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There's a bizarre can of worms that has opened up with many new licensing agreements that are related to the concept of "commercial". Copyright used to be basically all or nothing... either it was with permission, it was Fair Use, or it was a violation. Today, copyright is often wrapped up in...

Without the attachments, I think the zoom H6 is fairly robust. I've knocked it around a little bit on at least 3 productions, and it's holding up fine. Preamps are hot enough to drive the NTG-1, and battery life is surprisingly good. Sound floor isn't great, but way better than the H4N and cheap...

Already done :)

Photography 101: use the right equipment. Depends what you're shooting. If you are doing a bar that you want to feel crowded, you can get that feel with a long lens and a few people milling about. If you shoot that with a wide lens, it will feel empty without twice as many people, and the set...

Also, get a line producer who can double as the script supervisor. That will keep things rolling really well. AD is pretty essential for helping you set up shots, taking up all the grunt work. Grats on getting principal photography and a rough cut done. I've noticed a lot of people shoot a...

If you need a license, then you probably don't want to be filming someone using one out that's not licensed. That's just dumb. Really dumb. Like, it's hardly possible to be dumber than that, and anyone in your production knowing that needs to have his head examined. In states in the USA where...

I don't hear any clicking noises. I hear some normal hiss, and it sounds like #1 clips but not sure.

I suspect (without really knowing for sure) that the most difficult part of features is the writing, not the shooting. I've worked on a couple features, both in front and behind the camera. A 24 min TV show is so much easier than a 80 min feature.

If that's the lesson you learned, maybe they pulled out for a reason. Stop aspiring to the bush leagues. That ghetto attitude comes from there. Keep a pro attitude and treat people like a pro treats others pros, and nobody will ever drop out of your shit. Also, be careful about having your gf...

In my experience, DOP generally lights and sets the camera movement, but they might not operate the camera. I've also had some very competent grips who, after hearing where the light should go, just light it perfectly. But I strongly, STRONGLY disrecommend operating the camera while directing...

I'm not going to pick on your decision, as it still might be a good one. But I'm going to give you an analogy. Over my life I've owned many different vehicles. I've had several 4WD vehicles, and have a 4x4 today which I use to get around through mud and snow. Lots of snow. I also own a Porsche...

I just did some background acting and got promoted to a speaking role in a SAG film. Can't be more specific until it releases. Unfortunately, now that means I can no longer do bg in that film, and it was really fun :(

What is illegal? That's a real question, not asked in irony. For instance, people will say things like "Taking my picture is illegal" and it's not at all illegal... so I'm asking what, exactly, is illegal about what you said? edit: some cursory searches show there's no federal law, as I...

I'm not convinced either of those is illegal per se... I suspect selling them new, without the tip, might be.

You go to your lawyer. Alternatively, you go here http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/process/index.jsp first, and then you go to your lawyer.

I was excited about the show because I read the first book, and was curious how it would play out. The skin was a bonus, I guess. Well, that, plus I occasionally see the author around town and at conventions. HBO used a lot of nudity in Rome, but the characters were also incredibly deep.

Essentially, using a metabones e-mount speed booster for ef will give you the same DOF and such as the full frame, when using a full frame lens. So, if you go that route you will not lose out on the full-framiness, only resolution, but that shouldn't be an issue at 1080p either.

More recent monitors are far easier to calibrate than older ones. One thing that's very difficult to calibrate are TV screens. For the reasons you stated that you can't control the end viewer, starting at a known, stable reference is important. That way you aren't trying to second guess...

This is one of the reasons I think 4k will be adopted slowly in movies, but quickly adopted for sports. You don't generally want to see the actor's skin pores when you're trying to tell a story since that merely distracts, but you certainly want to see the placement of the fingers as the pitcher...

That's insane. This is why I love computers. This type of plugin and research involved in making it is actually preserving old tech. E.g., I can replicate certain old film grains that simply no longer exist due to similar plugins for photos and film.