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Erik, the model is ok if the camera doesn't get too close to it, but you're probably going to have to UV map some hand painted textures onto it, and the lighting needs to be more realistic (radiosity?). Finally, your glass can't look like white patches. There needs to be something inside, so...

Right now, Vince, my time is valuable, but time spent away from the computer is somewhat relaxing. I think I had seen some pre-amp compressor units in the B&H Pro Audio catalog that were around that price. You are right, though. If it was just a matter of time and material, it would be...

I'm envious of you, man. I record live band performances for the high school to help them raise money. I've got access to grid power when I'm shooting the band, so your setup sounds like it would be ideal. I'm thinking of making a compressor circuit, since I have everything else I need, but...

2001, please don't encourage bad habits. :D Audio should be recorded without the ALC/AGC and at optimal levels whenever humanly possible. Clipping is definitely bad, but too low is bad too, and the ALC could elevate background noise during moments of silence, which is also bad. Yes, you can...

Adeel, I don't think there is a definitive top 10 list. There is no way to know exactly how much each movie has made, and even if they did know at one moment in time, it is a moving target. Theaters don't always publish exact numbers to the public, DVD sales can be from many outlets and each...

A high speed shutter might also help, since camera movement is the biggest source of image blur.

I think there is some confusion here. Correct me if I'm wrong, Indietalk, but "independent" does not necessary mean small budget. Of course the budgets are smaller, but I've seen some independent films that look like they probably cost $5 million, or so.

Great! Did you happen to see the short, 9 second clip I posted in the premiere section? I shot that late in the day, when the light is really perfect for video. I had you in mind when I shot it, but I probably linked it to the wrong thread. I encoded it with super high quality settings as an...

I'm with IndieTalk here. Nothing can fix the motion blur that is going to come from camera movement, and only so much can be done to steady the image. As Will mentioned, you get black borders you'll have to crop off, thereby reducing the image resolution, on top of having a blurry image. What...

If your camera has an optical image stabilizer, use it. If you can get away with attaching a monopod to your camera, while not extended, it can act as a lightweight steadicam. If you need to be walking or running with the camcorder, and you can get another person to help, maybe you could mount...

The other consideration is if you will have an audio engineer controlling the audio levels. You absolutely do not need a mixer if you have only 1-2 microphones and the camera person is controlling audio levels. You may need a long headphone cable so the boom pole operator can monitor the...

They either work for the company that makes Nerf toys, or they have one hell of a toy budget. I don't think the last corporation I worked for even had a toy budget. :(

A more recent article pointed out that 2007 set records for box office revenue (that's gross dollars, not necessarily more tickets sold). Also, the foreign box office market is apparently much larger than the domestic market, and of course DVD sales are good. Sorry, I didn't bookmark the more...

I found an old story (from 2005) on Slate that was very informative regarding this topic. Others following this discussion may be interested. Hollywood's Death Spiral p.s. Don't take your queue from the title, the title is a little misleading, as only the last 2 paragraphs are relevant to the...

free post production software? I'd recommend the iTools (GarageBand and iMovie) for audio and video editing. Audacity is pretty good, and it's free, but it just works with audio. I'm not sure you realize how important that background audio is. It may be barely noticeable, but like I said...

room tone is the street sounds. it's the ever present background audio that you don't notice, but you notice when it's not there. birds chirping, wind blowing through tree leaves, distant car motors, etc. technically room tone is what you'd record, in the same place where you're recording...

Even cheap camcorders have great quality audio recording capability. The key is the microphone. In your case, you may actually want to use the camcorder's microphone, but record straight through to your laptop, so the tape motor isn't running on the camcorder, which is likely to make noise...

Please don't cross post. We hear you! ;) Doug

Erik, Regarding your models; I didn't contact you because I'm not actually in need of any CG models at the moment, and when I am, they will probably be specific room interiors. If you didn't want to sell a model, and I wanted it, you'd have to be willing to render out very specific sequences...

Lightwave3D and Blender both allow unlimited render nodes. It's been some time, but I think I had an easier time setting up Blender for a network render than Lightwave. With Lightwave, you have to deal with plug-ins and shared binaries, but they've made it a little easier with Lightwave 9. I...