Recent content by LogwanProductions

Hey everyone, just got the Film Club started up at school so I should be here creeping and reading as much as I possibly can :D Quick question, a group of ours is working on a short little PSA, and luckily Long & McQuade have an Apex Shotgun mic available for rent, so I was just wondering if...

I've just tried that, but still didn't work. On the normal 4:3 footage, it just cut off footage from the top and bottom, leaving the footage surrounded by a black rectangle. In the widescreen footage (On the camera its called Cinema), it does the same thing. Are there any project settings I need...

Okay, massive n00b alert here. When shooting in 4:3 on my JVC GR-DVL1020A, DV is as always 720X576, and when you play footage on Windows Media Player or VLC Player, enlarged, the black bars are on the side. When shooting in 16:9 though, enlarged its perfect. The bars are on the bottom, and...

You can hear the tape moving, rewinding, whatever. When importing onto a laptop, the only thing the preview screen shows is a black screen with a bunch of random coloured squares. The actual video footage doesnt import.

Okay so all the footage I took of the cottage has apparently vanished. Two tapes worth. I was talking to a friend about LP vs SP, and I switched to SP. I haven't used the camcorder in a week or so, everything was fine when I took the footage at the cottage. But now, when I go to playback...

I checked out the Xacti's last night. They seem decent, but flash cards and mpeg-4 compression aren't the greatest way to go, from what I've read at least. Plus with a hand held design like that, from the experience I've had using them, not as easy to be steady with, and on a tripod I find it...

Yeah its important to have a good camcorder, but in the end of the day its just a start of the film club, and you'd need good lights, audio, etc to do justice to a good camcorder. Am I right? Yeah I actually didn't think of audio, hopefully we can fit it in there.

Well, we have camcorders and tripods. Our film crew at least, this money is to buy stuff for the school. Otherwise, we've got a HDD and a few MiniDV camcorders, but once we graduate next year, school won't have anything.

I know, it's weird, but it just never crossed my mind. No masochism here :lol: I hope I can absorb and put into action all the intense info available. (No pun intended)

Thank ya!

Hey everyone, new here, but not new to filming. We're working on a documentary for a school club/awareness program, and we might be getting a $1500 grant. I admit that I'm certainly no pro, but a lot of you are! So some pointers on what to buy with that would be greatly appreciated:) It's going...

Hey everyone! Been part of many forums, but never considered one about something I enjoy doing. Okay so briefly, I'm no pro, nor am I a n00b. I've got some skills, somewhere... Been into filming and post production for almost 2 years; started with a school project that our group totally went...