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I'm mostly a documentary filmmaker and I will be upgrading my cameras along with a Ninja V monitor to shoot Apple ProRes. Which version of ProRes would be best to shoot in? I've heard mixed feedback in other forums but for documentaries I won't be color grading to any major significance and will...

Hello, I purchased a Pro Track from Pond5 for a film. I understand I have a fill out a Cue sheet and submit to ASCAP. While looking at the Cue sheet I noticed it's asking for broadcaster name. What if I don't actually know who the broadcaster is? I have a guy I know from a Public Access...

Let's say a client hires an editor to edit their music video of a cover song. Is the editor legally held liable for damages if they were paid by a client who didn't get permission for the cover song in his or her video or is it's the clients responsibility to get permission? What if the client...

Hello, I'm getting a grant to film a documentary for the 100th anniversary of the Woman's Suffrage movement. I will be filming at the State House, Parade and other public locations. I've checked and the locations are all public and will be either in government owned buildings or outside on the...

Hello, Hopefully I'm posting this in the right section. I am looking into buying an HDR 10 bit 4k monitor but I've read many of them are not true HDR or true 10 bit and are fake knock offs. How do I verify which is really 10 bit and what is really HDR? I know an editor that has this monitor...

Hello, I was offered to create a short film about a history center where performances are held. I met with the person and we agreed in person that I would wait to hear more of the details and I would send them a contract. Person told me she wanted me to film one performance before contract was...

I've been struggling with finding a good way to use headphones while filming in super loud environments like Music performances, Protests etc. My camera headphone volume is all the way up and I can hardly hear anything in the headphones as the outside noise is overpowering what I would hear in...

Hello, I run a film business and I'm wondering if this following is legal and or how much risk there is. The other day a mother emailed to ask if I would film her son's dance recital. I know lots of the other kids and their parents so getting permission to film other kids that may appear...

Hello, I have a video camera that records in 10 bit but my monitors are only 8 bit. I have premiere in 2019. Will I see any difference editing on an 8 bit monitor? If so what am I missing? Also is YouTube, Facebook or Instagram 10 bit or 8 bit? Thanks, Bryce

A friend of mine made an account on here. It's been an entire 2 weeks and he still cant' post anything. He's sent emails to the web owner. Gets nothing in response. What should he do?

I have posted here about transcoding before but this question is a little different. Apple has finally released Prores on windows 10 and Adobe Premiere. I've read online a major debate between whether an editor should transcode their footage first or edit from the camera files. Is it a myth...

I am looking into purchasing one of these for my pro video camcorder https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1137174-REG/dji_ronin_m_3_axis_handheld_stabilizer.html Issue is the camera I have which is a canon xa25 doesn't support a remote that controls the exposure. I have asked BH Photo and...

I understand that Transcoding will not magically make my footage any better for color grading but I just read a new thing and it's puzzling me. I read that if I were to use native media such as H264 and export that out to say MPG2 the quality is much worse and rather I should transcode all...

Hello, I work for a non profit organization that has asked me to film kids in a shopping mall during Christmas because they are doing a documentary film on a guy being santa clause who happens to have special needs. The organization is trying to bring awareness to special needs and...

Hello, Forgive me if my terminology is not 100 percent correct but I borrowed an uncompressed RAW camera from a friend and I was trying to edit the files in Premiere Pro which are very large by the way and thus wouldn't play back without dropping frames. I tried creating proxy files out of...

Here is a video screenshot of me going from the transcoded clip to native. You will see the minor detail differences as I switch back and forth. Particularly by the guys finger with his ring on it. The transcoded clip is on the top and the native clip is on the bottom. The sharpness comes back...

Hello, Some guy was telling me when I make a DVD to always create a Disk Image along with a Master DVD. What's the purpose of making a Disk Image when you already have the master on a DVD and you can just duplicate from that?

Anyway to do this when I'm a small one man operating business? Can I actually get my short 30 min documentary on say Netflix, iTunes amazon video etc and earn money from streaming etc? So far I can't find a way to do this. Any tips? thanks, Bryce

Long story short. I run a film business. Customer came to me to hire me to film an event. I filmed this 6 months ago. I have not gotten paid for the filming nor have I gotten paid for the editing which was both agreed upon and in writing way before I filmed. Customer even keeps changing their...

Hello, the deadline for a project is tomorrow and I got a problem. I have a color calibrated monitor which I calibrated using a Spyder system. The waveform and scopes show the people's faces between 60-75 IRE with the brightest spots between 95 to 98 depending on camera movement etc. I burned...