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RE: Amateur Filmmaker, need help with equipment buying

Brian and I have very different methods. Both are worth exploring. I wanted to be a writer/director so I bought a camera and made movies. I didn'...

14 years ago
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RE: Amateur Filmmaker, need help with equipment buying

Glad to help. The Canon XH-A1S is a fixed lens camera. You cannot change lenses. I know there are adaptors that allow you to place another lens in...

14 years ago
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RE: Square Root of Evil

Congrats! I hope this writer works out for you.

14 years ago
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RE: 10,000 Hours of Practice

I agree that someone who has spent 10,000 hours shooting will be more technically proficient than someone with 100 hours of shooting. I suspect some...

14 years ago
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RE: 10,000 Hours of Practice

When you ask about improving your "abilities in film" what do you mean? As you point out, there are many aspects of filmmaking. Do you need to da...

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RE: Amateur Filmmaker, need help with equipment buying

Get a Bogen tripod. Get the most recent iMac for editing. You should use external hard drives. I use "Neptune" but any name brand is fine. ?U...

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RE: Square Root of Evil

Welcome Randy. My first suggestion is to work on your pitch. The synopsis on your MySpace page is poorly written. I suggest pulling out the cliche...

14 years ago
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RE: back to basics: DICE insurance

All fine info about your services. It really should go into Offered and Promos, Announcements. Yes, this is a preproduction issue, but it really see...

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RE: How to.......in a script

And if the age or ethnicity isn't essential to the story it could mean the difference between a go picture and it being tossed aside. Many times ...

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RE: Facebook in short movie

That's pretty good, naviobb. Maybe remove the bit about it being integral to your movie. But I love that you "butter" them up a bit without kissi...

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RE: Facebook in short movie

How about you writing a letter and submitting to us for review?

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RE: Facebook in short movie

Those who do not take the chance cannot succeed. You can chose not to ask and you'll never know. Or you can take the time and learn something. Ev...

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RE: Facebook in short movie

naviobb, you won't be be arrested. But you are violating the owners right to copy. The copyright owner is the one who decides how their material i...

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RE: Facebook in short movie

Are we talking about a script? Or a finished movie? In the legal sense "non-profit" and "educational" are very specific. Be very careful and under...

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RE: Facebook in short movie

The logos for both are under copyright. You will need permission to use either logo. However, using the words (Facebook or You Tube) in a screenpla...

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