Im planning to shoot a 30 min video that will be shot in the state of Oklahoma.
Im modeling everything after professional movie shoots. I have rigged my car to generate enough power to run a few lights, laptops, cameras, and screens. The directors seat is in the car, as a 15 inch LCD display and laptop is embedded in the dashboard. Firewire, and USB ports are available for camera hookup. laptop outputs to 2 other video screens.
Installed a tailor hitch to transport equipment.
Im building 3 very large portable blue screens, a dolly system, and camera crane. blue screens also complete with green tennis balls that will be used for camera tracking. Also building and gathering other items such as reflectors and lights. A friend has ?10 trained horses i can use.
I'v spent the last 4 weeks reading hundreds of articles online, gathering all the information i can. Im looking for a camera to shoot this with and any other advice anyone can offer.
I would love to get my hands on an XL2 but i have $300.00 for the camera. Anything with 3 ccd's starts at about $500 so thats out of the question. Can anybody recommend a low, low budget camera that would effectively work with a blue screen, and have plenty of manual controls? - or a way to get/borrow $2,000 camera. (i have other money priorities, and i do not wish to postpone creating this film)
The idea is to film a short with a good and engaging story line based in a fantasy world. I plan to use CG with live action footage to create monsters, orcs, armies, fortresses, and a variety of other effects.
also if anyone thinks im out of my mind, let me know. Negative criticism is welcome.
I have 8 years experience with 3d modeling and animation. My other projects complete is development of my own video game, line of personal computers, and i teach a private class for game design and development.
Not to sound rude, but if you've spent that much money tricking out your car/ buying green screens/ doing things I only wish I could do in some alternate god blessed universe, you should have at least started with the basics and bought a decent camera. But as you can't, I would say the best thing to do would be to beg/ borrow/ steal an XL-2 or something equally as expensive. Anything less would be a disservice to the rest of your equipment, and all the money you've already spent. Which would be a shame 😕
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Originally posted by DeLorean
Not to sound rude, but if you've spent that much money tricking out your car/ buying green screens/ doing things I only wish I could do in some alternate god blessed universe, you should have at least started with the basics and bought a decent camera. But as you can't, I would say the best thing to do would be to beg/ borrow/ steal an XL-2 or something equally as expensive. Anything less would be a disservice to the rest of your equipment, and all the money you've already spent. Which would be a shame 😕
I help build houses on my spare time. The building material is freely available to me, so the construction of the blue screens and dolly has cost me nothing.
The laptop is something i had laying around in my house, and the modification to an 84 533i bmw came at no cost since i already had the extra car.
I will shoot this video, the thing that has me worried most is getting the blue screen on cheap DV format camera with one 1/4 ccd. I may have trouble keeping constant and correct color without artifacts or other common issues.
Im counting on digital color correction to fix the look of the final shot to make it seem higher quality. Along with proper lighting i should not have much trouble getting a professional look.
Im doing everything i can to get my hands on an XL2. An idea that im throwing around is having a sponsor buy it, me pay monthly every month i have it, and sell it when filming is complete. The sponsor gets the money back, and keeps the amount i paid monthly.
I will take the part of producer, and find someone localy to direct since i have no experience shooting film or directing. I do have the technical knowledge, and playing the role of producer will give me freedom of having the final word.
Wow! It sounds like you?re putting a LOT of work into this project. Then you say:
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Originally posted by INFURNO
(i have other money priorities, and i do not wish to postpone creating this film)
My opinion is you shouldn?t rush into production with a cheap camera. I understand that you don?t want to wait - but maybe you should for the sake of the quality of you movie. But only you really know what?s the most important - time or quality.
I see two other options to the sponsor buying a camera for you.
1- Find an owner/operator. That way you will not only get to use a top of the line camera, but you?ll have someone on board who knows the camera well.
2- Rent. This can get expensive - but not much more than your sponsor idea. Unless you think this project is going to take you several months to shoot.
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