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jumping will is totally right, however i always notice in amateur films that people never spend enough time on the "boring parts" such as sound and creating fully formed characters. Oh and ridiculously long establishing shots seem to be the staple of amateur/indie films. oh way too much...

haha i knew someone would say something about audio, but as I am the DOP I'm only interested in the pictures, well not really but the sound equipment is someone else's job haha!

I love my film degree, however as the others have said if you have bad tutors its never going to be great, my course is designed to be as much like the profession as possible so all the projects have specific roles (i'm currently DOP as i specialise in cinematography) and all the forms for...

definitely invest in the 50mm 1.8 such a good lens for the price, built like an absolute piece of crap but for the price you get amazing quality shots. i've used mine for all sorts of video and photography stuff, and its the sort of lens you just always keep in your kit bag just on the off chance!

Also I would definitely suggest some behind the scenes videos for the blog, lets people see what you have been up to, and how you get the end product!

Like the look of the showreel, although I need to give it a proper watch when I have more time, also you have a spelling mistake in your web address, not nitpicking or being nasty haha just thought I would point it out just so you know!

Not sure if i've posted this in the correct sub forum, if not can a mod please put it in the right place. cheers Anyway, So I have a project that is due to be shot in december but i need to get the budget for my producer in the next week or so. Oh I should probably have said that i'm the DOP on...

ahh the dr-40 was an option i had considered hadn't realised it had no manual volume, by any chance do you know how the volume works on them? does it just record at line level or is it automatic? there always seems to be a drawback with the cheaper options :(

Hi guys, Just a quick question, does anyone know of a digital recorder that has xlr inputs? I'm talking similar to a zoom h4n but ideally something cheaper! the problem is i don't want to spend loads on a h4n when all i need it for is actually recording the audio from an external mic...

Hi guys, just joined the forum after reading through some of the posts for the last hour or so, looks like a friendly and interesting forum :) anyway I'm sure ill be posting many threads asking for help, and hopefully i can help one or two people myself! Thom.