Congrats on the lock. I know it's a big deal. Ha! I never let anyone see an unmixed movie! ;-)
Normally we lock the picture in 10-minute sections so that we can start mixing some acts while other acts are unlocked in order to complete visual…
I'd try the frame sequence export. I'm trying to remember if Premiere will accept frame sequences -- it might. If you export as lossless frames (I was being insane before -- we were exporting Planar RGB .avi files, if you do a frame…
I found I had to output .tga image sequences in the Planar RGB codec (I think it was .tga) in order to get my movie (Solar Vengeance) out of Premiere. Then I ended up re-assembling the entire picture in Final Cut Pro after wrapping the sequences in…
What I did with Solar Vengeance was to render out a frame sequence as far as it would go on a given reel and when Premiere crashed I'd just start on the next frame and continue -- until it crashed again. Yup, about 10 per reel... ;-)
Just make sure the picture is at least 84 minutes long -- otherwise a lot of overseas distributors won't even look at it and Blockbuster can't won't accept it.
Well, the picture on the video box has been what's been selling indy product for the last 20 years. Now, with the retailers closing like crazy, it's been harder and harder to get into (say) Blockbuster and the like. But that's where…
Really? NetFlix isn't terribly remunerative -- the streaming deals I've been hearing about are less than $2K a year for indy product. While VOD is nice for a bit of extra cash, the only real money is still in DVD sales. At least…