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In theory, when it's all said and done, you should be able to see your audio and video signal BEFORE it goes into any encoding device, and then be able to hit a button and instantly see and hear your signal as it come out of the first box, and then when it comes out of the computer. You should...

One of the pitfalls of computer editing is it leads to incorrect belief systems such as the one above. You may even be correct in what you say, but the fact that people aren't taking the initiative to recalibrate their monitors is a bad thing. Even if the computer screen were "darker" it...

In my opinion the most important step to take is creating a dv master that already meets festival specs, which usually includes zero black or 7.5 black for 30 seconds, color bars and tone for a minute followed by 30 seconds of identical black to what you laid before the color bars and tone, and...

I did an actors demo reel for an actress who had appeared on Friends and a couple of other TV shows. About a year later those clips were used to do a tribute video. When I saw the dvd I marveled at how good the clips were and asked if they had gotten a better master than the one VHS masters...

I think plus-X will give you what you are looking for. However the 100 ASA rating may scare you off. The Tri-X at 200 ASA might give you that look as well. There are a couple of black and white short sequences from a Super-8 film I DP'd that you can study to see if it is matching the look...

Film stocks are more light sensitive than before and cameras are more sophisticated and lighter, this has allowed film to take on a leaner meaner application, more guerrilla style of filmmaking, more shooting in places with less lighting requirements has helped the low budget filmmaker who...

I would avoid directly lighting the tree. If you use an overhead light away from the tree you could light your actors faces with it yet it would keep the side of the tree facing the actors shaded which would keep the lights luminescent. Do be careful when dealing with Christmas trees, a...

Day to night time-exposure is very difficult to do. I'd get a Super-8 film camera that does time-exposure and begin to experiment. The Vision 200t negative stock will give you your best latitude but you will then need to transfer it to video.