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Very good analysis! My last two cents: A Mac may end up being a ton cheaper with the hardware + software combined. If your pc costs $800 and you get $2000 software, that's $2800. If you get a $1800 Mac, and $200 Final Cut Pro X, it's only $2000. So make sure you consider what the price of...

100% Agree!

Sweetie, A lot of People weren't happy with Final Cut Pro X because it was too easy to use. A lot of people assume that if it's easy, it's not professional and can't produce professional stuff. They were extremely wrong! People realized That they came to conclusions that weren't correct, and...

Oh and the cool thing with M Discs is once you burn it, you can read it in any DVD+R drive!

I agree about the drives! That's why their is a new product out called M-Disc. From what I know it physically writes the digital data to a metal disc. They say it will last for hundreds of years! So personally I would just put the videos on that. And if your still worried about loosing the...

Sorry if I'm a little amateur to understand the whole physical tape concept, but why not just convert the tapes to the computer in a lossless video and audio format? That way you will always have an accessible copy that can easily be updated to newer lossless formats with no effort? Plus, it's...

Thanks sweetie! I am going to be using 1080p since I am planning on blu-ray. I'll keep asking questions as I think of them!

Oh ok then maybe a USB stick will work! Lol I don't know how much money you have, but I had a camera just like that 6 years ago and they really are low quality. For $129 or less you can get a decent 1080p camera that'll do everything you want...

I agree with pepper jack, you can make a really good pc for cheap! I have an i7 3770k clocked at 5.0Ghz with stock cooling, SSD, 8gb ram, for only $940! But for movie editing, I admit my iMac is way nicer! I personally would get a Mac. As for macs being overpriced, I would say not at all...

Well since you mean after a film, you don't need a super fast drive, you just need a reliable backup. Depending on how much storage you need, I would suggest a raid 1 disk array so it has your data stored twice (in-case of a hardware failure on one of the drives) its a little expensive, but...

Thanks so much Sweetie and jax_rox! I am going to see what I can do... This is probably going to end up being just a digital release. So I've kind of dropped the theater part. I just wanted to be at the standard for it just incase. Anyways I'm doing my best to make what I have work. Being a...

Ok so I did a little more research on the whole dslr thing. I think I'm going to get a Sony NEX 5r for $750. It takes 1080p @ 60p and 24p! I don't know where I'm going to get the money for this (again, I'm just in high school!) but ill have to manage somehow. I'm filming in the summer so I...

I see your point... I'm very geeky and always into the latest stuff and the 48fps is probably not something I need right now. Lol! Anyways I've been thinking about the renting, I really think it's going to be to much work and it's going to be a rip off. So anyway, this might scare some of you...

I've talked with my team, I have like 1 - 2 songs that I have the ok to use. Its ridiculously expensive to get popular songs, so I am probably going to stick with writing my own soundtrack and using Creative Commons (which is such a pain) lol. Thanks so much for the help!

jax_rox Thanks so much! Great advice and I totally agree. I've looked at demo videos and it seems very good, so as you said all I need to perfect is the set and lighting! I'd love to have the FS700 too, but sadly I am paying for all of this out of my own pocket and I'm in High School. So I...