Which equipment do I need that is compatible with the DVX100A??

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Steve33825

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Hi everyone. Since I'm not having any luck getting my spec script read by agencies and prod companies (and trust me, i've gone through a huge list and made sure I played the whole thing by the books) over the past few months, I feel like I'm running out of options and have finally decided... screw it, I'm going the Kevin Smith route and doing it myself.

It's a low budget horror pic (high concept though, of course), it's not a short or anything like that, I'm talking about a feature length script, 90 pages/minutes. Anyways, I've never shot anything before but I'm going to learn now. I've done my research on which cameras to use and I personally find that the DVX100A is the best one for this project. However, I don't want to select the wrong equipment so I'm wondering which lighting/sound/computer effects program/etc. basically EVERYTHING in terms of equipment that is compatable with the DVX100A?

Any help would be great, thanks :)
 
Well, I'll be the first to jump on this... as far as shooting it yourself goes, KUDOS! That's great man. Hopefully your movie will be better then Jersey Girl :Drogar-BlackEye(DBG , I know you can shoot higher than Kevin Smith... How about Sam Raimi and Evil Dead?

Okay, cams... a quick search on here and you'll see that you can get the dvx 100b (an obvious, but very nice upgrade to the a) for around 2600 dollars now, from a reputable panny dealer. They just dropped the list price by a grand, and I got a hunch it'll keep falling...

Or, you could buy a used 100a... but I bet a b would be about the same price.

If you are indeed shooting it yourself, make sure and get a good tripod I say... you could spend as little as 500 bucks on a new manfrotto 503 fluid head and tripod kit and be super stoked. These are obviously important.

Don't know if you've budgeted yourself or not yet, but obviously you're gonna need an editing system. Something that can run the new version of Final Cut Pro that comes out tomorrow (jinx).

And after that I'd probably need to read yer script. Lights, steadicams, mic's... Blair Witch Project didn't really need any of it (including a tripod).

Maybe you should post your budget. Is it "As cheap as possible"?

Then, I suggest you go out and buy a book entitled "Extreme DV At Used Car Prices". It's a few years outdated, but you can plug in the blanks. It'll show ya how to do your flick for under 3 grand.
 
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Ask questions when needed, answer questions if you have the time, and be prepared to learn A LOT. Seriously.

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