Recent content by Christopher Feder

I am finishing a deployment film from Afghanistan and need some more help. I am in the Post phase of the film and the project is starting to come together as I connect the interviews and video and such. When and how many times should I put a (Name and Rank) title under the person as the...

I am deployed to Afghanistan and I am in the process of editing a short Doc about my deployment. One of the many issues I have is that when I add a still photo over the video (Voice Over) I re-size the still photo to 640x480 and you are able to see the video n both the left and right of the...

I have the Book "Directing the Documentary" by M. Rabiger but I also wanted to know if there are any good DVD's on Interviewing, Lighting, Audio, camera placement suggestions etc.? Chris

I was looking into either the Glidecam 4000 Pro with the smoother shooter or X-10 upgrade or the Indicam Pilot. I will be using it in Afghanistan to film my documentary. I am a soldier serving with the US Army. I was reading alot about the balance issues with glidecam etc. My question is this...

Can the firewire connection on the 100B work for using to download from the MiniDV tape to an external hard drive if the hard drive has a firewire connection? Can I just purchase a Terabyte external hard drive with a firewire connection and use that to bakc up my tapes? Do they make hard...

Ok, so this is my second thread here regarding Doc's. I hope this questions isn't considered a stupid one by film professional standards. I am making a Documentary of my deployment in Afghanistan serving with the US Army. My intention is to film and show more of the "behind the scenes" of war...

Ok, After reading some threads regarding Documentary's I am now a little concerned. After startig a thread on another fourm I was able to narrow my camera selection down to the follwoing: DVX100B, Sony PD170, Canon GL or XL Series or the Canon HV30. Now, after conversations and reading reviews I...