That's entirely down to the director and producer. On big-budget movies, in some cases the director has 'final cut' priviledge, in which case they ...
I'm not sure there are any formal rules. Generally speaking you want rising levels of action through the movie interspersed with slow parts that let t...
I'm not sure exactly which shot you mean, but you could try some of the 'home-made steadicam' sites on the web: that might be stable enough to do the ...
I've never used a wheelchair, but I think you're supposed to partially deflate the tyres, so it absorbs bumps better. We did 'borrow' a wheelie bin on...
I have a Z1E, I'm not sure what the difference is from the Z1U. For editing I'm stuck with Liquid Edition 6.1 at the moment, it's the only editing ...
quote:And, wouldn't it be cheaper to just rent all of that from somplace in town? If you're shooting on film, personally I'd rent everything and ge...
I use a Z1, which is just an FX1 with more features. The big benefit the XL2 has over the Z1 is that you can use interchangeable lenses, but very few ...
quote:The clapboard (or slate) is a device that has the visual information about the scene written on it - for example ?Scene 22c? ?take 4?. You will ...
quote:Im looking for one than records sound onto the film Pretty sure they don't exist anymore: Super-8 sound film was always a kludge, and I belie...
I'd buy the FX1 and record sound direct to the camera: seperate sound recording is usually a pain in the butt... though it does have benefits at times...
Never used one, but there's a review here: Looks like it doesn't have a mike socket, so you'd have to record sound seperately, and I've no idea w...
Basically, 24p gives you the full frame resolution, deinterlacing loses 50% of the vertical resolution if you use a dumb deinterlacer and about 25% of...
Last time I recorded audio on a DAT I ended up copying it to DV and capturing by Firewire. My DAT doesn't have a digital output, and when I captured a...
To be honest, if you're shooting a documentary and the subject is compelling there's really no need for 'arty' shooting styles. And if it's not, then ...
I'd go for the FX1, myself. I have a Z1 and it's a great camera.