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This isnt another short, but a video for youtube, a kind of comedy news vlog. I am experementing with different characters. This video is of David Lanker, a news reporter guy, the style is a kind of satire-ish a little like one off Braas Eye (UK show)...

Now I know that the pro film makers on here will mention the high end mics and say that you should be spending at least £100 on a mic. However I want to know how good these very cheap chinese mics are off ebay, heres the link...

Thinking of getting a new monitor to update myself from CRT to somthing good for video editing. Should I get a cheap HDTV or a normal LCD monitor? I would like to do HD video editing in the future, which monitors are best? This looks good...

Im new to screenwriting but i have started this little piece here http://www.scribd.com/doc/19477198/Red-Draft-1 any advice welcome.

Hi all, I have just finished editing my new short film for a local fest/competition where I am. I just thought id screen it on here first to see what you guys think, any input would be very helpful, although I cant really shoot anymore footage of this. Here is a link where I temporary dumped...

I am just getting into screenwriting and was wondering on a few things,, If I write somthing and want others to look at it for feedback or error checks is it a good idea to post it on here or any forum as somone may copy it or somthing? Is it a bad idea to write somthing sci-fi , somthing that...

I am wondering what to do with the opening of my short (a horror/thriller/comedy thing) I was some sort of simple but slick good title text, but I dont really want the norm MS fonts I use sony vegas, is there any way I can get some good text in there? I see other peoples films and their text...

Sorry to keep ranting on about sound issues, I should think more about lenses really.... Ok so I should be filming in some woods on Sunday, the short does not have any dialogue, but I will want to capture the best of the ambiance sound around me. Should the mic be on stereo or mono for...

Ok so I am trying to work out in my head this, which maybe simple but I may need some sort of clarification: If I have filmed 2 people talking with 2 different angels over the shoulder one side and the other, when I want to edit and cut away when A is talking to see B, does the audio overlap...

I have only just started writing screenplays, only writen 2 short ones. Its good fun but I would just like an opinion on this first bit of mine. This is based in the UK so if the dialogue seems a bit querky thats why lol EXT.DEALERS DOOR.DAY TOMMO rings the bell of his pot head dealers...

Ok so now another dilema has hit me. I have one mic, I wish to shoot 2 people talking A and B. When the scene is acted out I wish to have the scene shot one angle over the shoulder of A and again with B so when I edit I can cut between the two. The thing is do I move the boom back and fourth...

I am learning more on this area now, i think i may need to buy a DIY 35mm adapter or make one. But how often is it used in films, obviously I notice the scenes but Im just wondering if there are films that use it a lot less or is there a film out there that has not used it. Im sorry if this...

Not sure if this has been mentioned before but a british film maker has made a unique zombie film with his camcorder new artical here: http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/cannes/article6306149.ece This is a great sucsess story I think, the film looks...

This is a short documentary I filmed last week inplace of another project I didnt get to do as couple of people let me down. This film interviews a man who rents an allotment and he tells of how he looks after it. I did the doc for Current TV now sure if anyones heard of that...

I have this mic, that was quite cheap. I don't know to much about mics but is the shotgun condenser mic suposed to only pick up the voice when its pointed at it? the mic i have seems to pick up a lot of room tone buzz, and if im talking away from the mic it will still pick it up...

I am going to use my mic condencer to record dialuge on the camcorder, but also use it to record sound effects. How shall i do this? Use the camcorder? a laptop? a recording device of some sort. Also as mentioned in the other thread. Do i record stereo or mono? the mic has both options...

I have used that programe Celtx. I don;t know much about script wrighting but I needed some sort of script. used the differnt options like scene's and charictures etc. Hope I did it ok. It was good fun anway. Ill try make the film soon.

I have just finished a very short short, in which i have tested my new buget camcorder with the canon fs100. A Yoga mic em258 was used also. The short is basicly a drug dealer who has captured a burglar at gun point. My self criticism is that the background sound of my noisy neighbours was...

I im alone when it comes to this films making stuff. I have just got into this short film hobby but my friends arnt really into it all and don't really see what im trying to do. I want to film random scenes, like a tramp on the floor who gets shot in the head, a reporter in russia who gets...

The latest short i have just finished, its quite short but the the point i guess. This is probably only the 4th short I have done now, and more than likely the last one I will do using my old JVC Compact VHS camcorder as i have brought a newer consumer camcorder now...