Well, for Digital-8 you'll have a Firewire output you can connect to a Firewire card on your PC. If it's video-8 or Hi8, you'll need an analog capture...
To be honest, the best way to get a 'film look' is to shoot film. There are various effects filters out there that promise to make your DV movie look ...
I certainly wouldn't recommend Avid to someone who's just starting out.I use it, but it's pretty much its own thing, and very different to most other ...
I'd be hard-pressed to consider anything other than an FX1 or Z1 at the moment, unless I had a guarantee that the end result would be getting a film t...
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Is that 8mm, Hi8 or Digital-8?
Actually it would probably be more building sets than characters...
Shame I wasn't born 20 years earlier, I think working for someone like Roger Corman in the 70s/80s would have been my dream job :).
quote:What kind of shorts do you have in mind? Well, I was going to make a Lego zombie movie, but the Lego chainsaw guy appears to be out of produc...
My favorite sex scene is still the one in 'Fight Club'... As to shooting it, yeah, it really comes down to what the actors want. The main thing is ...
quote:maybe have a manniquin, and have the cuts go very fast... Pretty sure they did that for some of the shots in Highlander (the movie). If I rem...
Depends on how long the people getting married want it to be. I've edited a few wedding videos for a friend and we usually cut them down to about 15 m...
I've been thinking of making some animated shorts with Lightwave (I have a copy too), so I may need assistance at some point :).
quote:I remember reading about how it's a poor format for syncing to picture. Anyone else here know more? It's crystal sync, so should be no proble...
Graphics card is pretty much irrelevant as long as it's supported by the software: for example, Avid only officially support nvidia, though most thing...