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Just a side note about backups ... I've had backup drives fail and then I have to figure out what was on the dead drive and make new backups. I still keep 2 copies on hard drives these days, but I archive all of my source footage to Blu Ray disks for safe keeping. Optical disks don't have...

Getting materials together for a special effects shot I've been asked to facilitate. I ordered a gimbal yesterday. Can't wait to try that out.

Has anyone used the Moza Air 3-Axis Motorized Gimbal Stabilizer? B&H has a sale on it and it looks like a pretty capable gimbal. One of the things I like is that it can also be used as a motorized pan-tilt that can be controlled from an app. I'm going to use it with my Lumix G85, which is a...

Thank you! ... and thanks for the Happy Birthday e-mail.

Hello, again. I used to hang out here, then I decided to focus on other things for a while. I worked with an indie producer/director on one of his projects, and that was an experience, to say the least. I've been working my way back into some professional gigs, lately, but my goal is to produce...

Great score! I wouldn't have centered those opening shots as much, and I agree that the voice message from mom started a little late, but I thought it was well paced and engaging. I enjoyed it.

LEDs are definitely the future and they last a long time, but if cost is a concern, I've found the 85W daylight balance CFLs are pretty capable, although they are fragile. The large CFLs are softer than LEDs and generally have a higher CRI. LEDs are virtually indestructible and much more...

FCPX, and every other non-linear editor I've used would allow you to drag your image around within the frame. Compressor will crop the black bars off, if you choose to edit in a 16x9 format, which you don't really need to, because you can drop your 16:9 clips into a 2.35:1 timeline and still...

Make sure you've got the camera in 24fps mode and use 1/48 shutter speed (max). Keep the aperture open as far as possible (low f numbers like f1.8, f2.0) to limit DOF (you'll sacrifice a little in sharpness, but I'm not sure you'll be able to tell when shooting 24f) Finally, load a Cine-gamma...

As Rick said, a Mac Mini will do the job, but it won't have a dedicated video card, so you'll be limited when it comes to applications that require a dedicated GPU. I would seriously consider a thorough diagnostic on your old machine before you spend $700 on a new computer and $150 on Final Cut...

Danny, since I'm not an industry guy (just a commercial shooter and video effects software developer), I think I can speak for those of us with an interest in the industry who aren't up to our armpits in it. I go to local film screenings and I pay to see a wide range of low budget, short films...

Sounds like you might have installed some flaky memory in your computer. Do you still have the old memory?

The workflow from the HVX200 using P2 cards is pretty sweet. I saw a demo recently that really brought it home. Besides the obvious drag and drop copy from the P2 card to the hard drive, there is the ability to mark takes as good/bad while shooting, editable meta data on each clip that can...

I loved it, Mr. Knightly. Great job; especially for a 48 hour project. You had some really challenging dialog. You did not make it easy for your actors. The lighting and image quality were great. I didn't notice any problems with audio. Doug

You don't need more after these, you need some character development before them. An action movie with no character development is just pointless violence. There has to be a reason for the audience to care about your characters and what happens to them. Doug

The story seems more like a scene from a larger story, than a complete story. You give me no reason to care about any of your characters. I would feel nothing at all, if a meteor crashed into the city and killed them all. Doug

I'm talking about no tracks. Sorry I wasn't clear. A tricycle or skateboard would generally be trackless.

speaking from experience, you don't want to mechanically attach the camera to a wheeled dolly. You want to sit on the dolly, holding the camera, while someone moves it. That will isolate the camera from the vibration and bumps coming through the frame of the vehicle. Trust me, I did lots of...

We had this exact discussion a week or two ago. Here is the link http://www.indietalk.com/showthread.php?t=13487

I'd say that looks very good. Don't change a thing.