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Either Sony Vegas or Adobe Premiere for the PC Vegas is cheaper but most people go for Premiere. Don't disregard Vegas though, because more and more production companies are using it... including the BBC for Top Gear.

Mac or PC? What kind of budget?

Most semi pro cameras have the ability to set the levels manually... if so there is a level meter and -12db is one of the figures on that scale. The audio should average about that point. In most shoots the sound guy will have a meters on his kit... so the right levels are going to camera.

I'm 90% certain this is a scam... but, just a few questions will sort this out. You talked about his company and your company... did you go to him for a co-production deal? or were you just looking for a producer to take on your spec script? If you're doing a co-production, where two companies...

To get clean sound you have to get a good uni-directional mic (one that records what's in front of it) close enough to the actor delivering the dialogue, so that you get good, clean levels... good levels are -12db The sound has to be loud enough to be clean, but not so loud that it goes to the...

:blush: I'm blushing... but you know me knightly, I've always thought the socratic method was the only way to teach. LOL The truth is, there is some merit in this plan... but I think it's suffering from problems that are common to the indie scene... a weird combination of overconfidence and low...

Thanks Draft, it's just we get a lot of the "hey check out this site I found" postings... and then low and behold the poster is the site owner! LOL I'm sure you've come across that in your travels. Look, I edit 1000dollarfilm.com an emagazine for micro-budget filmmakers... shoot me a link to...

Before I look at this, can I ask a question... are you connected to this project? Only, I like to know who I'm getting referrals from.

Nathalie, Don't get snotty with me... think very carefully about what I've done for you... by asking the questions that your potential investors will ask, I've given you the opportunity to accurately pitch your scheme... by giving you a shot at overcoming those objection to purchase in an open...

There's another trick to that "white card to give a colour correction" idea... and that's to put a piece of matt black card over half of your white piece of paper. The reason: well when you colour correct you're looking to set the white level and the black level... if you do this you have one...

Happy Birthday... god, how did I miss that? :D

he means he's going to read it

Having the equipment covered on your insurance, providing you've got the right cover, is in your best interest. (see above post)

Well done on getting to this point... that's a major achievement. I've one very specific suggestion. Do a person search on this site for "Mr Modern Life" Phil, who goes under that handles has successfully sold and distributed a couple of micro-budget movies in this genre... and I think he's...

Dave, I genuinely fascinated by your post... what is it about this that seems good to you? I'm not being funny, I really, genuinely want to know.

In the UK it's traditional for the production to cover equipment insurance, simply because if you hired the gear and the DOP separately then you'd have to. Therefore you're asking the DOP to take a less good deal than a rental company. As DOP's with their own kit normally work out cheaper...

I type very, very quickly LOL... and, when I do this it's like thinking through stuff for the magazine. So, not wasted time at all.

Your goal makes sense... I just don't understand the way you're approaching it. It seems a bit cockeyed. You schemes is basically for lots of filmmakers to join movie club and become investors YES/NO You then find films from the festival circuit for the community to pick from YES/NO The...

It's a zen blog... if it falls in the wood, you can't hear it! :cool:

I think I have an answer for you. Find out the model and make number of the camcorder... then put it and "manual" into google. Chances are you'll find a link to that camera's user manual... and from that you'll be able to find out what you mean. 93.8% of the time you can find the answers in...