Yeah, I'm sure you could shoot it for 10k if you used short ends and a cheap camera, but unless it's the DoP's own camera and you know it's properly m...
And, for that matter, think about how you're going to sell it before you shoot it: 'Blair Witch' is a good example, being successful almost entirely d...
Well, 'dv in/out' probably is Firewire: the thing is, if I remember correctly, Firewire as a name is trademarked by Apple, so companies have to pay a ...
I'm not sure about Sony: you'd probably have to find out who's involved in the HD side of the company and talk to them specifically. From what I've he...
Back on topic, thinking about this one again I seem to remember the commentary track of one movie I watched talking about how they had the actors hold...
Yeah, definitely: I've seen a lot of people rush into making their first movie and then regret it when they see the rushes and realise they made a big...
Dunno about USB, but a friend of mine has a cheap JVC camera with Firewire in and out, so if you just want to practice shooting and editing that might...
If this is your first short, I'd do the PA job then shoot yours. You'll learn a lot from working on someone else's movie, even if it's only how not to...
Good weather, set mostly outdoors, and a bunch of reflectors (even if it's just polystyrene roofing tiles). Movie film stocks at 500ASA aren't horr...
There are, or were, several stores in London selling used super-8 and 16mm cameras (note: they're not camcorders, they're film cameras). The Widescree...
quote:My film is 70 min long and i was hoping to be able to buy about 160 mins worth of stock to shoot on. That'll give me two takes. I'm a newbie so ...
About the only thing I can think of would be to use it for 3D animation: a lot of programs let you render on multiple PCs at the same time, to speed u...
quote:Yes. Very different. Well, not _that_ different. You get telecine tapes, edit the tapes on your PC or Mac and then send off an EDL to get the...
Freeze the room. AFAIR that's what they did for 'Exorcist'.
Well, I never use auto white balance: outdoors it's sunlight, indoors it's tungsten, unless there's such a mix of light colors that I have to set it m...