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Hi I am interested in learning about art direction, scene design, and production design. I was wondering if someone could recommend some sites, books, or other forms of learning. I didn't see any sticky articles here on the fundamentals. I read another article somewhere on this site talking...

I didn't really know where to post this question so I just chose here. I am making about 20 commercials for the dorritos contest which hasn't started yet and had a question concerning one of them. I basically need to do an effect where flash and smoke fill the screen for a few seconds to reveal...

I have the HDC HS9 panasonic consumer HD camcorder and there doesn't appear to be a port for an XLR adapter. I have heard ofa USB to XLR adapter. Does anyone know if this would work on this camera? I'm having to use this fora short film and would like to buy a shotgun mike if I can get an...

Hi I was wondering if anyone had any tips or tricks having to do with compositing to get a variety of looks.

Not sure where is best to post this question, but I was wondering if anyone had tips on compositing in FCP. Tips on how to get certain film looks through compositing I suppose is the clearest I can be or just cool looks in general.