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In about 2010 I was working on a novel about a filmmaker. I didn't know much about the nuts and bolts of filmmaking so I was doing a lot of research and somehow found my way to the Indietalk forums where I soon became intrigued enough with filmmaking that I abandoned my novel and bought a video...

Hi, I got some helpful advice here on lighting before I shot my last short (which was also my first). This time I'm going to be shooting mostly outside on a park bench in the morning and I'm wondering whether to have the morning sun lighting their faces or shoot toward the sun and let it light...

Hi, So I'm helping out a filmmaker by doing some "editing" work for him and he wants to give me credit, but we don't know what for. I'm not exactly editing because the film was shot on super8 and he edited it the old fashioned way and then had it transferred to digital files. Now that it's...

What's the convention for editing within a scene, say, going from shot to reverse angle during conversation--a clean cut or a very very short cross dissolve? I tried to answer my question by turning on the tv and watching. The cuts SEEM like they have no overlap, but perhaps it's just 2 frames...

Lighting a bathroom scene I'm going to be shooting a few scenes in a fair-sized bathroom. At some points the actor will look in the mirror. The existing lighting consists of two fixtures about two metres apart roughly in the middle of the room. Each fixture has three lights (typical, screw-in...

Last week I posted a music video I did. I actually did this doc first. It just went up today. I was a bit rushed because I noticed the contest rather late. I wish I hadn't had to use so many stills, but I didn't have enough footage to go with the narration I'd written...

I know in the theatre world directors and cast rehearse for weeks, if not months before opening night. How much rehearsal usually get done before shooting a film? On set or off? Who else might be there, dop, etc. to help with their own preparations? Thanks for any insight as I prepare to make...

I just finished my first video. Made dozens of mistakes throughout the process and learned a ton. Would be interested to hear what you think: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDlj0MPhvts Cheers, Tom

Hello all. I sort of jumped in with a couple of posts before properly introducing myself. My username is Swink, but in the real world I'm Tom. Both work. I've focused on writing for the page mostly. Did an MA in Creative Writing, published a dozen or so short stories and a few poems in some...

Hi, I've been reading this forum off and on for a while and it's been helpful and interesting. Now I'm ready to buy a camera. Which would you rather work with for an indy project, Sony PD150 or a new Vixia HF S 11? I can get them for roughly the same price. I'll be editing on Final Cut...

Hi, everyone. I'm not a film-maker but I'm hoping to tap into your collective wisdom. I'm a writer and I'm working on a novel set in the 70s. One of my characters is going to make a low-budget documentary. I thought I would have him do it on 8mm film, but I've learned that most 8mm film does...