No? when you run windows on a Mac using a Boot Camp installation, Mac OS X is NOT RUNNING. What Boot Camp does is create a dual-boot option, so that y...
VHS TAPE? I think you're mixing this up with movie film. Because it stores the signal magnetically rather than optically, treating the tape with silve...
Hey, if a festival rejects you because you're not shooting on professional equipment and doesn't take into account the actual storyline of your film, ...
I really wouldn't worry about font licensing. Many fonts are freeware (I exclusively use fonts I don't have to pay for because there are plenty to cho...
Oftentimes people who are involved in pre-production on my films wind up acting in them, but I've never used the 'method' sort of approach. I think I'...
For the price, there's nothing better than Celtx. Cross-platform, freeware software based on Firefox, includes a system for online collaboration. w...
There are definitely a lot of dutched angles in Fear and Loathing, in fact I know of at least one instance in that movie where they dutched the SET ra...
Actually, I think you're thinking of Parallels, or perhaps VirtualPC. Again, BootCamp is just a tool for formatting your hard drive and INSTALLING Win...
It's a bit more complicated than that. Those "horrible thick dark matte style lines" are often a feature--yes, A FEATURE--to keep the text readable. I...
I'm not exactly a seasoned indy vet, but two things I discover a lot in post (and never seem to remember during production) are the importance of slat...
I think you can offline to one of Apple's realtime HD codecs (this'll save you HD space anyway) and then do an assembly edit. I've never done work thi...
Final Cut Pro if you're using a Mac. If you want something more simple, the Mac side has iMovie and the PC side has Pinnacle. I'd keep away from the r...
This site:has a page on breakaway bottles, recommending a silicone mold, and also noting that an easier (yet still difficult) method would be to use t...
Thanks for the ideas! One thought I had regarding the Canto 9 images to reproduce the large number of graves without needing a large set would be to b...