quote:Its been kind of bugging me for a while that theater actors often have such trouble acting in film. To be fair, that's kind of like complaini...
I'd use Fusion, but that's fairly expensive :). Programs like After Effects should allow you to do that, but I've never used it... hopefully someone e...
Shoot tight shots, move the 'crowd' around between shots and have them change clothes. Add some scars, different hair-styles, missing arms and legs, e...
Keep the original tapes and back up the project files: then you can always recapture from tape with the timecode information in the project if you hav...
Yeah, you can probably rent a mike, cables and SQN for 30-50 pounds a day total... less if it's a long-term hire (week or more).
SQN, but they're about 3000 pounds new. I have an ASC Minx, which you can often find on ebay for 3-400... unfortunately any that are more than a co...
The better news is that 99% of the scripts I see are a long way from being ready to shoot, if they have any potential at all. So if yours is well-writ...
You can, but I don't know how well it would work with the JVC camera.
Most editing programs can do basic grading once you have telecined your film to video. More sophisticated programs can do a lot more, for example allo...
Final Draft, but Celtx looks pretty good for the price (i.e. free :)). The best book I've read about the process of screenwriting is Robert McKee's 'S...
You could, but you'll probably have to record a few seconds of each shot and then cut it down to single frames in your editing program. I don't know o...
Most blank-firing guns in the UK are made so that the blast comes out of the top, not the front, due to some silly 'child safety' scare some years ago...
The Guerilla Film-maker's Handbook has example release forms in it; I've just used those in the past, with appropriate modifications. To a certain ...
I might be available for editing, camera operating or sound recording so long as it fits in with whatever else I'm doing.
quote:People make movies at every price range you can imagine - there is no typical or average. Cheapest feature I've worked on officially cost abo...