It's good to know what you have, and it's even better to know what you don't. Try using natural light as much as possible, don't under or over expose your shots, unless they are intended that way. The in-camera mic will sound a problem though. The recorded sound may not be loud enough or worse be too echoey indoors, and there is no way you can say you intended it that way ?:)?

You may also try getting someone slightly more experienced in sound and lighting to help you out. Work on the have nots and start rolling. In any case you'd have learned something and will do better the next time.

Of course you should go ahead plan your shoot! Better than that; you should go ahead and shoot it. There is nothing that teaches you about the process of making a movie better than making a movie.

Without any lighting you will face interesting challenges that you will learn to overcome.
Using only the built in mic you will learn the limitations of that method.

I see two choices for someone in your position:
1 - wait until you can afford great equipment.
2 - make movies and learn with what you have - adding equipment as you grow.

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The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress.
Joseph Joubert, essayist (1754-1824)

Buy two worklights at a hardware store worth $50ish. Bright Halogen ones. Make a reflector (tin foil and cardboard) and a bounce board (white posterboard) and you have a superbasic lighting kit. Sound can be a problem as it gets expensive but you can always redo it all in post "if you have to". You cannot redo the lighting worth a damn so I'd try to fix that first.

The other option is to get a friend in film school and see if they can get some equipment. I linked up with some students at Chapman University and they made a lot of problems go away.

RJSchwarz
San Diego, CA

Thanks a ton guys! Are there any good freeware editing softwares I can download??:)?