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Joe Meils
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RE: The Young Filmmaker's Dillemma

Kids can't be cops? Ever watch "21 Jump Street?" Kids can't be Doctors? You mean like "Doogie Howser, MD?" In the middle east, there are 8 year olds...

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RE: changing the depth of field (with DV cameras)

You can also go to a photo supply store, and rent a "split feild daiopter" (a lens that is essentially a bifocal for your camera.) This will allow you...

16 years ago
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RE: Wire removal

It's called photoshop. You import the video clip you need to do the wire removal on, then, frame by frame, you go in and remove the wires by using a c...

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RE: Free stock footage

You could try looking on Youtube. Contact the poster of a clip you are interested in, and ask they send you a high res copy of the vid. All they can d...

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RE: Falling from two storeys.

You could also pull this off via editing. Have one shot where the camera is looking up as the character starts to fall off the roof (in reality, a ste...

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RE: Why does everything have to look like film?

"Making it look like film" is a creative choice. You do it if it seems right for the story you are trying to tell. However, the "film look" strangleho...

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RE: Is there a definition for filmmaker?

Both Producer and Director are considered filmmakers. Producers act more like behind the lines generals, in that they manage the film production, b...

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RE: Soundtracks!

This may be a weird idea, but a friend of mine practices creating film scores by simply taking an existing film, one that either has no music track, o...

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RE: Novice with Gels & Lighting

I hate to say it, but aside from reading some basic "how to" books on lighting, your best bet is to simply set the camera up, and start playing with s...

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RE: homemade boom mic

Oh, and BTW, you can use shipping foam to make a shock mount. Find the stiff stuff, usually white, which you can drill through. Then you can just use ...

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RE: which colour to 'green' screen army soldiers

You want to use a color that is as chromatically different from that of your talent and props as possible. Since the opposite of green is red, your be...

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