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Hey there, I have been given an assignment, which is to do a 5 minute portrait. The focus is pretty heavily on "real," "emotional" and "personal." I had an interesting subject lined up, but that person has now not gotten back to me in 4 days and I really need to shoot it in the next few days...

Does it have to be a crane? A camera on a drone could give a similar (although not the same movement) and solve the issue of there needing to be a transition between aerial and crane.

So what in particular did they like? It's difficult to give suggestions based on a logline :)

I wasn't calling you or your film sexist. The "cue sexist stereotypes" was predicting the inevitable stereotyping that has to come from such a question - seen in my own answer. Any question which relies on the generalising of a group is by extension going to have to make stereotypes I don't...

Cue sexist stereotypes. It's a shame this forum has such a strong gender bias. It might be worth talking to female friends, family members, and posting on other forums (with stronger female memberships) etc, and ask what they look for in a movie. Unless your making a chick flick (which it...

Out of curiosity, GA, you have a feature film yeah? Is there somewhere I can watch it? I find your philosophy interesting, so am curious as to your results :)

Yeah fair point. There are other benefits too. E.g. getting a skyline at night.

Technically he's not wrong. Yes there is a lot of competitions for those technical jobs. But it's still a far more viable career.

You don't. Those scenes aren't ever convincing (to me). I suppose the general premise is that the characters are so "honourable" and have so much respect for one another (despite their hate), they'll fight it out "fairly," "man-to-man." I don't buy it, but that seems to be how a number of...

What? Directing is the only goal one might have in filmmaking? I know many people who have no interest in it all. Soundies, DoP's, wannabe producers... Hell I think I'm probably more cut out for being an editor. If someone wants to be a DoP, then it makes sense to get involved in the industry at...

...or online distribution is a more suitable platform for them. Two huge TV shows are distributed primarily online in House of Cards (well, at least the first season was, unsure about the others) and Avatar: The Legend of Korra. I'm sure there are others. It's not that they're not good enough -...

Just because something calls itself a "film festival" it doesn't mean it has any credibility.

Why are you spending $8-$10k? Also, you seriously tried to gamble your way up to your budget? :lol: Spose you could get good at counting cards..

People are far more like to not even read the notice on their doorstep, let alone consider your offer, if you don't talk to them directly. Over the phone is acceptable. In person is ideal. Email is ok if its your only option.

KnightsFan kind of hit the nail on the head there. I used to agree with the idea that the artist singing/rapping was dull. And typically I think that music videos are a bit unexciting at times. That said, there is a place to show off an artists talent on an instrument. If we didn't want to see...

If you have control over the lighting situation I wouldn't let the low light capabilities sway you. I have a Gh fan (owning the gh3) but I don't know a heap about the two cameras. The A7s certainly looks impressive for low light shooting - but that, to me, is moot, unless you're shooting...

Site looks good! Perhaps a touch "hipstery", making it a little hard to distinguish from the crowd. But overall it's really nice. If you wanted/had the time, you could maybe make it a little more low-fi to suit the project (unsure how exactly you'd do that though). I'll get back to you soon re...

+1 People seem to appreciate being unfair overly polite. Recently i was in need of a psm and i managed to stumble upon a few email addresses which weren't really intended for no budget students like myself. But i essentially said "sorry if I'm asking too much, but..." Asking if they had any...

Gosh how unreasonable of them. You did read Caidh's other suggestions?

Unless you go to one of the few highly regarded film schools (if you didn't get into your local, free one, you won't get into one of these schools - besides they tend to be expensive) no one cares about your "certificate." They care about how good you are at your chosen speciality, be it...