quote:TV is nearly impossible to break into in the States I don't know if they still do, but the BBC at least used to have a program for finding ne...
Possibly, but you're unlikely to sell a new TV series in the UK: I know people who've had decent scripts and bankable actors attached but still couldn...
In the UK, if you want a screenwriting career, your best bet is probably TV. That way you can make a living from writing 'Eastenders' and spend your f...
Note that you should always be careful with camera deals that seem too good to be true. I don't know any of the companies listed here, but some disrep...
quote:Can anyone tell me whats so great about editing on a Mac? The only real benefit is that you can run Final Cut Pro, which is Mac-only. If you ...
Yeah, Xpress DV is decently priced these days (about 300 pounds in the UK, AFAIR, so probably about $300 in America :)). However, if you find Premiere...
To be honest, I don't think you're going to find any 'professional' (many people don't regard it that way, but I know people who've edited broadcast s...
Personally, if I had $2000-5000 to spend on a camera at this point it would either be an XL2 or a Sony FX1... they're the only sane choices at this po...
But cheap super-8 cameras sound like sewing machines and don't have crystal sync, so it's very hard to get decent sound with them. Plus shooting super...
The general rule is that one minute of script averages about a minute of movie. But that depends on yor script having an average mix of action and dia...
I've never done it, but I believe the digital image file is output to the film with lasers.
Look through the manual and see if you have a manual audio level setting: a lot of cheaper cameras don't, in which case you're probably stuck with it.
Indeed. I wouldn't even put ten cents into a movie where they wouldn't show me the script beforehand.
Well, it's still 720p regardless of color or black and white: that's probably going to be somewhere between super-8 and 16mm in resolution, with a low...