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    The Shepherd - 13 mins

    A hunting weekend turns deadly when past secrets are revealed. http://vimeo.com/3014767 I was invited on a hunting trip this summer and since I don't hunt I thought I'd bring along my HV20. I put some adds on the internet that I was looking for a short script about 4 guys on a hunting trip...
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    Tips for Obtaining Film Financing

    Film Financing Strategies Would anyone care to write some notes, advice, war stories, mistakes, lessons learned, about raising investment finances for your films. I found an online mp3 from Suzanne Lyons of Snowfall films to be extremely helpful. She was very transparent about her strategies...
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    Dynamic Range & Lighting Problem HV20

    I just finished shooting a short film about a hunting trip that goes wrong. For the most part I really like the results that I was getting from the HV20 that I was using. As I'm editing now I see some of the problem shots that have issues with dynamic range...
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    offline hdv60i to online prores 422 24p

    I have about 300 minutes of footage that I shot and will be editing that down to about 10 minutes. I've imported the footage that was shot on the HV20 at hdv60i. I converted the first 60 minutes to Prores 422 24p ... it looks great and that is what I want my final format to be. The prores...
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    Hardware needed for color correction / grading

    Hi I'm in post production phase of a feature length horror film shot with the HVX200. I'm editing with FCP 5.1 Its time to Color Grade this and I'm wondering what hardware I need to do this. Do I need something like the matrox MXO box to get accurate colors or can I use my LCD monitor without...
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    Shotlist Creation Process?

    I think a huge process in filmmaking is the creation of your shotlist. I'm really interested in sharpening these skills before my next shoot. Lets say you have your crew ready and you have a great script. What are the steps that you take to create a shotlist and the blocking for the scenes...
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    What lessons did you learn from this film?

    I'm interested in hearing some of the lessons that you learned while shooting and editing your films. This project was a huge learning curve for me. There is such a big difference in your head knowledge, and actually going out their and doing it. Some of these things on my list are so basic...
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    THREE pm - by Red Ant Productions

    Cast: Barry Nerling as Micheal Kevin Friesen as Bobbie Irmary Basson as Sarah BK Singh as Sandeep Parv Uppal as Dominic Ron Bryson as Customs Agent Simon Mills as Store Manager Crew: Simon Mills - Assistant Director Rhett Moffat - Production Assistant Garnet Campbell - Director
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    HV night shoot

    This is some footage I captured in Vancouver at night. I had it in Cinemode. What are you recommendations for these kind of lighting conditions? http://www.vimeo.com/647798
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    matching shots with different shutter speeds

    I was shooting a scene outside , two people talking around some parked cars. It was very bright and I wanted a short depth of field, even after using the ND filter the shot was still too bright, I bumped up the shutter speed to 1/500 so I could lower my F stop. All of the other scenes for this...
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    60i to 24p with apple compressor

    Does anyone know how to properly convernt 60i SD footage to 24p footage with apple compressor? When putting that 24p footage into a timeline again does it need to be a 24p timeline or can it be 24p look in a 60i timeline? Garnet
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    rotoscope bullet hole problem

    I used a fake stick on bullet hole during a recent shoot and now Im trying to erase the edges of the plastic in photoshop. http://www.redantdc.com/dvx/glassstill.png The sequence is about 29 frames long. I exported out of Final Cut and imported into Photoshop and used a blur tool to removed...
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    Short Film shot at night

    This film was shot with the DVX100a mostly within a car at night time. It was shot in 24P mode which presented some problems in the amount of light that we needed. In retrospect I feel that we probably should not have used 24p because of the lack of light. This was written, shot and edited by...
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    Rock Video - Live Trains

    This is my first rock video with the dvx100a Www.whitfield.tk/videos/etlovelrg.mov (20.8 megs) I guess the biggest challenge was the changing light as it got darker and trying to create some kind of continuity. We lucked out and had a couple trains go by as we were shooting. Garnet Red Ant...
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    how to light interior of a car at night

    Can anyone give me some suggestions on how to light the interior of a car at night. I have two actors in the front seat. the tone is drama / suspense. The car is moving so its not possible to use exterior lights. Perhaps somethiing that could be powered by the 12v lighter... Im interested in...
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