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This is not a bad idea. What might be interesting is to make charts of different 'price ranges' that list features each camera has, side by side. That way, people would be able to easily compare in their price range. Might be a lot of work, but if we all chip in a bit, it could really be a...

I thought it was pretty interesting. I found after the guy was shot, and you cut to the field, I didn't realize that this was a flashback right away. Was that your intention? If it wasn't, then you could think about putting in a flash to white as the transition instead of the fade. But I...

Appology accepted, Director15. I think all this can now just be water under the bridge. And I wanted to say I am sorry to you for being so harsh. I guess I got a little hot-headed and overstepped my bounds. And your suggestion of 'watching' your movie in your head is one of the best. It's...

Director15, if you have such important things to do, why are you wasting time flaming on forums then? And I never said Celtx was software you run your ideas through. I said it was for organizing thoughts and writing to standards. There is a big difference there, so don't try to belittle or...

I agree, pusser, as long as it can get back on topic. To try and do so, I'll suggest another idea I just thought of that I don't think was suggested yet: You could also try changing your medium. What I mean is, if you are writing on paper, try writing on a computer and see if that helps or...

The rollerblades, because of their bearings inside (they generally have pretty good bearings because they will have to support the weight of a person), do a great job of reducing friction and vibration. I can't say the same about office chair wheels (although, yes, Director15, it would work in...

Director15, I feel, based on your comment, that you deserved the flame from pusser as well as this flame from me. I think your comment was arrogant, pompous, and downright stupid. The original poster asked for help to get over his writer's block. He asked what we do to try and get over it and...

I personally would never use a office chair for a dolly. Sure it's a cheap setup, but it uses casters on the bottom. If you've ever noticed, these aren't the best for smooth movement (take a look at a shopping cart), especially when turning or changing direction. Besides, the casters can only...

You could also look at the NTG-2 from Rode. It's just like the NTG-1 but can be battery powered as well, so you won't need a mixer and phantom power source (which can really bring up the cost). Unclebob actually recomended that one to me and I ordered it. It will be arriving at my house...

Do you want a lighting setup to give yourself 3-point lighting in your shots? Will you have other lights on (like the hotel room lights)? One fairly cheap option you could look at is Hallogen work lights (like from Home Depot. I'm not sure of an equivalent store in Europe, but most hardware...

Interesting. The vasiglide seems like it could give you some really nice results. I'm going to build a dolly system soon. It's just two pieces of 1/2" wood screwed together with some roller blade wheels on the bottom at angles so they sit on PVC piping track. It's not the best system, but it...

Sounds like an excellent plan. Check out homebuiltstabilizers.com if you haven't already. Also CodyDeegan.com is a place you can buy some DIY steadicam plans. Keep in mind though a few things: buy high quality bearings and you won't be disappointed (they really are worth the extra few dollars...

Another way to get the film look is to use a 35mm adapter. This allows your camera to use a 35mm lens (SLR or film) to get a very shallow depth of field. This is one of the most common differences in film and digital video (film often has a shallow depth of field and DV has a very large DoF)...

The Panasonic DVX-100 would probably fit your specs pretty well. Of course, it's a bit on the expensive side so you'd probably have to look on Ebay for a used one to fit your budget. The DVC-30 is also a pretty decent camera: not quite as good as the 100, but also cheaper. The Canon GL2 is a...

For bigger cameras like that the $14 stabilizer (steadicam is a whole different ballpark) doesn't work all that well. Actually, it doesn't work all that well for small cameras as well. You want to look into several different options: -- a sled and gimbal system -- a home-made Fig Rig (google...

The first step in buying a camera is to figure out what you want it to do. Find the different features you want it to have (what kind of manual controls and such, what size/weight, image processing, etc). Then start looking at cameras that have these specs. I won't offer any cameras as I...

If you search around, there are some DIY squib-like stuff you can do. Essentially, you take a piece of foam, put it in the end of a rubber tube, fill the tube with blood and have either someone blow into the other end or and some sort of compressed air. This makes the foam shoot out as well as...

You could look into Hallogen work lights from Home Depot. They are pretty inexpensive, and if you use them properly, can get great results. Just be careful because they can get really hot. Combine that with some PVC and other DIY softboxes, reflectors, flags, etc, and you could get yourself a...

I'm only waiting on one more part. It should arrive within a week, so I'll be able to finish it up then and let you know (hopefully with some footage as well).

I'm not sure about all the details, but another thing you might want to consider is to add in who performed the music. I know if you watch a Hollywood movie (maybe watch one you own or rent one, and pause at the credits to see how they do it), it will say something like: Title of song Composer...