prophit Member  378 Posts 1/07 |  Posted - Jan 9 2009 : 5:56AMWhy is it that the best studio out there is always behind the competition in terms of technical quality? They shoot in HD now but their DVDs don't have anamorphic widescreen transfers! Most people probably won't even notice this but it's really getting on my nerves because their movies look totally crap that way and the advantages you get from shooting in HD are squandered. I'm not going to pay 20-30 Dollars for a technically inferior product... Please, Trishia, if you are reading this could you speak to someone who is responsible for that kinda stuff about it? Thanks. [Link] |
| Clam Digger Deactivated User Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory is too good. 2268 Posts 1/05 | Posted - Jan 9 2009 : 12:23PM [Link] |
| Sheky666 Member 100 Posts 2/01 | Posted - Jan 9 2009 : 3:20PM [Link] |
| Prophit Member 378 Posts 1/07 | Posted - Jan 10 2009 : 4:05AM In the past mainstream movies didn't have anamorphic transfers because not everyone had a widescreen TV and people wouldn't complain about the "black bars on their screen". But seriously what's the reason today? Almost everyone has HDTVs these days! [Link] |
killbillvol69  All-Star Member ^Lucy Pinder 18631 Posts 4/08 | Posted - Jan 10 2009 : 4:31AM [Link] |
| Prophit Member 378 Posts 1/07 | Posted - Jan 10 2009 : 5:17AM [Link] |
| phatbasey Senior Member 1390 Posts 1/05 | Posted - Jan 10 2009 : 12:01PM [Link] |
| tricia_devereaux Evil Angel DVD Patience is a virtue, but who wants to be virtuous? 4283 Posts 4/00 | Posted - Jan 14 2009 : 2:08PM When we receive an anamorphic master from a director, we DO author the DVD as anamorphic. Each of our directors owns their own product and has their own editor, so we don't technically control the edit process. I have repeatedly asked the directors who shoot in widescreen to please give us an anamorphic master. I do agree with you that it shouldn't be difficult and I don't have a better answer for you than that. I know that John Leslie gives us anamorphic since he started shooting widescreen. Jay Sin JUST started shooting widescreen. John Stagliano's latest Buttman movie was anamorphic. Manuel has been having problems with his editor and is aware of the problem. Are there any other of our specific directors that you're seeing it with? Off the top of my head, I can't remember any of our other directors shooting HDV but not doing anamorphic. [Link] |
| Prophit Member 378 Posts 1/07 | Posted - Jan 14 2009 : 4:25PM I mainly have this problem with Belladonna's movies. All her new ones are letterboxed. I don't know if she is technically one of your directors but her stuff is released under your company so I thought I should ask you about it. Oh and sorry about your name! :) [Link] |
| HarryWild Member Make me believe 622 Posts 2/05 | Posted - Jan 14 2009 : 4:40PM [Link] |
| tricia_devereaux Evil Angel DVD Patience is a virtue, but who wants to be virtuous? 4283 Posts 4/00 | Posted - Jan 14 2009 : 7:16PM That's why Jules Jordan and Justin Slayer each brought their movies with them when they started selling their own movies. I'll make sure that Bella sees your concern. She definitely cares a lot about her fans. [Link] |
| Len801 Deactivated User 754 Posts 9/07 | Posted - Jan 14 2009 : 7:40PM [Link] |
| tricia_devereaux Evil Angel DVD Patience is a virtue, but who wants to be virtuous? 4283 Posts 4/00 | Posted - Jan 14 2009 : 7:44PM [Link] |
| Prophit Member 378 Posts 1/07 | Posted - Jan 15 2009 : 3:15AM Ok then I suppose her movies being letterboxed was just a temporary thing. That's what I was hoping for! Thanks for clearing that up. [Link] |
| bauer024 Senior Member It is what it is 1345 Posts 12/05 | Posted - Jan 15 2009 : 4:43AM [Link] |
| Prophit Member 378 Posts 1/07 | Posted - Jan 15 2009 : 5:07AM This is crying for Belladonna porn on Blu-ray! [:P)] [Link] |
