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http://cgi.ebay.com/JVC-GY-HM100U-KIT-ANTON-BAUER-ELIPZ-LIBEC-TH-650-PAK-/350436675344?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5197a74f10 http://cgi.ebay.com/JVC-GY-HM100U-ProHD-Solid-3CCD-Camcorder-uses-SD-cards-/310179999880?pt=Camcorders_Professional_Video_Cameras&hash=item48382b3088 Seem pretty...

Would JVC HM100 be okay for something like this? How does it perform in very low level lighting? Maybe i could being some sort of light with us, or would that ruin the shot?

Seems as though maybe the DSLR isn't the best option for me then. Are there any other cameras you can suggest? Mostly there will be 2 people with me, but i don't really want to have 1 guy dedicated to audio. I was thinking of just having a shotgun mic on the camerea and a lav mic on myself...

That's so weird, cause i actually watched that Undercity documentary 3-4 days ago while randomly on Vimeo.. Didn't cross my mind to check the video details.. from his video: "Shot on a canon 5d mkii with canon 24 f/1.4 (version 1) with the zacuto rapid fire, Zoom H4N and a sennheiser g2...

Going to be an urban documentary. There will be a LOT of low level light scenes because a lot of the shots will be on city streets at night. There will also be a lot of building scenes and stuff like that (urban exploration) so we won't be able to set up a bunch of lighting since there wont be...

Lets say you are shooting a low budget movie, and in one scene you are driving a cop car down the road... so you have a rented police prop car, and police clothing on... you have a lightbar on your cop car, but you are not going to be turning it on or using sirens... So how hard would it be to...

from legal, to screenwriting.... to how to lay out the documentary... how to tell your story properly.. I would greatly appreciate it

No ideas are bad ideas... I thank you all for your input :).. I'm sure you guys are going to be a great help during this process... I'm on schedule to shoot this within 2 months.. Doing something like this has been a dream of mine for a long time... I have the 5k set aside for the...

anybody?

You think that would be good enough quality to be able to sell on DVD? Will it match COPS show quality?

I'm beginning to wonder if this is even possible with a 5000 budget... Luckily my cameraguy/dop has a lot of experience, and also knows how to edit and a jack of all trades... he will be able to shoot the entire documentary , edit it, put it onto a dvd and program the menus and make trailers...

This is vancouver,bc... i'm sure there will be no shortage of drunken ho-bag junkies falling everywhere haha Now i have to work on the screenwriting... i have no idea how to start writing the basic outline for something like following a cop around while he deals with day to day policing

I want to film it exactly how COPS is filmed.... and the same quality.. does that show also have a sound guy following the camera guy?

He has already gotten permission from his supervisors... my budget is 5000 to do this, just want to make a documentary on policing in vancouver,bc. Just need to know who i'll need to hire.... When you watch cops on TV, it seems they only have 1 cameraman and no other crew.... Who will i need...