True. It's interesting to watch some older (and relatively high budget) movies shot on film in the 50s and 60s, and see how bad they look today due to...
Film to video is fairly cheap, compared to the cost of shooting film in the first place. Video to film is not. You do have the option of getting th...
When we shot in a cemetery, one of the conditions was that we weren't allowed to show the names on any tombstones.
Typically an executive producer has no real control over the movie but sticks their name on it to help raise funding because they think it's a decent ...
About the only way you'd get a university camera would be to find a local film student who'll DoP for you, or to chat up the people at the university ...
The free version of Avid isn't time-limited, it's just feature-limited; it's fine for basic DV editing but can't do much more than that. You have to g...
Most scriptwriters I know in the UK register at the WGA in America. I believe Raindance used to have some scheme for copyright registration and I thin...
Should just work. My VCR has separate S-video and audio output, but if you have the right SCART cable then you should just be able to plug into the ca...
You really want a dolly to be as solid as possible, not to wobble around. I'd imagine the problems are due to a lack of solid track to run them on, or...
If you're shooting in the UK, buy PAL. HD still has 50Hz and 60Hz options (and I think 59.94Hz too), so you're no better off. Some HD cameras have ...
Yeah, true: some of the best 'short films' these days are TV commercials.
I actually think that writing a good short is harder than writing a good feature in many respects. For one thing, you can get away with a weak five mi...
The Hero's Journey is a pretty poor template for a short film precisely because it's quite long and convoluted; of course it's not such a great templa...
Mixers usually have built-in limiters, though you want to avoid hitting the limiter if possible as it starts to distort the sound.
The best thing will be to wait until you're a student and buy the student version: you'll get a huge discount over the full price then. You can downlo...