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Hi there. I'm an independent filmmaker, 18 and fresh out of high school. Unlike most kids I've had quite a lot of experience covering live events due to my early employment into a news breaking media site.I wouldn't say I'm great and I don't even have an HD camcorder. It's a Mini DV and a Canon...

I own a CANON XL1s. I'm going to be getting a Jag35 Pro real soon at a very VERY low price. Unfortunately the Canon XL1s isn't an HD camcorder so I'm hoping the Jag35 and lens will make up for that. But I'm still relatively new into the lens portion and I'm still studying up. But let's say...

Could anyone recommend a lens for the canon xl1s? I want to use the lens mainly for rack-focusing. If you could recommend the cheapeast one and recommend a moderately good one despite the price, that'd be awesome.

Greatly inspired by givesmehope.com and Operation Beautiful, me and several others have started a movement called "Project: AWOL" (Anonymous Words Of Love). What it is, is real simple. AWOL encourages everyone leave messages in public and private areas, whether be big or small (post-its...

So basically, I'm abroad right now in Korea and I know absolutely nobody here but, it turns out, my friend is here! In the same city as me as well! So, I'm thinking I can film but, mustering up any ideas for a story with one person is extremely difficult. If anyone has any ideas they'd like to...

Ever since birth I was abused by my mother. I'm Asian so it's expected but my father left us so she took that anger out on me and escalated usual asian leg whippings or hand punishments. Over the years she would smash the gameboy into my head, hit me in the head with a log from the fireplace...

Basically, I'm going to make a 4 part series (5minutes or so each) to upload onto YouTube. So I guess it's a short film? How would I write and format the script? I've tried writing, learning, and read actual screenplays, and it baffles me.

I'm going to be filming a short, a 4 part maybe 5 minute each series to put on YouTube and I was wondering; what kind of positions should I have in a small film crew to work it? I'm nothing of a pro but so far all that comes to mind is: Director, writer, camera operator, mic holder, editor, and...

So, I'm fairly new to film, but I've been studying for a year. I'm going to film a short real soon and I realized that I was going to need a boom mic. Could anyone link or recommend any good boom mics and poles for a Canon XL1 s? I am on quite a budget here but anything that won't suck is fine...

Hi, my name's James and I live in Cerritos & La Habra in Southern California; which is like the OC area. I'm 17 and I'm going to be a senior in high school this september. Well, I can't find anyone here who is interested in film, and the only one that is...he's literally too stupid. His mindset...

I'm going to be a Senior in high school this year so I have to start considering my options for what to do after I graduate. Obviously, I have to continue education because of film, but how? I was abroad my Freshman year but the international credits did not count in America so I spent my...

So, I live in Cerritos, California. You'd think cus I live in California it'd be full of actors, right? ERR. WRONG! Cerritos is about an hour away from Los Angeles, and my parents won't give me money for a cab and won't let me get a car (I'm 17). I try to improvise with neighboring cities but...

I'm 17 and this September I'm going to be a senior in high school. I want to further my studies in film and cameras because my school doesn't seem to offer anything related to film (We do have a film studies class but the teacher literally just pops in a video and makes people watch emmy award...

So, a lot of Wong Fu fans wondered what kind of a camera WF used for their shorts and films. Well, I noticed there were shots of them holding their camera so I compiled what I could, screenshotted it and made it into one picture. For those of you who don't know who WongFu is, they're a...

First off, I have a Canon XL1 s and I must say I'm quite a noob. I mean, I try to study film on my own but its times like these when I need help from this site because my school doesn't offer help with film. So I have two main problems/inquiries that revolve around camera focus. 1. My canon...