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The only way I know to shoot timelapse being an independent filmmaker is to just record whatever it is you want, and speed it up in post. Or i guess shooting really low frame rates on film, but that'd be pretty hard since you'd somehow have to have a continuous magazine or else you'd have to...

I own the AG-DVC30. I love it by the way. As for the camera, I got mine off of Willoughby's in NY. I looked for it cheap too, and there is just really very little way around the price. Trust me. Don't go with the gray market cameras, you will run in to more problems than I care to list here. If...

Glad I could help! :) good luck!

I definetely see where you're coming from. But I think you should really try and look inside yourself for the questions that YOU want to answer as opposed to others questions. The main idea of coming up with your own questions is just that you end up working on a project that you really care...

You could rent a camera for about that much that would be a whole lot better than getting a 7-800... just an idea.

In camera light meters in my experience are not nearly as accurate as off camera ones. Since film is so expensive, it is usually a good investment to get a reliable light meter and not run the risk of wasting time and money.

That's going to be an expensive endeavor. VERY expensive. It will be quite difficult to match the footage together unless you rent some really high end HD camera. What if you just rent a high end HD camera with variable frame rates, or you could just rent that new Panasonic HDV camera with...

Yeah, thanks... I think you didn't understand my concern, I do know what color temperature you were talking about... I know about warm, cool, color compensation filters, CC filters, all of that. I just didn't know that as a light is dimmed its color temperature changed. I should have made my...

Wait, I'm a little confused then... I was under the impression that wattage was brightness... How would changing the brightness of a light (on a dimmer) change the color temperature? It's still a halogen light, you h ave changed the quality of light, only the brightness. My (limited) technical...

It's probobly a gray market camera. I've seen those sites and done some research, and I would stay away from them... People that buy from them usually end up regretting it. Not only do they often lack things that SHOULD come with them like warranties, batteries, and battery chargers, but its...

I don't think film will leave for a LONG time... I mean, I forgot where I read this (maybe on this forum), but it's a great point: We still shoot films in black and white... Black and white hasn't been deemed obsolete, and film has the same intangible quality that black and white still has that...

That's a really ambitious project! For a project of this magnitude, you should consider renting, since that may be MUCH cheaper than buying, and you'll be able to get a better camera. If you're set on buying however, DON'T buy on ebay. There are some things that are best left to the pros, if I'm...

I thought it was shot very well. Edited well, and the location and actors didn't bother me that much. Whether or not it is "gritty" or not is really a directorial call. What bothered me primarily was the lack of a point. Or I should say, a point of interst. True, it establishes the VERY basic...

I'd be interested to hear any of your opinions on the following.I read that peter jackson shot over 200 hours of footage for king kong, finally nailing it down to that 3 hour flick. What do you think of that?

I wasn't aware that it was possible to recieve a masters in film without having recieved a bachlors first.. I thought that in graduate school your topic of study had to relate to your major in undergrad... So you did go to film school...

I was curious since you didn't go to film school how got a break in the business? There are an awful lot of people that probobly go to film school with an emphasis in cinematography, and get a credential. FIlm school is known for creating contacts for future projects... How did you compete with...

Any relation to million dollar baby by chance?

I am 18 in high school, and can tell you from personal experience, that auditions are pretty impractical at that level unless you plan to pay your actors and actresses. The trouble comes because its difficult to make people you don't know care about a project you care about. My recommendation is...

I was curious (especially since you are self-taught), how you learned what light intensities were right for the job? If you're lighting a large (i know its general) set, how do you know whether to use 5k's, 10k's, 20k's, or just simply 1 or 2k's? Where do you pick up that knowledge on the self...

Do you use acid? Or do you actually compose? I don't mean to sound condescending, but its frustrating for composers when people who know nothing about music at all put loops together and say they're composers.