I used real guns. No bullets, not blanks. That's all for post production. Just aim and recoil when you pull the trigger. While editing I can hear the ...
You might have noticed that low budget movies occasionally appear to be of inferior quality. That is often because lighting setups can be rushed or no...
The standard way a movie is shot is the camera is brought up to speed before the Director says action. That means film is running through the camera a...
Imagine for a minute that the crews are paid for an 8 hour day, you've run 7 hours and you are basically done for the day but the director wants anoth...
Some folks don't change lenses or do so rarely so getting a camera that has that functionality might not be such a big plus. RJSchwarz
Proper lighting can make the difference. Do a search on this site and this discussion came up somewhere before. The main answer was proper three point...
Even if you use umbrellas you are likely to get rain sounds over the audio. I don't know of a solution. RJSchwarz
I could be wrong, but I think you need a screenplay and comparisons to similar movies and how much those movies cost and how much money they made to f...
Another thing, if you can't afford anything beyond the camera you might want to find someone with audio gear (in a band or something) and team up with...
Another thing to keep in mind, shoot exteriors first whenever possible with an INT as a backup. That way you won't lose days of shooting waiting for t...
You could always but the stock footage: But notice the disclaimer: "NOTE: Audio excerpts from the speech "I Have a Dream" - excluding quotes from S...
I would suggest you mention it (if it comes out later someone might pull the plug) but emphasize that you learned how to work quickly and at super eff...
Shooting on weekends is doable but you need to be organized and have limited locations. You also need to worry about cast and crew scheduling. Last...
Bottles of water. Small sized bottles of water. The large ones might seem a better deal but at the end of the day you'll find dozens of half filled bo...
That would depend upon your editing program I suspect. FCP has an export to Frame by Frame deal built in. I suspect Premier does as well. Not sure abo...