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Not sure if this is at all possible yet but I was curious if anyone has already tried making the raspberry pi as a low cost standalone P2 offload station. It has two usb ports for USB based PCMCIA cards and a external hard drive. So you can offload to the drive immediately. There is a group...

Recently I volunteered to help a local community center by shooting a commercial for them. I do some short films here and there with friends so they asked if I can help them and I said yes. I am an engineer for a living and do short films as a hobby but have been wanting to do more paid stuff...

Tagline - The Cake - Purple, Green, and Gold Icing with a romantic filling View the film: http://www.dvxfest.com/lossfest/index.php?id=2900491 Cast Margot.................................Samantha Elmer Tom......................................Dan Maher...

Tagline: All women want to be hookers deep down inside. Watch the film: http://vimeo.com/2443449 Cast: Driver - Nathan Phillips Sarah - Jane Horvath Hooker 1 - Joanna Goodell Hooker 2 - Jenny Wells Crew Director - Maher Mahmud Writers - Maher Mahmud and Moses Garcia Script Supervisor -...

Anyone know how to achieve a Dip to Red? The only option I have in Premiere Pro CS3 are Dip to Black and Dip to White. Is it possible to make it Dip to Red?

I recently shot a short film on my HVX200 using the 720 24PN setting. I dumped it into Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 for editing and it worked great. Now I am trying to export the sequence but no matter what settings I try the film looks squeezed and overly compressed. I tried Uncompressed...

I am looking for someone skilled with After Effects to do some effects work on my short film entry to Twilight Fest. I need someone that knows how to change the eye-color of one of my actors. Maybe more if time allows. I am in and around the Allentown, PA area if that makes a difference. Send...

I had a short film shoot over the weekend. We shot some stuff in a dimly lit room. The footage on the HVX LCD looked well lit when shooting however now, on my NLE, the footage is very dark. Is there any reason for this? How can I correct this or prevent it from happening in the future?

Does the camera save the white balance settings when you change batteries or shut the camera down? My white balance always seems to change when I unplug the camera or swap batteries. What's the proper way to do this and save the settings?

Hello guys, I would appreciate your help with an issue I am having. I've been using an Oktava MK012A, "Bello Nero" with Cardioid Capsule, for about a year and a half now. This mic was working great up until about 1 week ago. For some reason now the mic will not pick up any sound. I have...

I tried to do a search but the tool didn't like the words red or eye so I am posting a new topic. Can anyone kindly point me to a tutorial where I can learn to make a person's eyes red like the Devil's in after effects? What I am going for is when my character pulls down his glasses he...

Anyone here make a lot of international calls from mobile to mobile? What services do you end up using, i.e. what is the cheapest (preferably free :)) method you use to make calls? My fiancé is overseas for the next year and calling rates are killing me. I burn through a $10 calling card in...

"Fate of the Red Katana" A father struggles to protect his son from the trials of joining the 'Order of the Red Katana'

Would I need to get a release to a use a song if my actress is going to sing it in the movie (she will only be singing, there will be no music playing)? For example, if she sings Amazing Grace would I need to get the proper forms to use that song or does that only apply when you are using...

I always have trouble writing a good logline to my script. I find I worry over the logline more than I worry over the script. What techniques do you guys use? Do you come up with a logline before or after finishing the script? Are you ever fully satisfied with it?

Just uploaded my script. This is the first fest I have entered. In fact this is the first script of any kind I have finished. Title: Officer Needs Assistance Logline: When an officer needs help who does he turn to? Look forward to hearing people's comments. Good luck everyone. Maher

Anyone know of any good sites that list current and future on-line short film competitions? Obviously there is this site and I know of withoutabox.com but are there any other good sites?

Anybody use this laptop as a monitor/focus device? For $2K you get a 1920x1200 LCD screen, an Nvidia Quadro 540FX video card, a PCMCIA slot, Expresscard slot, 3 usb, a fire-wire port, and a 2.5Ghz Core 2 Duo processor. I would think this would be good for focusing as well as a decent editting...

I am trying to create a DVD of a soccer tournament I recorded. I completed my sequence in Adobe Premier Pro 2 and am ready to create a DVD of this sequence so I can copy and pass around to parents. What is the best method to do this in Adobe? Also, the movie I created from the sequence came...

This is a basic question but for the life of me I can't find the answer. What is the easiest method to clear the timecode (set it back to 0's)? Right now I am manually re-adjusting the numbers but there must be an easier way. I couldn't find the answer in Barry's book or the manual...