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Is anyone familiar with re-writing strategies? Obviously you can write the second draft from scratch without looking at the first draft. Or you could just take the first draft and change it according to instinct or feedback. Does anyone know of any other strategies?

Hi all, I'm trying to transfer data from 8mm tapes to digital on my hard drive. The 8mm camera upon which I made the 8mm videos has died. My newer digital camera has a firewire port and an S-video port (although I don't really know what that is and have never used it). So, does anyone have...

My name is Catalina and I'm writing to offer my DV editing services. I can work with anyone in the world as long as files can be sent over the internet. Please contact me if you're interested. Catalina catalinacurious@aol.com Hometown HomePage: http://hometown.aol.com/catalinacurious/

I have a tough question for you all. I have an idea for a short. But I got it out of a book. It's a true story of this short event in this woman's life. I have never met her - I just know her name from the book. Should I try to get in touch with her and ask if I can use her story? or...

I'm offering my services as an editor to anyone in the world that can send their material to me. Please contact me! Catalina

I just read Florian's introduction and realized that even though I joined and began posting last week, I never introduced myself. Now what are people going to think of my manners?! Hi. My name is Catalina and I'm in Northern California. I'm 22 and just finished college and trying to figure...

If the point of my movie at film festivals is to attract attention and potentially awards and future financing, what is the difference between a short and a feature length film? Obviously I can make the short much faster and cheaper. But will it open the same doors and impress as well? Can I...

I'm thinking about making my first feature film. I'm doing it because I want to and not for the money because I doubt I'll ever make any. But can someone give me a reasonable estimate of my chances to find a distributor and make money - and how much? If I need investors, I need to be able to...

I'm just getting started on writing my screenplay and I was wondering if anyone could recommend some good books on "how to"? Catalina

I am needing some advice. I have made a few amateurish vacation type movies on iMovie and now that I am considering doing something more feature-length (but still on a 10K budget), I was considering upgrading to Final Cut Pro or Express. But I have heard there is a daunting learning curve...