Blair Witch style made today

[S7CK]

what cameras would you recommend if you wanted to shoot a feature blair witch style but not spend alot of money on nice cameras, but very good handhelds that produce theatre quality picture, I was thinking along the lines of the canon hv20/30/40.

Do you guys know of any other handicams that are cheap, shoot cinema quality(1080 24), have long battery life, and for the sake of recording time I'm leaning towards memory cards. What is the largest size card they have now? Thanks guys.

 

[filmman]

Arri 2c 35mm film production is very practical, especially if you want to go theatrical like Blair Witch. http://www.releasing.net/rawstock

 

[Cassius]

"Cinema quality" and 1080/24 are unrelated. The HV's are good starter cameras.

 

[Nektonic]

Look into video DSLR's:

-- Canon 5D mkII, 7D, & T2i
-- Panasonic GH1

 

[Zak Forsman]

for what you describe, i'd go with the HV20s.

 

[S7CK]

for what you describe, i'd go with the HV20s.

Zak,

If you were to tackle a blair witch style with handicams, what specific camera would you choose? Thanks.

 

[Zak Forsman]

I like the HV20s for this, a lot. Small, excellent picture, rugged. can take external sound. not blair witch style but we shot a short film (in Hindi) in New Zealand using these cameras.

trailer here -> http://cinefist.com/dustrequest

 

[S7CK]

I like the HV20s for this, a lot. Small, excellent picture, rugged. can take external sound. not blair witch style but we shot a short film (in Hindi) in New Zealand using these cameras.

trailer here -> http://cinefist.com/dustrequest

Checked out the trailer, that is beautiful footage, almost to nice lol. I've joined the hv20/30/40 forums and have been asking them some specs but they aren't very helpful.. I think the hv20 might be what I go with, if I get the max memory card and battery life I should be good. Thanks man.

 

[Zak Forsman]

be aware that the HV20 uses HDV tapes. it's the HF (i believe) series that uses cards.

 

[dre83]

Don't forget to give attention to sound also.

Having a dialog in a very buys street with lots of cars will be.... a big hell.... if only recorded with camera mice.

 

[jonE5]

i hate, HATE shaky camera work , at least use a dam shoulder rig

 

[jasonthewho]

I have the HV30, it's a nice cam. But I'd suggest going with the HV40, the way it handles 24 fps is better.

And yeah, Zak's right, it records to tape, not a memory card.