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I think the most inspiring book for me when starting out was "REBEL WITHOUT A CREW" by Robert Rodriguez.... Guaranteed straight after reading that book you will want to go out and make a movie!

Hi Guys, We've just finished a really quick project, we were asked to produce a 1-2 minute promo video showcasing the final round of the Cambridge Band Competition.. So here it is.... Comments welcome as always!! http://vimeo.com/44113993

I would definitely invest in the 50mm... i have recently and its the best investment i have made so far with my DSLR equipment, its a dream to use, its so so sharp and the DOF is crazy shallow, you cant argue for sub $100

Thanks for that Knightly, however the river shot has to be a specific river as it is referenced in the orchestral piece that I am doing the promo for

I have been very lucky corporate wise and worked for some cool companies like Hewlett Packard and Berlin Symphony Orchestra.... but there does feel this air of unreasonable requests within the corporate world.... My biggest pet hate is when a client asks me to send a finished project that was...

Hi Guys, Im sorry but this is more of a rant than a question... But does anyone who shoots stuff for clients just feel sometimes, that suddenly anyone you work for is a film maker or cinematographer, the amount of times in the last 6 months i've had certain clients feel you can just magic a...

Hi Guys, I am filming a festival in early July, i hopefully shall be using my trusty 600d, however in recent shoots ive found keeping it still while shooting on the run is somewhat difficult. I am thinking i have two options... a DSLR steadicam rig or a DSLR shoulder mount. Im just not sure...

Hi guys, Need a quick help, I started a project in CS5.5 i renamed the video files within cs5.5. i saved the project after i ahd to move the original video files on my computer so i need to re link the files within cs5.5 ... however obviously some of the video files now have a different...

Hope this helps...... http://www.digital-slr-guide.com/crop-factor.html

Just want to say congratulations Phil ons elling your work, its amazing and really can show what you can do with talent, you dont necessarily have to have the most expensive equipment, its just what you do with what you ahve to work with. As i understand it portions were shot on a t2i?

Above is the original video screen shot on the left and today i went back and fiddled about with the settings more and on the right is the result, i think it looks much better.... i used landscape picture profile and turned off the brightness and contrast assist as well as bringing iso right...

i am using the canon is 2 - 50mm-250mm lens

Hi Phil, would you say its better to under expose slightly if needed? Also as you can see from my screen shot the detail is quite blurred, would that be to do with what picture profile i am using? I have used a user defined profile where the sharpness was right down...

Hi guys, I took some outside landscape video yesterday with my 600d, and everything looked great in the view finder but when i got the footage into premiere it all looked over exposed and kind of dreamy looking and not sharp. Also everything looks in focus on the lcd but when later inspected...

surprised to see this in my hometown, its great to know that one of the worlds most prestigious university cities can produce such talent as this! Made me laugh very much :D

i have fixed the problem, i had to locate the "Media Cache" file and delete all the conformed audio files.... this file was well hidden btw! I think my problem started originally as i imported both dslr footage and xdcam footage from the same file all in one go and the poor thing got confused...

video is fine... its the audio that is the problem

Hi guys, i am working on a project that uses both xdcam ex and dslr files both shot in 1080p... all the original files work fine on my comp but as soon as i import them to premiere all the audio messes up, drops out and is generally not in sync with the clips... the video is fine. Its...

how reliable is cloud storage?

Hi Guys, I have a 1TB external Hard drive which i put all my files on.... with the more work im getting, the more full its getting and i am looking into getting another Hard Drive, however i recently watched a video with a professional editor explaining his editing set up. He mentioned that...