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So people can practice and hone skills before they spend a great deal of time, effort, and money on something that will be terrible.

Be good to see them. It's difficult to give very specific advice without knowing what is really being conveyed. Good luck!

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Stan: I'm going to be Frank. You can still be Stan (yep, terrible joke, but I wanted to at least sound a little less harsh. I suspect I'll come off that way anyway :D). Firstly, your camera is fine. Honestly. Shoot in 4K or 1080. Shoot in 720 or SD if you want. You really don't need to...

This is the trouble with "rules" and "scientifically studied techqniues" - it's all a little smoke and mirrors. Some explanation and illustrations (albeit without the illustrations): Firstly, why left to right? The obvious answer is that we read left to right and are used to analysing visual...

Actually turned out to be an interesting week. Firstly, my old friend Stuart Lock and I are reworking and redrafting some feature screenplays we've spent the last two odd years on, and these are looking more than hopeful. Secondly, I've been tinkering with, and falling in love with once again...

Really depends on which zoom lens you'll be using. I'd pick the GH5, personally.

Curious as to what made you use such a quick pacing while editing?

I'd make a feature on a cardboard pinhole camera if I could. Cameras are cameras and if it gives the results you want, then use it. I pretty much do all my r&g documentary footage on a Panasonic G80.

Have a job in a week, and I need a decent fluid head and tripod that I'll be lugging around London pretty much all day, needing to set up with minimal time, and has a light payload. So, the Sachtler Ace M is apparently a nice smooth head, But the sticks are said to be terrible. The Miller Air...

Obviously a sound proofed room what be better than anything, but this is a false analogy. You're always going to have some ambient noise in the real world. There's a few work arounds, but my first advice wouod be: microphone choice. Knowing the pick up pattern of a microphone is vital. I'd...

This. The problem with mounting is two fold: distance and angle. If either are off, your sound gets ruined. And bad sound is way worse than bag images. Try using a Videomic Pro is a quiet room. Record your voice with the Mic a couple of feet away, pointed toward your face. Then try it pointed at...

Found them very hard to come by in the UK, to be honest.

I see the mini has been discontinued. Next month I'll be filing some protests and hopefully (!) getting some on the spot interviews. How well would the micro pro work with a Panasonic G80/85? And are there better alternatives (I'm after the 3.5mm inputs rather than xlr), as I'll be using a VMP...

I did look for the Panasonic, but so far I haven't been able to find a second hand one for less than around 3000. If I had the budget I'd like to pick up the JVC LS300, given is smaller lenses and size.

Yet another recommendation plea, I'm afraid. I've recently moved over to jourmalism and documentary making, and this is somewhere my experience with cameras isn't too hot, mainly because there's a lot more movement involved, less time to set up focus, etc. Relying on DSLR is a bit of a no-no...

A;thugh note about Brandon Lee - he was killed by a lodged bullet, not a blank. You would find it very difficult to load a bullet into a blank firer.

PFC guns are what I use. Much safer, nowhere near the noise levels (do not fire blanks without ear protection), and damn accurate imitations, down to the muzzle flash.

If you mean visually, you can practice acting out "recoil" of the firearms Personally I use PFC guns, as they're much more appropriate visually, without the dangers of using blanks in firearms. That way it's simply a matter of matching sound with muzzle flash or slide action.

It's simply the maximum resolution. You can submit films with any resolution up to 4K.