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MarkG
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RE: Panasonic HVX-200

The CCDs are only 540 lines so it doesn't have a real 1080 line signal to start with, and it records to expensive solid state memory cards rather than...

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RE: Shotgun and lighting

Senheisser 416 here too, though I've used the MKH60 before and the quality was a bit better... not enough better to justify about another $500 on the ...

18 years ago
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RE: Top 10 Horror Tips

Oh: 6. Make sure your characters are distinguishable, so you can tell who's alive and who's dead. That's particularly applicable to war movies (e.g...

18 years ago
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RE: GL1 or XL1

IMDB has a fair number of movies shot on the GL-1, though I've never seen any of them:

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RE: Top 10 Horror Tips

quote:What makes a good horror movie ending? One where the bad guy doesn't come back from the dead six times :). Well, unless he's literally indest...

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RE: Flashbacks

Not at all, if you can avoid it.

18 years ago
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RE: Top 10 Horror Tips

1. Make sure the 'good guys' are sympathetic characters. There's nothing much worse than a horror movie where you're rooting for the bad guys because...

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RE: Caution over emails spams

Exactly: at a minimum these scams would normally violate money laundering laws if they were true, so the victims are reluctant to go to the police eve...

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RE: Caution over emails spams

Also, most people probably believe that anyone dumb enough to fall for these scams deserves whatever they get... Even so, it's the first time I've ...

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RE: Wires

Any decent compositing program should have a wire removal tool. I know Fusion can track the wires and remove them for you, though you may need to tidy...

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RE: My New Film

Yeah, it's a decent short short. Maybe you should enter it into some of the < 1 minute film festivals.

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RE: Advice ... After Effects

quote:Is this alot of work ? Yes. If you just want to remove something that doesn't interact with the rest of the frame it's not such a big deal...

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RE: How many cameras for a feature-length?

Two identical cameras should cut together fairly well. I've also intercut DVCAM and Digibeta footage for a short a friend shot some time back which...

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RE: 3ccd vs HD

The CMOS chips aren't as good as CCDs in low light, also the HD chips have smaller pixels, so they don't collect as much light in the first place.

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RE: 3ccd vs HD

The FX7 images I've seen are actually pretty good. The main limitation I'm aware of is that it's not as good in low light as the PD150.

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