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    KTLA-TV Indie Film Profiles

    Hey Guys, Haven't been on here in a while but I wanted to let you know about a new series that KTLA is running during their morning news show called Indie Profiles. All you have to do is submit your 2-30 minute short film to them and they'll consider it to put clips on air and host your film on...
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    Flickering M2V File?

    While this doesn't happen in any other program whenever I try to import a certain M2V file into premiere it has this odd flickering problem. You can check it out here. http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/15352/1179783195.mov I'm really in the dark on what's causing this.
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    Horizontal Blue Stripes When Capturing or Nothing at All

    Today when I plugged in my DVX to capture a very strange and alarming thing happened. It wouldn't play back the tape. Just a blue screen and where the time code should be was --- -- ---- --:--:--. I tried it on about 4 tapes with the same result. Finally on the fifth tape it eventually started...
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    Tripod Recommendation

    I'm lookin' to buy myself a tripod here in the near future and I was wondering if y'all have any recommendations. I am shooting short films on the DVX. Portability isn't a big concern. Mostly I want functionality and smoothness. I have used mostly Manfrottos in the past but I am definately...
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    Adobe Encore and the Curse of Broken DVDs

    Here's the question. How often do the DVDs you are burning fail (as in error messge pops up) and/or not work on when you try to play them on your DVD player? I have what seems to be an unreasonably high rate of failure on burning DVDs. At least half the time it plain doesn't work and many of the...
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    Getting Scripts Reviewed

    Ok, I really appreciate y'alls comments on scripts on this forum but I was wondering if any of you have ideas on how to get your short scripts reviewed in advance of production. :dankk2:
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    Wise King Midas Second Draft

    Ok Folks, here's the second draft of Wise King Midas. Thanks for y'alls suggestions. I think you'll see that I changed it a lot to reflect your ideas. keep em coming. Particularly I cut down on the description A LOT. I cut three pages from a twelve page script in just descriptions. Here it...
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    Wise King Midas 10 P. Short

    Alright Folks, here's the script that I've been working on recently. It is based on the ancient myth of Midas and the Golden Touch. I think it's enjoyable but let me know what you think. It's a first draft so I still have time to change it for your suggestions. :dankk2...
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    Adaption?

    Ok guys, here's the question. I'm writing a short based on an ancient myth. Should I list it as an adaption and if so what should I credit as the source material. The author is unkown of course.
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    And Now...The Incredible Dissapearing Audio!!!

    Here's my problem folks, I''m working on a project in premiere pro 1.5. When I import any video file with an audio track the audio won't play. The video plays fine but all I get is silence in both the source window and off the timeline. Here's the weird part. If I scroll up and down (fast...
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    Build Your Own Dolly

    I'm sure this is a topic which has been visited many times, however, I'm trying to build my own track dolly and I'm looking to find the best instructions out there. I've searched around and found a few different designs but I'd like to know in your opinion what the best instructions are. I saw...
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    Build Your Own Dolly

    I'm sure this is a topic which has been visited many times, however, I'm trying to build my own track dolly and I'm looking to find the best instructions out there. I've searched around and found a few different designs but I'd like to know in your opinion what the best instructions are. I saw...
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    Best Filters, What Fits, etc. etc...

    Hey Ya'll, Ok, here's my deal. I just bought a new DVX100B. Yes, I'm very proud of my baby.:love4: ;-) Anyhow, I'm looking for filters that will fit the camera. Do ya'll have suggestions for who makes the best filters? Also, I've kinda been looking at Cokin but all I see is that the filters fit...
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