AndyBloxham
New member
How’s it going? I’m new here. This seems like a great place for discussions and etc.
Like most of you, I’m into filmmaking. I’ve done one half hour project as a feature on gender roles for a psychology class, with the piece basically being a comedy with fictional characters and roles reversed. I used a Sony TRV19 to shoot it. In the end, it seemed to go over really well. For years I had wanted to start doing movies and that opened the door for me. Now, with the demise of my band, I’m selling my drums and planning to buy a DVX100 in the next few weeks. I learned to edit in Adobe Premiere 6.0 and feel comfortable in it, but are there better programs to use? I don’t have a Mac nor the money for a G5, so FCP is out of the question.
Is anyone else in this situation? I’ve been a writer all of my life. It was actually suggested to me that I go to grad school to get my MFA in creative writing. I was thinking about it, but am leaning more towards film school now. On the other hand, I’ve had professors tell me that I should get into drama due to my acting in plays I’ve written for classes. Then on the other hand, people are telling me to pursuer video editing. And I also love taking urban b&w photography and organizing scenery into stories. To sum it up, I love all aspects of movies equally and can’t decide on which aspect I would like to focus on. I’m working on a script right now from a story I’ve been throwing together for a few years now. I can’t decide if I want to act in the movie or not, though, and if so, do I want to be a main character or a bit character? Being the bit character would allow me more time behind the camera to see the big picture of the scene, but being a main character would allow me to act as well, something I really enjoy doing, too.
I’m already gathering permission rights from bands across the nation to possibly use in this movie. From what I’ve learned from playing shows and touring during the past 6 years while being in a band, I had an idea of taking this movie to colleges around the state (Louisiana) and connecting states and showing it in auditoriums for students (free admission). Outside, a merchandise table can be set up to sell DVDs and any other various movie stuff that might make people remember your movie better. Does anyone ever do this with his or her films, or is it even something commonly done?
Anyway, sorry for rattling on for so long. My production crew is really just… me… right now. There are not a lot of people involved in stuff like this, from what I can tell so far, around here. In time, I would love to bring in more people who are specialized in certain aspects of movie making, but until then, it feels like a one man show. Oh well, it’s just kind of fun to finally find something where all of your interests can be intertwined into one project. Take care…
-Andy
http://www.andybloxham.com
Like most of you, I’m into filmmaking. I’ve done one half hour project as a feature on gender roles for a psychology class, with the piece basically being a comedy with fictional characters and roles reversed. I used a Sony TRV19 to shoot it. In the end, it seemed to go over really well. For years I had wanted to start doing movies and that opened the door for me. Now, with the demise of my band, I’m selling my drums and planning to buy a DVX100 in the next few weeks. I learned to edit in Adobe Premiere 6.0 and feel comfortable in it, but are there better programs to use? I don’t have a Mac nor the money for a G5, so FCP is out of the question.
Is anyone else in this situation? I’ve been a writer all of my life. It was actually suggested to me that I go to grad school to get my MFA in creative writing. I was thinking about it, but am leaning more towards film school now. On the other hand, I’ve had professors tell me that I should get into drama due to my acting in plays I’ve written for classes. Then on the other hand, people are telling me to pursuer video editing. And I also love taking urban b&w photography and organizing scenery into stories. To sum it up, I love all aspects of movies equally and can’t decide on which aspect I would like to focus on. I’m working on a script right now from a story I’ve been throwing together for a few years now. I can’t decide if I want to act in the movie or not, though, and if so, do I want to be a main character or a bit character? Being the bit character would allow me more time behind the camera to see the big picture of the scene, but being a main character would allow me to act as well, something I really enjoy doing, too.
I’m already gathering permission rights from bands across the nation to possibly use in this movie. From what I’ve learned from playing shows and touring during the past 6 years while being in a band, I had an idea of taking this movie to colleges around the state (Louisiana) and connecting states and showing it in auditoriums for students (free admission). Outside, a merchandise table can be set up to sell DVDs and any other various movie stuff that might make people remember your movie better. Does anyone ever do this with his or her films, or is it even something commonly done?
Anyway, sorry for rattling on for so long. My production crew is really just… me… right now. There are not a lot of people involved in stuff like this, from what I can tell so far, around here. In time, I would love to bring in more people who are specialized in certain aspects of movie making, but until then, it feels like a one man show. Oh well, it’s just kind of fun to finally find something where all of your interests can be intertwined into one project. Take care…
-Andy
http://www.andybloxham.com
), but you should take a look at the "Which NLE you recommend" thread in the "Latest DVX News/Articles" section.
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