quote:What I often do is just shout Scene 1 Shot 1 Take 1 without the use of a clapper. Is there anything bad about that? That's fine if you're rec...
VirtualDub may be able to do that too: certainly it can convert MPEG and other formats to .AVI. I don't remember the URL, but Google should find it.
Mike compatibility is a pain in the butt with all the different kinds of connectors and power supplies. Even with XLRs there's still T-power, 12V phan...
Personally, so long as I could get most of the money back I'd rather have the movie out there being seen than sitting on my shelf. I'm more concerned ...
XLH1 is higher resolution, has interchangeable lenses and has SDI out if you can capture direct from the camera to disk. But it's also a couple of tho...
However, super-8 is a pain in the butt and expensive: you may well find that you can shoot 16mm for only a little more money, particularly if you're s...
Yeah, we've done ADR before, but it's a big pain. In most movies I've edited there have been a handful of lines that are hard to hear, usually it's be...
BTW, I've been looking at mikes myself, and there seem to be quite a few used ones for sale at reasonable prices on ebay.co.uk. I ended up buying new ...
Mikes are typically run off the camera and mixer. If the lights are too big to run on batteries you'll need a generator, which brings a whole host of ...
That's a good idea :).
Yeah, that's camera mike sound :). In particular you can hear the background noise changes noticeably between shots, which calls attention to the cuts...
Depends. A business degree will give you something to fall back on and may be useful for movie-making too (e.g. if you end up as a producer or produce...
I haven't used Premiere since 6.0, but basically you capture your footage, you set in and out points to choose the sections of video to use, and then ...
Who do you know who has an interesting story to tell? For example, if you know someone who fought in WWII and has some good stories, you could intervi...
If you have 2000 pounds to spare, a Senheisser 416 or MKH60, support and boom, and an SQN3 or similar. Lower than that I can't really say. I've mos...