MattHawkins Online - Film Making Forum

I almost bought one of these for a film I was making over a year ago. It made me really nervous though thinking that a $2,000+ camera was sitting on the hood of my car mounted to a suction cup. It was too risky to me, though I'm sure the product works just fine. You may want to just buy a cheap Mini...

Now, there's one thing I don't know. Is this filter vinyl going to reduce the light from outside enough that I can use the exposure I need for a well-lit interior scene and still not have a washed-out window or a darkened interior? It's difficult to judge without physical experimentation. However, ...

I've been using a free script template for Word for over a year and it's been great!

OutcastJiob wrote:I'd just put a "t" in your air lines and run one line for blood and one for baby powder.

Sounds like the best approach without resorting to compositing.

In a nutshell: Film clone one, film clone two, film a clean background, mask frame-by-frame, composite.

This may get you started:

http://www.nccinema.ch/efx11.html

windog wrote:does it need PhanP?

No.

Sony isn't the cheapest by a long shot. But from my experiences, it has been the best! Except for when they make something kickass, but ruin it by leaving off certain features. For example, their new HD cams (FX1 & Z1U) without 24p (or any progressive mode). They slap on some psuedo progressive...

Are there any drawbacks to doing it like this? If your final destination is the web, then no. In fact, cropping would be a better approach (there will be less data to compress). It'll be fine for web use. If you're going to watch it on a 4:3 TV, then there is no point in cropping off the black bars...

Crop off the black bars in your NLE (or in something like Cleaner XL) to make the footage anamorphic. When you export the file, either choose a pixel aspect ratio of 16:9 (1.2), or export with the pixel dimensions of a widescreen image (720x480 in 4:3 is 854x480 in 16:9).

I've never heard of someone doing it in After Effects. I've done it a few times in Photoshop, though I've never tried it with After Effects.. I'm sure you can accomplish it with some basic masking and keyframing.

Sounds like all you need to do is deinterlace the footage. This can be done in most NLEs.

Almondo99 wrote:It's good for begining special effects, but doesn't have a lot of options. I would get Final Cut or Premeire.

Final Cut and Premiere are great NLEs, but will not solve your effects needs. After Effects or Combustion will work wonders in that department.

In the US, yes. In the UK, no (or so I've been told).

Decide for yourself:

http://www.resellerratings.com/seller2003.html

A power inverter may work (if you have a car), depending on how much equipment you need to run off this.

Miniatures I believe.

And the larger the CCDs, the better.

You can check out the following website for some ideas on how to make realistic miniature buildings. Some of the buildings shown are quite stylized, but you can modify things to fit your vision and guidelines.

http://www.terragenesis.co.uk/

Similar sites also exist. Good luck!

There are some new HDV cameras coming out that have the ability to shoot 60p, along with 24p and 30p. Higher end HD cams should also allow variable frame rates (usually just 24p, 30p, and 60p). Other than that, I've never heard of a "camcorder" than can shoot higher frame rates, but any fi...

The movie was great from what I saw. But, like others, it stopped at around the sixteen minute mark.

You can just apply a deinterlace filter to the footage. I don't use Vegas, though I'm almost positive it's got some sort of deinterlacing option. When viewed on a television, you will not notice the interlace lines. However, on a something progressive, such as a computer monitor, the lines will be i...

Same for me. The link doesn't work.

That would be my guess...

Passit wrote:the web link says 33.16

I knew I must have missed it somewhere.

It also appears from the description that it needs phantom power from the jack... Wow. Very good point. If, in fact, it does need phantom power, this could be a huge determining factor in whether or not this is a viable option. Phantom power aside, this is probably not the best mic to use in this s...