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  1. AgentJonnyB

    Recommendations for editing

    Both Mac and PC platforms have great options for software, though Final Cut is exclusive to Mac, the Adobe Creative Suite and Avid are right on par with it anyway, bearing all the same editing tools and capabilities and are available on both Mac and PC. If you go with PC, custom build it rather...
  2. AgentJonnyB

    archived-videos Detonation: Deflected

    Guys, thank you all for your input, it was indeed a good opportunity for more practice and to see where improvement can be made. To just wrap up a few things, we were under a major time crunch, which did prevent me from bringing my lighting equipment - we barely got the filming done within the...
  3. AgentJonnyB

    archived-videos Detonation: Deflected

    This is an action video I filmed at my college over the summer for a daycamp called the Geneseo Summer Scholars. This daycamp included a film course, so I volunteered to come and help, as it was a great teaching opportunity (I am an education major) and it was a fun experience. Detonation...
  4. AgentJonnyB

    video editing: Mac or PC?

    Go to newegg.com and/or tigerdirect.com and you can build yourself a PC identical to a Mac of your preferred specs for about 1/3 the price, or build yourself a PC the same price as that Mac, but about twice as powerful. Both platforms have great options for software, though Final Cut is...
  5. AgentJonnyB

    laptop recommendation

    Are you a student? If you are and you sign up for emails from hp regarding discounts and stuff, they send out email offers pretty much every week for a good discount on a model you can configure. I would watch for the HP Pavilion HDX family, they are configurable to extreme power. I would...
  6. AgentJonnyB

    archived-videos Wedding Super-Trailer

    This is a trailer comprised of footage from the weddings we have filmed over the past year or so: Wedding Super-Trailer 2009
  7. AgentJonnyB

    archived-videos Epic Senior Video Trailer (worth watching)

    That was fantastic! The filming and editing that went into this was really really good, keep up the good work!
  8. AgentJonnyB

    archived-videos BOHARG II (Short Film)

    That was outstanding! Cinematography, editing, effects and acting were fantastic, you've definitely delivered a high quality production! Keep up the great work!
  9. AgentJonnyB

    sound Where can I obtain suspenseful music for free?

    You could go to incompetech.com, it's got a big library, though I am uncertain if it's really suitable to what you're doing, not much free stuff is likely to be when it comes to action, suspense, and horror... I primarily use SmartSound, it's a scoring application that gives you the most...
  10. AgentJonnyB

    editing HD wmv encoding - advice?

    Okay, I use Premiere Pro to output a lot of my projects (mostly in HD now) to wmv, as that format allows me to play the videos on my xbox 360 to my 50inch 1080p TV. Here's the problem: When I export the footage which is hdv format (1440x1080i) to either 720p or 1080p, there's like, trailing...
  11. AgentJonnyB

    archived-videos I Gots to Nerf!

    If your on a low budget, I can recommend a really good $420 tri-lighting kit, 600watts each, though I'd recommend a 420watt lamp for one of them as a fill, as that has to be weaker than the keylight. I'll be using mine in my next projects, and also tested em in a friends project (it's not...
  12. AgentJonnyB

    archived-videos I Gots to Nerf!

    That was fantastic! I love nerf, and videos like that--another brother in the art of nerf, lol! The shots were really good, sure a bit more lighting could've helped but even so, the image was actually quite decent in most shots. The action was really well done, none of it looked fake, or held...
  13. AgentJonnyB

    Sony vs. JVC help!

    The main concern I have with these cameras is, aren't the hard drives built-in permanently? If that's the case, I would strongly recommend something else, cus if the hard drives die, the cameras are rendered useless.
  14. AgentJonnyB

    Fake Sony Premium tapes?

    Those are fine, I get them all the time.
  15. AgentJonnyB

    Buying an HD Cam and looking for suggestions

    You could go for a sony FX1000, it's one of sony's newest HDV cams with best lux rating and great features. Runs for $3200 (US). I think it's currently the lowest priced advanced camera from sony right now, for wedding videographers, it is a dream come true (HD cam in the $3k range with lux...
  16. AgentJonnyB

    archived-videos My first cinematic style "wedding trailer"

    Shown here on my (temporary) business webpage (along with other wedding videoclips and very sophisticated montages on other pages): Vista Video Productions: Temporary Home Page If any of you are looking into wedding videography and/or cinematography, it is a great business to get into...
  17. AgentJonnyB

    editing Editing HDV Possible Problem

    So, I take it if I use Premiere Pro to export the mpeg2hdv footage to Microsoft DV AVI, and import the new file to the project, it should run the CPU a lot less, but it will take more hdd space, as AVI is pretty much uncompressed...have you edited HDV AVI? I just want to know how much a...
  18. AgentJonnyB

    editing Editing HDV Possible Problem

    If you can spare an extra $500, the Sony HD1000u might be something to consider, as it does have more capabilities than any of the consumer models, it's a surprisingly cheap prosumer model. I would recommend Premiere Pro for editing HDV, it reads it fine and works well with it. You definitely...
  19. AgentJonnyB

    Is this an ok camrea?

    I'd try my best to steer clear of consumer-level hard drive camcorders. not only is the quality significantly lower than that of mini-dv, but if the drive dies, the entire camera is useless, the drive is not removable. Higher end hdd models come maybe with an optional drive or require the user...
  20. AgentJonnyB

    archived-videos The Idiot With Cracked Fingers - A Tribute to classic Kung Fu.

    That was really entertaining! Great job!
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