Recent content by danjfiore

And thanks Alcove. I'll play around with those a little and see what I can do. Appreciate the tip.

Great advice. I'll be sure to talk my next friend out of having his wedding in a church. Maybe I'll tell him to have it in a sound studio instead. The fiancee will love it. Thanks again for the help.

I recently did a buddy a favor and filmed his wedding, which was held in a huge church. I wasn't planning on using the audio from the ceremony anyway, but I figured I'd check on here first to see if there was any way I could salvage the very hollow sound. And, I know, I know, good audio can make...

I'll be filming a short film in late August and I've found a few locations that I need to try and lock down. The big one is an outdoor setting which takes place on a public road in a rural town. Along this road are maybe three or four houses and shutting down the road for a day would actually be...

Strobe-like is exactly what I was looking for. That's awesome. Thanks Wheatgrinder!

I'm going to try to explain what I'm going for here and I'm hoping that my usual weakness in conveying something doesn't get in the way because I can't find a clip on youtube showing what I mean... So hang in there with me... There's a certain shot becoming more popular in films today that I've...

Hey, Congrats balugaa, sounds like you got a pretty decent gig going. Let us know how it turns out!

I very much would love to make it a living. That's been the idea all along. Right now, however, it's merely a hobby I take very seriously. I'm looking for a way to jump it from a hobby to a living, or even from a hobby to a part-time gig and then from PT gig to full time living.

My philosophy is always "Shut up and make movies". I like it.

Yeah. I mean, I have some experience, so it's not like I don't know what I'm doing. I minored in film as an undergrad and have made several shorts that aren't really worth showing anyone. It's basically just such a complicated decision, I have to make some sort of move. Whether it's just...

Similar threads have been posted before regarding this but I feel no single one really tackled this exact issue. Exactly how should I set up a DBA when going into PreProduction. I don't have any funding yet other than my own money. But I will be asking for contributions and investments. Do I...

So, I'm weighing my options for the next couple of years. I figure after a I do a few short films in the next year, year and a half, I'll have to make a next step. One of those possible next steps would be Grad School. One of the schools I am looking at is Savannah College of Arts and Design. I...

Yeah, didn't mean to make that seem insulting. I just wanted to include the hobbyists, part-time and beginners. Didn't know what word to use so I just meant to use Career as a general term and not make it seem like I was only addressing the full-timers. Not at all meant to be derogatory.

Hey all, I have a general business/financial question to throw out at anyone who wants to answer (especially the veterans). Throughout your "career" as a filmmaker, what kind of jobs (full or part-time) have you taken while making films to balance the money needed for production with your own...

That's damn hilarious. But I do think cover art has a lot to do with it. Major studio films have the most boring cover designs because all they care about is that people recognize who's in them first and foremost. Since we small-time guys rarely get big or even mid-level name actors, that won't...