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Hi All, I've been thinking about picking up a Britek light kit off eBay. Was wondering if anyone has any first hand experience using these and what their thoughts were? I usually use Lowel kits which aren't reallly that great in my opinion, but they do get the job done. Anyone able to...

I've rented lots of gear in the past, but I've always used my client's or employer's insurance certs, this is the first time I've had to rent gear on my own. So, I guess I need to get some general liability insurance, and I was wondering if anyone had any good recommendations on insurance...

This might be one of the strangest posts I'll ever make. At this moment I am trying to finish editing a video for a client that I have to deliver by 9AM EST tomorrow morning (Thursday). I need a 4-5 second clip of a dog getting a bath. The director was supposed to get this clip for me so I'd...

Can anyone recommend a good mini dv/vhs combo deck? I'm just looking for something basic that I can use for loggin into my Avid Xpress DV system. I would love to find one that also could play back DVCAM formmatted tapes. Any feedback or firsthand accounts would be greatly appreciated.

Hoping someone can point me in the right direction on this technique. I need to do an fx shot where a person's hands are glowing blue. Then they touch something and the blue glow transfers to that object. This is going to have to be done over some live video that I'm going to shoot on location...

Hi all, I'm in the process of "lining" a script for one of my clients. Basically going through and highlighting the various elements (cast, props, etc.) with different colors. I was wondering if anyone knows if there are "standard" colors that are used when doing this? If so, what are they?

One of my shorts, "Sticky Wisdom", will be showing at the Giggleshorts Film Festival on Friday night during the 9m screenings in the Tequila Lounge. Unfortunately, I won't be able to attend myself, since the festival just told me about an hour ago. :hmm: Still, it's the first time I've had...

Can anyone point me to a good web calculator that can covert "feet of film" to "minutes" by format, frame rate, etc? I'm too lazy to even try to do the math myself! Thanks!

Hi all, I'm looking to buy a custom keyboard to go along with the copy of Avid Xpress DV that I just ordered. I know that I definitely want something with actual keys, not stickers. I seem to always see the Logic brand (that's what most of the equipment dealers seem to stock). I figure the...

Is anyone familiar with this festival in Toronto? Reason I'm asking is because I submitted a short to them and never heard anything. Eventually, they post a bunch of screening times on their website, and I don't see my film listed. No big deal, I assume the film wasn't selected. Now 3...

Hi all, I'm planning on shooting a short in Super 8 film soon. I have an old camera that I've never used, and I am looking for some tech tips. 1. What frame rate should I shoot? I was assuming 24fps, but the camera manual says 18fps is normal speed? Does it matter if I'm going to tranfer to...

I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations/thoughts/experiences to share regarding production management software packages? In the past, I pretty much just relied on my own collection of forms and templates, but I'm getting ready to start a new project and might be willing to consider...

Hi all, Here is my team's non-winning entry from this year's NYCMMMM contest. Our assigned genre was "Sci Fi" and the topic was "a contest". Even though we ended up crunching the entire production into 4 days with only 1 day of shooting, I have to admit that this did not turn out as well as I...

Fellow newbie, Christopher, has inspired me to post a film as well! http://www.bausermedia.com/stickywisdom001.wmv This is the short that I did for last year's NYC Midnight Madness Competition. Our assigned genre was "Mockumentary" and the topic was "A day in the life of a person who thinks...

Hi everyone, Just found a copy of a 3 minute short I shot about 10 years ago that I want to re-edit and post on-line, but I need to replace the music (don't have the rights to it). Does anyone have any suggestions of where I can find some royalty free music for my cowboy/western/sci-fi/time...