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Yes, actors will and do show up for gigs that don't pay. Especially in larger cities since there are more actors just by virtue or a larger population. I wouldn't bet on an open casting though, ask for headshots and resumes and invite actors to audition based on those. You'll have a much...

Photoshop CC touts some pretty impressive motion blur bandaids for stills, I'd be curious to see what exporting an image sequence of your video out and running it through that would look like. It might not be uniform enough to play it back smoothly and motion blur typically makes it look more...

I don't see any reason to move away from Mac, but there is a developer event in June where they usually announce new products. The Mac Pro hasn't really been updated since 2011 even that was minor) and is past due for a major upgrade. Personally, as a Mac user, I'd buy used. Stick whatever new...

BTW, you can't remove it in post. Have to avoid it on set.

You should read one of the 30 current threads about shooting RAW.

Anytime a creative turns his art into business it solely stops becoming a creative outlet. In business, you pretty much always have to sacrifice some measure of your creative passion to get the product made and pay the bills. That's why you always make time for the personal projects or find...

I just found that adapter after reading this, that's pretty sweet! Not turning up any EF omes with a tripod mount yet but this get's me thinking haha.

They're manfrotto compatible with most of their heads, I've bought a couple.

I'm curious about lens support for smaller, but still heavy photo lenses. Think a Canon EF 24-70L. Seems like a lot of weight to hang off that little body.

Haha, I got to play with that rig at NAB. Their guy was laughing about it too, but said they just wanted to throw the idea out there and compare the quality of their camera to the lens.

Lot's of hollywood and network productions use stock. Some of the most popular are arial shots of cities, Favreau complains about it in one of the Iron Man commentaries because they had to scale some 1080p stock to 2k to match the rest of the footage. Music is another one. Shows like CSI that...

Is the Zoom menu really all that hard? We've handed it to audio guys who have never touched one before and they did fine on day one. Especially once your settings are set (mono or stereo, 16 bit 48000hz or whatever you're wanting to shoot) then all that's left is the button for input level and...

That's a really fair price. A decent unit too, I use one about once a week and no problems. Stock up on AA Batteries, always a bummer when you run out in the middle of a shoot.

I don't. I very much prefer the 5DmkII and ESPECIALLY 5DmkIII over the Panasonics. The #1 reason, lens options. Way more and way better EF lenses then MFT. While the mkII and GH2 battle it out in different areas and some the GH2 winds, the MkIII flattens it image quality wise, especially with...

Pretty much. As technical of a process as editing is, it's still art. There are many techniques for most situations, but the right one is what's right for each artist. There are some things that will always make more sense, but how you hold your paintbrush isn't one of them.

Maybe I'm not explaining right? My final edit is also a bunch of files. I use two sequences... Sometimes more but then it's by scene in a long production. The problem comes in cutting and pasting sequences into after effects vs cutting and pasting footage. Have you tried it?

You could render out each file separately after sync? I think it's a lot less messy than trying to sync audio files to already cut video, and way less time consuming. Lets me see the big picture from the get go. I do like Wheat's approach with nested sequences, but they don't play as well...

That's true. Most of what I shoot and work with is DSLR, but thee's some other stuff thrown in too. FS700, Blackmagic, P2 footage and all sorts of other stuff. They all do use a reference mic though. Even if your camera audio is terrible, always plug something in just for reference.

Play with some Luma mattes or luma keys. The darker areas fade out first.

Oh, and plural eyes is just as great for single camera/single audio recorder setups as it is multi-camera setups. Just the other day I synced about 4 hours of footage and audio from a high school drama class production that they didn't use a single slate or clapper on. Whats more fun, some audio...