| tricia_devereaux Evil Angel DVD Patience is a virtue, but who wants to be virtuous? 4283 Posts 4/00 | Posted - Jan 15 2009 : 12:13PM Len- The movies owned by John/ Evil Angel are the ones that don't have another production company logo on them. That would include the ones directed by John, and the Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women movies from Tristan Taormino and the Buttman Comics Presents movies. All of the other director/producers finance their own movies. If a director chooses to leave Evil Angel, they would have a time frame when they could use the Evil Angel logo in association with their previously-released library movies, and then they would need to remove our branding from their movies and especially the packaging. At the time when they are with us, they release new DVDs exclusively through us. [Link] |
| Len801 Deactivated User 754 Posts 9/07 | Posted - Jan 15 2009 : 12:18PM Edited by - Len801 on 1/15/2009 12:22:27 PM [Link] |
| tricia_devereaux Evil Angel DVD Patience is a virtue, but who wants to be virtuous? 4283 Posts 4/00 | Posted - Jan 15 2009 : 2:04PM [Link] |
| ChodeMasterJ Perpetual Marxist 5405 Posts 4/03 | Posted - Jan 15 2009 : 8:33PM or at least that's the impression i got from talking to Ivan... HD cams aren't THAT much more expensive than SD cams when you look at it. to get something decent youre gonna have to drop a few grand so pay one more and get HD...that's what I think at least.  [Link] |
| tricia_devereaux Evil Angel DVD Patience is a virtue, but who wants to be virtuous? 4283 Posts 4/00 | Posted - Jan 16 2009 : 2:00AM Those aren't necessarily all my opinions, just some comments I've heard here and there over the last few years. I think the super-sharp image comment is a valid one both ways. In one way, it can be an awesome thing. And then again, when you have a great sex scene, but the performers have less than supermodel-perfect skin, do you really want to be seeing it in HD on a big screen TV? Some will answer yes, and I've also heard others answer no. That being said, David Lord and I were the first directors at Evil Angel to release an HD-quality DVD (a Windows media HD disc enclosed with the standard def set). That was back in... umm... 2005 or 2006. [Link] |
| Prophit Member 378 Posts 1/07 | Posted - Jan 16 2009 : 3:10AM [Link] |
| tricia_devereaux Evil Angel DVD Patience is a virtue, but who wants to be virtuous? 4283 Posts 4/00 | Posted - Jan 16 2009 : 11:52AM As I said before, it's up to the directors. If people start buying more Blu-Ray product, I'm sure more of our directors will feel encouraged to put their product on Blu-Ray. [Link] |
| Dennis774 Member 29 Posts 12/08 | Posted - Jan 16 2009 : 10:36PM Regarding the pricing of blu-ray titles, I have noticed that most studios release their blu-ray titles at about a $10 premium over the DVD version. Is that price difference the approximate additional cost per disc it takes to author a blu-ray title...or has the authoring prices come down now to the point where the additional expense is negligible? [Link] |
| tricia_devereaux Evil Angel DVD Patience is a virtue, but who wants to be virtuous? 4283 Posts 4/00 | Posted - Jan 17 2009 : 1:08AM [Link] |
| Jaktarn Senior Member 4798 Posts 5/05 | Posted - Jan 17 2009 : 4:49AM I Cant wait for some really big orgy/gangbang films shot on HD/RED being released on blueray, it would be great with that high resolution with everything thats going on in the scene. [Link] |
| Dennis774 Member 29 Posts 12/08 | Posted - Jan 17 2009 : 7:45PM Thanks for taking the time to respond on the technical issues involving DVD production, it is really interesting to get answers from someone from the inside. I have one more question that is a bit off topic (and I apologize in advance if you have already covered this topic elsewhere). I have noticed that when Evil Angel advertises their new releases in AVN magazine, many times the street dates in there are much earlier than the actual street date. I frequently will browse thru AVN and see your street dates, then check online to place an order and notice the date of shipping for the DVD will be sometimes a few weeks later. The most recent example I was about to make purchase for Deep Anal Abyss 2 (street date Jan 16 in AVN), but on most online DVD stores (including EvilAngel.com), the street date is now Feb 09. On my end, I have always assumed the delay was caused by the video not being finalized or some production issue...but I would love to hear from your end what issues arise when trying to meet a street date deadline. [Link] |
