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Purchasing a professional sound mixer would be awesome, but I just don't have the money. I'm a (soon to be) college student and need to save as much money as possible. :P

@Alcove: That video you posted has the EXACT sound effect that I'm going for, although my film will have a slightly cleaner sound to it. I'm shooting for something pretty much exactly like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf-5RaFnh2U You can hear a difference between that movie's audio...

Hey guys! I'm currently in the process of writing a film designed to look like it's from the 1980s, and I'm currently thinking up ways to work on the audio design for the film. In order to make my film sound like it's from the 80s, I've spent a lot of time working with audio distortion...

I'll just stick with the 550D (or the new 60D) then. There's no way I can afford the 5DMKII. :P What other lenses would you guys recommend getting besides the 50mm? Price doesn't matter right now, I just want to get ideas. :)

Does the Canon 7D have a better sensor that isn't cropped like the 550D? And thus if I use a 50mm f1.8 with it, will it help to give me a wider image in smaller spaces? Or should I just look into another lens as well, and just order two right off the bat?

The Canon 50mm 1.8 was one I was looking at, actually. :) My budget is currently non-existent, to be honest. I'm currently job-hunting so that I can save up some money to afford lenses and the DSLR body (I was thinking of buying it without the kit lens and just use the 50mm; the cost would be...

Well, I'll definitely be using the DSLR more for video than photography, so I'm leaning towards a prime lens I think... I'd like to get an all-manual one too, not one that's got any autofocus or anything. I want to be able to be in full control of my lens. :P I think I'll go with a 50mm...

Major bump here...sorry y'all... Anyway, I've decided to do the DSLR route, as it serves both of my filmmaking/photography needs. I've just gone one question... What lens length (I think that's the right term?) should I get? 50mm? 30mm? I guess a better way to word it would be this: What's the...

Thanks anyway, Murdock. That's not surprising seeing as you're from Dallas. :P Would anybody else happen to know anything about MMI? The more research I do the better it sounds. Curiously enough, a lot of the reviews discrediting it are by guys who can't type to save their lives, and most of...

Hey everyone, since I want to pursue a career in filmmaking, I've begun looking at film schools in the state of Wisconsin. My search has led me from nearly every University of Wisconsin (Whitewater/Eau Claire/Milwaukee/Fill-in-the-blank) to Madison Media Institute. I'm just wondering if...

Yeah, that's what I figured. I just wondered if it was at all like video cameras, and how one more expensive camera might produce a better image than a less expensive one. Sounds like with film, though, that it's pretty much the same (save for the lens quality and the people using the camera)...

Thanks for the advice everyone, and sorry for not getting back to this thread earlier. I had a bit of a busy weekend. I think for now, I'll stick to video because it's what I can afford. I know that I definitely will shoot on film at least once in my life though (probably more), and super 8...

So recently, I've been looking into using actual film to shoot a movie my brother and I have been writing for what feels like centuries. Naturally, 8mm would be the way to go, because it's the cheapest and is pretty easy to find online and whatnot. The cameras for 8mm are also fairly cheap...

Star Trek (all series) Fringe And FlashForward before ABC killed it. I admit the storyline did seem a little "out there" and it probably would have been better as a one-season mini series, but it started to get really good towards the end. Oh well.

@2001: Here's what the online PDF file of the JVC camcorder manual (on page 3/48) says: http://resources.jvc.com/Resources/00/00/91/LYT1653-001B-EN.pdf It really just says that you need permission to use the product commercially, as it's really only intended for private use. So technically...

Hehe, no, in fact it's done pretty much the opposite. Those are all paranoid questions I've had for the last few years and haven't been able to find out much about. 1)-I once read in an old camcorder manual that it was "illegal" to sell anything recorded with the consumer camcorder (it's a JVC...

Hey all, what all does it take to sell a completed film legally? Heh, that's a bit vague, so I'll elaborate a bit...:yes: I know that selling one's film is ultimately the goal of any indie filmmaker, although it's certainly a very risky thing to attempt. I have an idea for a film (actually...

The Zoom H4N is supposed to be a fairly good external audio recording device. I think its price is between $300-$400 (not sure what that would be in British pounds).

Very true. That's my plan for when I purchase my camera. Professional rigs are just too expensive sometimes. :P The T2i is definitely your only option here. One thing, though, is that I've heard the effects of "rolling shutter" seem to be worse on the T2i than the higher -up models (7d and 5d...

If only I had a way of paying for that, I'd buy that right now...:P Thanks a lot for all of that info, wheatgrinder!