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Hi! Can you help me in this decision? I am shooting a short film with the BM Pocket Pro 6K and everything has gone well until we started shooting exterior night scenes in natural street lights. I had to apply ISO 3200 to get a decent image and the noise is pretty evident. I have several other...

Hi folks, when I've done a short film project (or any film project of importance), I save all the takes, the complete footage of the production, "just in case". The benefit - if someone discovers any error or someone asks for a new cut, I'd have everything there to work with. Disadvantage - lots...

Hi! Back in 2007-2008 I made a short film which is now on Youtube. Now, in 2020, an ad agency in New York is asking me to sell them a license of a 20-30s clip from my film to use in a worldwide advertising campaign for a mid-sized multinational financial company. (during a year with possible...

Hi everybody. I know there are tons of filmmaking discussion forums out there, like dvxuser. But is there any forum out there specifally about making tv shows?

Hello everybody. I have been working as a provider of television production services for foreign clients in Colombia for a couple of years and it has been going pretty well. But something I have been wondering is if I charge correctly. Usually I use a mix of market sense, intuition and...

Hi, we want to buy a slider in the $500 range that later can be expanded with motor accessories. Desired characteristics: - To use with DSLR-sized cameras plus occasionally a C300 or similar (if it can take a FS-7 would be awesome but I suppose will not be possible in this range) - Ability to...

Hello guys, I wonder if there is anybody here who has experience from producing or directing a reality show? Or if you've been on set on one, and you understand the setups etc. I ask because I would like to get some tips on producing/directing this format as I am possibly joining a project (an...

Hi, are there more people here that love to listen to filmmaking podcasts? I do so a lot. What I have found though, is that most podcasts available are all about "Indie", "DIY", "Microbudget filmmaking" etc. They tend to interview smaller filmmakers that barely made it, that got together...

Hi, I am finishing a film in 23.98 fps but my colorist accidently mastered in 29.97 fps and it can't be undone, what is the best way to get it back to 23.98 fps? I work in Final Cut Pro X 10.4.4. When I view the files he sent me (in vlc for example), every fifth frame is a repeated still frame...

Hello I wonder if anybody knows what subtitle format is best for film festivals. It seems most festivals require burnt-in subtitles, but is there an exact specification on size, color, placement, background etc that would serve all festivals?

Hi, I have previosly used Withoutabox to submit a film to festivals around the world, but now it says on their website that they are phasing out their services during 2019. Which other services will now help me get into big and small festivals? What do you recommend?

Panasonic Lumix G7, but the inserted image is from Phantom 3 drone footage.

Hello I wonder if there is any easy way to reduce moiré on footage in post-production? I have some footage from Panasonic mirrorless camera and some drone footage (Phantom 3) with this problem.

Hello, I wonder what brightness is best to use on a Macbook screen when editing video in FCPX, I haven't calibrated my screen but with our without calibration I'd like to know what brightness other people set, because I tend to have it on 100% all the time, is that too much? If I lower it, my...

Hello I am new to using Neat video noise filter. I have a basic question, when applying the filter and if it looks too plastic or smooth, what is normally the way to reduce the filter's strength to let's say half or 3/4 to get back some of the fine texture from the original video? Do you reduce...

Hello, I am editing a pretty big short film project in FCPX on a Macbook Pro and the library is just getting very slow and takes for ever to load. I have many many original clips (as referenced), several versions on projects within the library and I work with proxy files when I edit. I don't...

Hello, I am working in Final Cut Pro and have some scenes with heavy digital noise. My colorist is using Davinci and is trying to remove noise using Davinci's own noise filter. I think the results are very moderate. I am now looking at a trial of Neat Video's filter and it looks better at a...

Hi all, I am finishing a short film project, I have edited in Final Cut Pro X (latest version) and a friend graded the film in Davinci Resolve on a PC. The film is natively shot on 4K ProRes 422HQ. However, we discovered that there is no ProRes export option in Davinci on PC, so my friend...

Hello, I would like to hear if you create catch light in your film scenes (light point in the eyes) - especially in close ups - and how you do it? Do you use any specific light source for this or do you just angle the talent or camera view so an already existing light source creates the catch light?

Hello, I wonder if anybody knows of a contiuous behind-the-scenes video in Youtube or so, I am referring to where you can follow a production without interruption, preferably in Hollywood or in a big studio. So that you can see and hear discuccions, waiting times etc, and not only short clips of...