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Hi, I have question on color saturation and brightness. I have always been struggling with the decision if I should adjust the desired saturation and brightness during camera work on set or later in post production. What is your experience? Regards Michael

Important posting update! Important posting update! Oh yes, I forgot, 48 is really double of 24. Update I have to update my posting from yesterday to not confuse other readers here. Yesterday I reported that audio synch works only with videos of fps with a value larger than zero after the...

Hallo Bob, thank you very much for your help. My Zoom was really set to 44.1kHz. Now I have set it up to 48kHz/24bit and it worked! Video and sound is now in synch. Without your help I wouldn't have made it. But there is one thing I have to mention! My EOS 550D supports 30p, 25p, 24p, 60p, 50p...

<style type="text/css">*<!-- @page { margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } --> </style> Serious Problem: Audio and video out of synch. Not because of the position of the audio track in the timeline. It seems to be an internal audio-file problem. Equippment...

Hallo, I am about to buy me a matte box with follow focus. I could spend approx. 500 - 600 Dollars. What brand can you recommend for a good quality matte box? I want to use it for my CANON EOS 550D.

I am on a low budged. The Panasonic AG-HVX200 is available used for $1000 and sometimes even below that. I can not spend more than $2000. Do you know some prices of used HDLSR?

Hello guys, I am about to by me a used Panasonic AG-HVX200. Does anyone of you have experiences in shooting films with that camera? Would you still recommand this for todays shooting enviroment? I like making documentaries and short films. Are there any films/movies known to you shot with this...

Field Recorder Field Recorder Hi there, I've got a quetions about mobile sound devices. I have been looking for mobile field recorders up to $400 dollars. I want to produce short films exterior/interior and music videos. There are three field recorders I have taken a closer look to: TASCAM...

Hello "Just Wondering", I agree with "amyclarkefilms. This is exactly the way I do. My first short film project was two years ago in New York. It is called "Students at Manhattan Village Academy". It is kind a representation video for the High School. Yes, everything starts little. You need two...

I have been working with a video editing software from the branch MAGIX for many years. I recommend you Movie Edit Pro from the same company. It's 99 dollars. In my opinion the software from magix is the best in this pricing category. I just finished a short documentary project (my first project...

Hi JimT, thank you very much for this important information. So far I have permission from the principle. It went this way: My close friend works as a teacher at that school. She asked the principle and he orally told her, yes he wants to have a video on his school. She in turn wrote me this: "I...

Thank you Lazlo for response. I got permission to shoot at High School in april. The priciple wants to have a documentary on his school. Now i have been looking for a rental house preferably located in Maryland to get a Lavalier Mic. for interviews, . Can you or someone else recommend a rental...

Title of this short documentary: High School High The following video I embeded from my youtube channel www.youtube.com/portfolioish will demonstrate my first approach of making documentaries. I have no experiences in this field but i am pssionate to grow in this area little by little, step by...

I am passionate in making documentaries but have no experiences. Recently I did some workshop in composing my own videoclips for short docus. Check out my video-portfolio in www.youtube.com/portfolioish

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Hello I need help. A very close friend of mine works as a teacher at a High School in New York. She is trying to get permission from the school director for both of us to make filmshots. Later, we want to have the film on youtube or DVD. Ok, once the permission is granted, what about the...

XLR-Adapter and Mic XLR-Adapter and Mic Hi, i have got a question: My camcorder is a Sony HDR-HC1. I want to buy me an XLR-Adapter and a shot gun Mic. What combination would fit my camcorder best, i mean, type of XLR-Adapter and type of shot gun mic? I really need assistance in my decision...

This here is a very useful recource. http://www.howtowriteascreenplay.net/how/index.cfm Michael

I would just open the scene with any situation. For example, Mrs x is on her way back home. She just got something for breakfast. After having her kids dressed up for school she takes the van to a very important meeting... Or something. Right now I am working on my treatment. It's a drama...

Have you already started writing a treatment?