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I love it. I've owned lots of film cameras, but never a Bolex. That may well change once this baby hits the shelves.

Here's a little list I wrote for a director friend's site who writes a list of 9 (like a Top 10 list minus 1) that talks about filmmaking and his life. I wrote this one which talks about how fun it is getting asked to shoot people's project for free...

Watch some basketball movies like "Hoosiers" and "Blue Chips" and see how they did it. Scott

That is true today, but in the mid to late 80s and up to 1991-92, a lot of money was made in home video through VHS sales. There were video stores everywhere. I remember reading about a $20,000 video feature called "Blood Cult" that raked in over $200,000. A Polonia brothers movie called...

I've been wrapped up in work, so I've been absent from this thread for a bit. Here's an example of piracy at work. A while back, I was talking to my mother-in-law, whom I love dearly, and she said she just saw a recent release movie. I asked where did you see it? At home. Hmmm, how'd you...

Josh, Let me ask you something? Do you want a career in filmmaking? Have you tried living off money earned solely from making movies? Judging from your age, I doubt it. Piracy is a scourge to anybody who want to make a living making indie movies. Back before the internet took off I shot...

Good job! Nice use of camera movement and great fight/gun choreography. The look and music was good. I do agree that the lack of sound effects other than gun shots and explosions is distracting. Work on some back story to make us care for the main character. Maybe some quick flashbacks to...

There is no easy answer. It depends on you, the film school and what you want. Film school: PROS: Connections. I made contacts that landed me a lot of work right out of school. I shot over 10 features from these contacts A degree - Comes in handy as a back-up plan if filmmaking doesn't...

Take a step back and think calmly. Your contract with the landlord isn't worth the paper it's written on because you have no written contract. You have no contract with the two new tenants so you have little or no control. Offer them money to go to a movie, or two, or three. When they're...

Yup, that's how it works. For indies, it's almost like going to Vegas. The house almost always (90% of the time) wins. And in this case, your film is some kind of hit, they win too. Scott

Hmmm, hard to tell from what I see. Looks like a comedy, but could be serious judging by the graphic. I like the first shot, except I wish could see more of the guy being thrown out of the van. If it had just stopped a few feet back, it would have been perfect. I did not like the nasty...

You've gotten some good feedback here. Volunteer to work on somebody else's project to learn the process. Go to the library or buy some books on directing. Watch the behind the scenes material on DVDs. Your profile says you're a writer, so write a simple script with little or no dialogue...

I don't want to be a whiner, but I really hate polls like this because they don't take cost into account. Heck, why doesn't the list have a IMAX camera on it. I think they start at $200,000 with no lenses, but if I want the best image I'd go for IMAX any day of the week. Each job is...

I love Super-8. Good job for an early effort. My advice, is if you can add some music to the final video version that would help. Scott

I love film and I recommend that everybody shoot film at sometime, but if you've never shot anything, shoot video to learn the basics. I have shot hundreds of thousands of feet of film and still think it's worth it if you can afford it. I have a friend in North Carolina who has lots of film...

Ernest, Thanks for your thoughtful comments. I too can see where the law could be used badly, but it will curb piracy. Maybe something could be added to the law that site will be given a certain period of time to remove offending material. As I said, my demo reel's music got censored because...

You're getting a lot of good suggestions. Take a piece of foam core and cut holes and/or slashes in it. Then place it in from of your lights. It will create patterns and limit the amount of light. Backlight your scary monsters with only minimal fill on the front. The audience will fill...

If a pawn shop sells stolen property, then it should be closed. Is that censorship? Is that restriction of trade? No, that's enforcing the law. Youtube has to police itself to make sure they aren't hosting stolen property. I had my demo reel on youtube with copyrighted music (I...

Here's my simple question, how is it censorship to stop people from using somebody else's intellectual property without their permission? Most people would be outraged is they'd just finished writing a script and somebody walked in, snagged it and made it. The internet has created a mass of...

Mamet's book is good, but not for everybody. My rule with any book is use what's good and works for you and discard what doesn't. Scott