Im am The lowest budget filmmaker on the planet

Well, I'm going to ask a question that may be rude, but isn't meant to be. If you can't afford to make the movie, why are you making it? This trend grows and grows....people buy a camera (or worse, try and get someone to shoot their movie for free), want great sound, great picture, great acting, and don't want to pay for it. I guess I'm just a bit tired of people trying to get me to pay for their movie. (I know, I'm ranting a bit...) I just got off the phone with a UPM that wanted me to do sound for free. I offered to just charge an equipment rental fee of $100/day (about the same as a crappy rental setup here in SF) and they balked at that (I was willing to waive a day rate on this one because I just got a bunch of new equipment and want to use it...so I was already being charitable).

I know the original poster here wasn't trying to get someone else to do it for free...just a raw nerve tonight.

As far as a DAT or MiniDisk recorder goes, check ebay. There are always lots of good deals on both...you could also probably pick up a used A-T897 for fairly low cost.
 
Had many days like that myself Ptalsky.

I think most of the posters in here are just trying to learn and understand that they are operating at a novice level. When someone start talking about "Hollywood sound" for cheap or doing some professional video work but refuse to invest anything in sound I have learned to just button my lip. No amount of telling them they need to suck it up and maybe actually spend some money and time on sound has ever made a difference from what I have seen. Let em learn the hard way.

In the real world I still get people trying to talk my day rate down to below what even a basic audio package rental would cost. "It's a great movie and we are going to be able to sell it no problem." (don't even get me started on the fact they know nothing of how to sell a completed movie) I truely don't know anymore if these guys are deluding themselves or have no problem lying to others to get what they want.

If one weren't born every minute these movies would never get made. :happy:

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reflex said:
dude jamesmather... that movie prey alone, in your sig , ohman! thats like the coolest thing i've EVER seen come off of 16mm. The effects are just nuts!
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Thanks a million for the great review! Much appreciated.

James:thumbsup:
 
The words "Windows", "Movie", and "Maker" should never be used in the same sentence. Or used at all.
 
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