Recent content by abalex

Hello everyone I'm shooting a feature this coming fall, the budget is 30k + some sponsorship from local companies(gas money, food, etc) I have a gh2, my dp has the canon 7d and another friend of mine is waiting for his blackmagic 2.5k. I have senheisser sound system, h4zoom, an arri lighting...

I'm selling my hvx gear with monitors and p2 cards. I'm planning on getting about 4k (marshall monitor costs 1200 ) I really like the pana gh2 but people keep talking beauty about the 5D. Pros and cons? I know there are lots of forums talking about this but I just want to get your personal...

So I'm going to be filming a feature with the pana gh2 and I would like to get a list of the best lenses(PL,C, anything) I can get for a reasonable price, lenses that will give me that "film" look. I know this movie "Hills Green" was shot with a gh13 and anamorphic lenses. please help, thanks

Saw the trailer on apple.com and was blown away. Once again, story is key plus great acting.....BUT at first I thought this was 35mm and then decided to double check..... http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/paramount_vantage/likecrazy/

My friend Bryce Bishop is moving to LA to pursue his acting career. He's a multi talented person, he's a great actor, he build sets professionally, does crafty, and understands a lot of the legallities of producing a movie. He doesn't have a lot of contacts down in LA so this is why I'm trying...

Hi I'm planning on putting my camera and lights to work. I want to start renting my equipment and do the one week rental, month rental and so on and so forth. I'm not an expert on this field so I need your advice or do's and don'ts of camera rental, insurance and all that jazz.....I'm doing a...

Check this out!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSb10s_04NY&feature=related

Which camera would you use if you had 300k to burn on a feature?

I was looking for dollies and found this interesting system...take a look... http://www.cameragrip.co.uk/acatalog/hague_mini_table_dolly.html

Does anyone here uses or owns one of these jibs? I just bought one and I'm trying to set it up with a Manfrotto 503 tripod and can't seem to get it right. Is anyone using this jib with this type of tripods? I just want to see how you set it up.... here is the...

Hey everyone, a good friend of mine ask me to put the word around so here I am......my friend is really interested in getting to know more filmmakers and trying to get more experience working in productions, he's thinking of getting into the film business and asked me for some help. I told him...

I'm not the Dp but I'm writing this threat for my friend (he doesn't have a dvxuser account), he's interested in expanding his network and for this reason he's willing to travel anywhere in the US. He understand the needs of today's independent filmmakers and fellow dvxusers and is willing to...

I'm working on building my own follow focus but I don't know where to buy a ring for it....I was looking at cheap stores(home depot, lowes) etc...any advice? I'm trying not to spend more than $50 on a damn ring..:) thanks g.

Hey guys...I was on ebay looking for a light meter when I found this adapter....price is good and it looks promising.... check it out: http://ikord35.blogspot.com/2009/01/ikord-v3_22.html cheers george

ok, the problem I;m having is that every time I upload the movie onto youtbe it comes out looking 4:3 and I want it to look 16:9....I need help with compression setting... I've tried sizes like 720x480, 680x470,480x360 and it always looks squeezed(4:3) this is my movie...