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I've posted this several times before. Incandescent fixtures use a lamp containing a metal filament. As we all know, high-wattage quartz lamps generate tremendous heat. While the filament is glowing, it is much more fragile than in its cool state (just like any metal, which is why blacksmiths...

Whoa, brother, have you got your work cut out for you on IndieTalk! :D Kudos!

Current project: Martial arts training DVD. How it's going: Compressed HD edit to MPEG2 for DVD (took 15 hours). Checked DVD before sending to client and spotted brief compression artifacting in one shot. :hmm: Checked original HD footage. Pristine, nothing visible. Re-compressed the whole...

Lucky, are you repped? If not, I really think you ought to consider looking for an agent. If you're getting feedback like that from a major network, I think you might be able to drum up some interest. An agent would help keep things moving faster -- it's part of what they do. Just a...

My last couple of features I wrote, produced, directed, lit, shot, gripped, designed, edited, created special effects, did all the sound editing+design+mixing...actually every job except boom-op, AD, UPM, music, makeup and wardrobe. My name appears exactly once in the end credits (no opening...

Agreed. Especially because half the time the shooter is working without an AC and nothing is in focus. :rolleyes:

"...in the comfort of your own living room." :lol: Love it!

"Disposable income?" WTF is that???

Not sure how helpful it was, but like so many aspects of filmmaking it all comes down to the skill of the craftsman, rather than the equipment itself. I'm a one-man show myself, in a much more rural area than you :) so I can relate. I started out using halogen floods and clamp lamps, and spent...

The question's been asked a gazillion times on IT, and the answer is always the same: A skilled lighting person can make a handful of cheap worklights look like a million bucks. Conversely, an amateur can have access to a pro lighting package and your footage will still look like crap. So...

Not sure yet. Waiting for word...

My feature CRIMPS is now available for streaming on Amazon Instant Video. Additional platforms and DVD will be available soon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOgnihouf8g Click here to read a review by IndieTalk's own Scoopicman. Click here to view the film. If you enjoy the film, please...

I really discourage low-budget filmmakers from shooting in the rain. Where I live, I have a lot of experience with this. :D Several reasons: First, as you point out, it's a pain to keep the equipment dry. To say that mixing electricity and water is a recipe for problems is an understatement...

Yeah, unless you can afford a system like Alcove lists, only use wireless as a last resort. I have a Sennheiser XLR plug-in transmitter/receiver system - though not a high-end model - and it works great...right up until that once-in-a-lifetime moment of truth, when a huge burst of interference...

An alternative to tape is to buy a small dry erase board and affix it to the board.

I just bought the Tascam DR100 on Alcove's advice as well. They ought to be paying the man a commission. :D

I have an NT3. Good mic, but it weighs a friggin' ton! Better do your pushups if you're gonna wield it on a fishpole. :yes:

With such an abbreviated schedule, I'm guessing this must be either a short film or a "found footage" type film. If it's a short, $10,000 should be more than enough. Most indies I know produce shorts on far less than that. Hell, I know people who have produced full features on less. Yes...

This kind of thing is so tragic. WTF are people thinking??? I understand the AD's position -- it's his/her job to keep things moving as quickly as possible. But it's the director's responsibility to get the raw materials s/he needs, including sound. If the AD is inhibiting that, the...

:yes: Which is why no one in their right mind submits a film for MPAA rating unless they are 100% assured of a theatrical run.