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Last night I attended a screening of the entire web series and I was very pleased with the final results. The folks at Room 101 Production have done a fine job at producing a compelling web series on a tight budget that has always waiting for what's in the next episode. I highly recommend...

As was said before, it depend on how the film was stored. If it was in a freezer or just a fridge and it's 5 years old, you might be ok. If it was in a hot attic or closet, it will have problems. Even frozen, the film could see density shifts with blacks that are a little milky and sometimes...

Hmmmm, let me play devil's advocate. Before I start, I can see the possibility of un-intented consequences in this bill, but I do think this video may be over selling those. Let say I make a product and it's being stolen. A lot. What can I do? How is it censorship to stop somebody from...

Nice looking piece. Good acting. I would cut down on the scene in the car. You quickly establish your points and need to move on quickly. The fight scene was ok. Needs either more coverage or fast cutting. My biggest complaint is the music to the fight scene. It wasn't driving enough...

I've worked on features where the name stars went for SAG low budget minimum of around $650/day. I shot a film with a Ron Jeremy cameo many years ago and he was fun to work with and I'd guess he was in that same range. The problem you run into is dealing with SAG. For the one star, it's not...

Interesting times for gearheads. The Scarlet sounds better on paper, but Red is notorious for not delivering on time and their low prices are deceiving because you need lots of add ons to have a working camera. Canon's price is higher, but you can pretty much guarantee that they will have a...

I had planned on seeing something else instead of "Drive", but it didn't work out and I was happy it didn't. It's like a 1980s movie with a lean 1970s script. What I liked is if you cut all of Gosling's dialogue into one scene it would have run around six minutes. I like scripts that aren't...

I just saw "Drive" starring Ryan Gosling and it's a tight little crime drama with an 80s feel. What I like is you could probably cut Gosling's dialogue together and it would only run around 7 minutes. I like spartan dialogue from your leads. Scott

I think one of the appeals of the zombie movies is currently the world is so messed up that there's little fantasy in all of us to see the slate wiped clean and have the world boiled down to the simple, bare essentials. Also, we like to put ourselves in the character's position and wonder how...

I run my own production company and for something like this I charge per the finished minute of the final piece. The industry standard is $1000 per finished minute, but that's for medium to large company. A smaller company could charge $500-$700. You have to factor in if there are special...

I must applaud you for saving up so much money to live off of while you make contacts. That's a good move. I would start looking into anything you can do in your city now to make contacts. The film biz can be small and somebody could know somebody. It's all about who you know and then how...

Find new friends. ;) Ok, don't ditch your old friends, but if they're not interested in helping you, you need for find friends who will help you. Use boards like this, Craigslist, check into local filmmaking groups (if any), if you have local public access you can find people. Find a band...

I've shot 30 features, edited 2, written 2 and filled in on other positions on many. Budgets ranged from $6000 to $500,0000. Some are great, some are good and a few a down right horrible, but it was experience and a pay check on some. Here's my imdb listing...

Hi Chris, Can I say something to you and you try not to take it too personally? I really hate it when I see post like this. There are a number of reasons. First, you give no parameters? How about genre you're interested in? Horror? Drama? Comedy? Do you have any kind of budget? Do...

For the interior, I use small florescent lights. You can find them at hardware stores like Lowe's and Home Depot. You can go with battery powered ones or plug them into a power inverter. I like the poor man's process. That's where you have the car sitting still and you use light gags, like...

I'd try to figure out what HD camera you think you want and then see what Canon 1014s sell for on Ebay. (There are several up for sale right now.) If it we up to me, I'd put it up for $250-300 reserve and if it doesn't sell, then keep it.

I really like that you're doing your research. I know that I did tons before most of my buys. The differences between CCD and CMOS power consumption isn't that big a deal. Get more batteries. Also on the record times with the Canon, you can get bigger storage cards or buy a couple extra...

What do you want to do with the camera? Make short movies? Weddings? Make money or have fun? I recommend going for a HDV camera so you'll be future proof. Take a look at the HVR-HD1000U at $1500 or the Canon VIXIA HF S11 for $1058. Now you'll have to make sure your computer can handle...

You can always put new glass on it. Scott

Another inexpensive light is the china lantern. They can be found at Ikea and World Market. On my filmmaking page there's a video about them: http://www.scottspears.net/filmmakpg3.html