Welcome, Colin. Making shorts is a great way to start out. I started that way and I?ll wager that almost every movie maker has also started making ...
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Sorry, Gary. I'm having a bit of fun with you. I guess as a moderator I really shouldn't fool around. This board is read by people all over the wor...
Steven Soderbergh John Sayles Richard Linklater Woody Allen Peter Bogdanovich Paul Thomas Anderson (dropped out) Whit Stillman Robert Rodriguez...
Check a little closer on what that lens does. I suggest you head down a Best Buy and ask for a demonstration. A wide angle lens doesn't expand the vie...
Never forget, Brandon: it isn?t the camera, it?s how you use it. You could walk into Best Buy and pick up the first camera you see for $400 and make a...
As a fellow writer/director who often does my own casting, your post brings up a question. Both of you mention the build of an actor. Is that reall...
I guess I'm getting old. I suppose it's inevitable that everything I learned about making movies is going to go digital. When I was making monsters ou...
The sound is done in post production - not on the set. Break up several glass bottles, put this broken glass in a box, set up your microphone, start ...
quote:Originally posted by devilry That's an interesting point you've made instigator. I can only hope that filmmaker's aren't the only ones who'd bu...
The reason I ask is because if the makers of short films don?t buy short films, then who do we think the market is? It would seem that it?s us - the f...
The warm look you want won't come from the camera, but from the skill and experience of the cinematographer using the correct film stock and filters. ...
I've never used Premiere. Doesn't it have any compression built in? It took about 10 minutes to download as was about 30 seconds. My trailer and pr...
I've done exactly what RJ suggests. It works great. A little hint - score the back of the drywall where the actor is going to punch to it's easier to ...