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I was overjoyed to see this community back and thriving! My goodness, it's great to be back. Everything I know, I am, and have accomplished started and was supported here. I even bought my first real cinema camera because I got frustrated in the RED 3k for 3k thread here, and someone posted a...

How do you decide what tactics and obstacles to use when on set and how do you cover the scenes without using the Master Scene, and how do you cover the scenes once you change tactics for choices that don't work?

I need a writer to create just a 1st draft of a screenplay. I'm a realist so just tell me how much it's going to cost upfront. We can discuss the story here or privately. PM me or email me at mharris@bankruptcinema.com. Thanks Melvin

Could we also bring some of the battery talk from the master forum out here? I am looking for options having never powered any thing from a single power source as I would like to do with this system...

Does anyone know the specs of the SSDs we should be using for this camera? List? Details? Ideas? Thanks!

As an AF100 film, I would love to discuss the way they shot this film. It was interesting to say the least. Did I miss the celebration of this film as a testament to the viability of the m4/3 format as a legitimate choice for feature film production especially in the action with visual effects...

if so, how? How are you breaking down scripts? How are you choosing your cinematographers? How are you deciding where your narrative beats go? How are you making decisions about storyboards? How do you go about the craft?

if I have a full compliment of FD and EF mount lenses? It has been discussed that the glass makes the difference in the case of this cam, and building in some CP.2's is always a welcome side effect, but it will prolong my getting the camera itself... It just seems easier to buy it in a one...

I have been fortunate to be asked to work with the Gulf Coast International Film Festival here in Texas. In talking with the festival board, I have convinced them to allow me to create panel discussions, master classes, and filmmaker Q&As. I think that it's an important part of the festival and...

This one goes out to all of the guy and gals directing projects using your own equipment... How do advances in cameras and other production technologies flavor your directing style. Clarification: The producers and director of Black Dynamite took a step backward and shot on 16mm reversal to...

What would be the workflow when dealing with VFR stuff from the camera? Is it even possible to do it when the HPG20 records 1080/60i and the VFR stuff is in 24 or 30... just can't wrap my head around it. I want AVC-Intra, but it seems weird with the HPG20 having no native recording formats...

I posted this at DVinfo also... I am wondering how to create between 6:1 to 10:1 contrast ratio with 4000 watts of light, umbrellas, softboxes, and home depot clamp lights. Here are a few variables... 1. shooting with a GH1 with a canon 16 to 35mm 2.8L zoom on an adapter that doesn't allow me...

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I honestly didn't think that the GH1 would hold up to a direct comparison, straight up, with the other cameras, but I am very surprised with how well the little guy did. There were some things about the camera that did bother me, seeing it like this, but no more than finding out your super hot...

My question is how to create a consistent look from wide shots to close ups indoors with tracking shots using a hard light, a softbox, and available light between 3 and 6 pm or during a time of rapidly changing light.

Is the GH1 adequate for SD-DVD and web distribution. I mean c'mon... I really don't care about 5,7,9,or 11d's, or Ti, or whatever... I've got students who want to use it and have made award winning projects but will probably never see theatrical distribution. Heck, I doubt if I will ever see it...

I am experimenting with creating an all encompassing book of everything I need to make a job happen- shooting script with notes, beats, and boards, lighting diagrams, camera moves, just everything I need to remember. I tend to be very right brained and forget about the smaller (and sometimes...

I have searched this forum and others, I have used the search options, and no, this question has never been answered with any finality. Can someone please explain, definitively, why it is impossible, improbable, unlikely, and/or not recommended for anyone to try to shoot a feature for a...

The footage looks like crap and I have done everything I was supposed to. I mean it. I rendered and burned some footage out and it looks like I was watching an 8mm film in a swimming pool with sand in my eyes. I am destroyed. This sucks. Any advice?

There has been a lot of talk about the potential that Crank 2 showed in making a movie... the only problem is that it is tanking. Question- do you think that the critical panning of the film will be a detriment to moviemakers who are going the same route visually. Not necessarily with the...