| tricia_devereaux Evil Angel DVD Patience is a virtue, but who wants to be virtuous? 4283 Posts 4/00 | Posted - Jan 19 2009 : 1:15AM When it happens, it could be due to a bunch of things. That's all. [Link] |
| Ivan IamIVAN.com BestPORNweekEver.com 295 Posts 6/04 | Posted - Jan 21 2009 : 10:04PM My opinion and again just my opinion is shooting in HD prepares you for the future in quality and framing. When I first got to Anabolic my first movie and every single one since has been shot 16x9 anamorphic first being standard 16x9 and eventually leading to shooting in HD. At first I hated it because I felt I was losing some image space but after a while I learned to love it because it opened me up to new creative ways of shooting. It's like directors who shoot 16mm worry about shooting 35mm and the ones who shoot 35mm are afraid of 70mm because there is more to fill but after a while they realize it's not more work it's more space to be creative and that's how I treated the change. Plus if HD is too sharp for you. Shoot in HD and downres. at least at that point you have down res. 72 hex 480 imagine but still have the raw tapes in HD quality, sharpness and sizes for the future. www.IamIvan.comAnabolic, the Barry Bonds of Porn [Link] |
| bauer024 Senior Member It is what it is 1345 Posts 12/05 | Posted - Jan 21 2009 : 10:10PM dan [Link] |
| Ivan IamIVAN.com BestPORNweekEver.com 295 Posts 6/04 | Posted - Jan 21 2009 : 11:24PM www.IamIvan.comAnabolic, the Barry Bonds of Porn [Link] |
| Mike Quasar Zero Tolerance Reluctant pornographer 1765 Posts 7/01 | Posted - Jan 22 2009 : 12:40AM [Link] |
| bauer024 Senior Member It is what it is 1345 Posts 12/05 | Posted - Jan 22 2009 : 3:06AM Dan [Link] |
| arkdvd Member 103 Posts 1/06 | Posted - Feb 4 2009 : 1:47AM there is a FREE workshop on RED also if you register now. hdexpo.net/march/Mar_registration.html [Link] |
| mariemadison Member 57 Posts 2/04 | Posted - Feb 4 2009 : 10:05AM If a Director is shooting in HD, or even Widescreen, there's absolutely no excuse for a Letterboxed Transfer. That's either lazyness or incompetence in post. As I understand Tricia's explanation, this falls squarely on the Director's shoulders at Evil Angel, and to their credit, it always should. The thing I've always loved and admired about Evil Angel is the fact that they bend over backwards to present the Director's vision exactly as the Director wants it presented, and while aspect ratio is maybe a weird thing to discuss, if porn fans weren't inherently techno savvy, we'd all still be watching our smut on VHS tape. To the defense of the Director's, how aspect ratio is presented on the DVD is very much a post production issue and if Belladonna is proofing her film on anything but a Widescreen HDTV, there's no reason why she would even notice, or have a reason to question whether or not it was 'anamorphic'. I switched to HD production last summer, and the learning curve is steep. It's not just different angles, it's a new way to light, and expose and even panning and zooming has a completely different feel. As Ivan so eloquently put it, HD forces you to find more creative ways to shoot. But as a Director, there are times when I'll still pick up my DVX, simply because it just feels right in my hands, I still love how the picture looks, and I can make that thing fly. Shooting in HDV is real work, and from where I sit, Blu-Ray is a long way off for me, but I also believe to an extent, it makes me 'future ready', so I'm willing to put in the work. But I also make sure my post company knows what they are doing. - Marie Madison [Link] |
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