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And the actor selling the shot by showing recoil, or at least the gun shaking.

Wheat, I don't think any of us haven't had to face the "do it with what you have" problem when trying to produce work with limited resources. And I'm in no way bashing what you're trying to do. After having worked on sound side of things for several years, I am scratching and crawling my way...

Quality...there's a real subjective topic. Speaking strickly from the issue of post process softening vs. no make-up artist: I guess like most things in film, it depends. What are you trying to convey. I've worked on projects where on some shots the DP was working for razor sharp focus, and...

And there's the rub. My wife has had to change quite a bit of her kit to support 1080. Makeup that looked great for standard def is nearly unusable for HD. Because of the increased detail, the grain of the standard makeup is highly visible and when used with HD appears to "sit" on top of the...

Kinda looks a little like the Portrait Professional filter, with similar results. Essentially, a softening filter. The thing that stands out the most for me is it's removing alot of texture, which also mean remove thos miniscule shadows, which at least for me, is where all the drama lives. I...

I take the opposite road. I'd much rather have the clean power that I get from my NP-1s, than the funky, noisy, spiky A/C I seem coming from most set generators. The only think I plug in is my battery charger.

Your original comments indicated that you would use the equipment for the shoot, and then return it. So you: Obviously liked it enough to use it. Did what you wanted it to do. So tell me, when you return the product, is that what you tell them regarding your reason for return? "yea, I'm done...

And what do you think happens when the item is returned? It cannot be resold as new. It has to be returned to the distributor for testing, repackaging, and then sold as refurb. And guess who pays for all of this additional work? Do you really think those costs just dissappear? I guess as long...

I recently purchased some soft boxes on ebay which hold 5 CFL 5500 color balanced bulbs. They claim the light output is equavelant to 1000w. Well, it's more equal to something like 500w, but they only draw 200w each. I bought 2, and have been able to run them several hours from a 600w power...

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Write something that people will want to work on for free. I have volunteered to work on several projects where either I really liked the script, or really wanted to work with the people involved. Of course, there's also the issue that you have no experience doing this and it seems like you are...

I'm not sure if you talking about the wording and phrasing each character uses, or the actual sound of the voice. Character development may help in finding a different "voice" for each of the two. Work with one character at a time: 1. Where are they from? Where did they grow up? How were...

Set the zoom to record mono.

It's not a question of whether you need depth of field or not. All shots have depth of field. The question is how deep or how shallow a depth of field to use for a particular shot. Typically, shallow depth of field is used for close-ups or extreme close-ups to isolate the achor from the...

nicely done!

I really like my Light Craft Workshop Fader (variable ND) filter. I went with 77mm and bought step down rings to fit my various lens.

There are, in essence, three controls on a field mixer, gain, level, and pan. That's it. Yes, there are low-cut (hi-pass) filters which are typically engaged for dialog and disengaged for fx and wild sounds. There are also level switches to configure the input and output level, and phantom...

While the type of lights is a factor, more important is to have the sceen lit in such a way as to keep shadows off and have it lit uniform from top to bottom. We recently shot on green screen and most difficult was lighting the bottom where it curves onto the floor. For us this meant top and...

No document you sign will release a person from neglegence. Liability releases typically cover activities that are inherently dangerous or have the potential to be dangerous such as a commercial bungie jumping operation. Injuries can and do occur even if the operator is practicing proper care...

I don't know how things are done in the U.K. but here it is customary that talent sign a release. Crew also sign a release releasing their work to the producer. Regarding a production company name, I think the more important thing is that a separate entity be created that helps isolate you as...