Recent content by willgote

Here are some test color treatments (or lack of color treatements) that I did to some footage that we shot for a documentary on the Korean comfort women. I was going for a Pi sort of look. The treatment will likely not be seen in the film, and if it does, only during a 15 second blurb at the...

Hello all, Has anyone used a Red #25 filter on the DVX to shoot for black and white? My background is in non-digital photography, and I know that using a Red 25 when shooting with black and white film increases contrast and darkens the sky. Does the same apply to the digital realm? So far...

I've just filmed a few interviews that were conducted in Korean. I need to capture the interviews and write them to DVD to be translated into English for editing. What's the best way to get the interviews to DVD so the timecode on the DVD matches the timecode of the original clip in FCP? Is...

I've got a shoot in a few days that I want to have streaks of light coming through a window. I will be filming former Korean comfort women (some who are in their 80s), so cigar or cigarette smoke isn't a good solution. I've been thinking of lighting some incense sticks to smoke-up the room a...

I'm a fairly new user of the DVX, so maybe this is a dumb question. But, recently when I've been using the camera, a flashing red circle with an "X" through the center of it appears in the upper left-hand corner of the LCD just next to where the "no tape" symbol would flash. I have NO IDEA what...

I'm new to the digital film world, and I have some questions about the ND filter. First, I'm wondering how the ND filter works. Obviously it cuts out light in bright situations, but how does it do this? Does it do it digitally? Is there an actual filter that moves across the iris? Also, does...