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I've edited 3 shorts with FCPX, one of which just played at the Indie Memphis Film Fest this weekend. The digital file I exported from FCPX looked great on the big screen. It was also fun grossing out a packed theater of mostly art film enthusiasts. heh That short was originally started in...

This is a known issue with FCPX, thanks to Google's new multi-account authentication process. You can fix it, but the solution is a pain since it requires you to basically make a new Google+ account. I didn't want to do all that, so I'm fine waiting for Apple to fix it. What I do is just render...

Very impressive light painting! Going to have to try that. I've only done it using a laser pointer.

Thanks for the great feedback, Knightly! I agree completely with the issues you pointed out. I admit, I spent most of my time on the cinematography and set design, and very little on the story. And indeed, I got carried away and abused the audio effects. Really appreciate your critique. Very...

I was just watching the bonus discs from the Star Wars Blu-ray set and they discussed creating scale when it comes to models. Their key ingredient was light. The more lights that were on the ships, the bigger they are perceived. Not the exterior lighting, but the interior lights for windows...

I really like my Canon 10-22mm EF-S lens, even though it's only an f/3.5. Get it for around US$600 now. It's pretty sharp, though it can get a little soft around the edges at 10mm, which is certainly not surprising. You can see it intercut with Canon 70-300mm IS USM and then a Canon 50mm f/1.4...

Hello there, fellow mid-southerner.

Yes, that's the right link. I edited my post. Appreciate it.

Hahaha!! Leatherface isn't so bad when the worse he could do is mess up your hair a bit.

Thank you.

Just finished this one. Just a test short to see if I could use the DSLR with separate audio recording. Shot in one 13-hour shoot. No crew, which made this a bit challenging. At one point, I was directing, running camera, holding the boom in one hand, and a light in the other...

Some excellent shots in here. Great job everyone. I do a lot of still photography. It's my relaxing hobby. Here are some recent shots: Canon 60D, Canon 100mm macro, handheld, natural light with Canon 580EX-II flash for fill. Canon 60D, Canon 70-300mm IS USM lens, handheld, natural light...

Thanks! To submit, go to: http://26th.abcsofdeathpart2.com/submit/submit-your-film/ Anyone can submit a short for free. Has to be under 3 minutes. Deadline is October 31. Just upload to Vimeo or YouTube. The film must be shot specifically for the competition. Basically, this is a feature...

We finally got around to shooting more shorts, and decided on a whim to enter the ABCs of Death Part 2: 26th Director competition. I decided to try shooting with the DSLR instead of our Sony pro cam (HVR-Z5U), and now, I will likely never shoot with the Sony again. This was shot with a Canon...

Sounds like the bitrate is too high for either your CPU or hard drive. Try converting to another format like H.264 and manually set the bitrate to maybe 800kbps and see if the pixelation still occurs. If not, then the original bitrate is just too high for your computer to play natively. If it...

The best thing to do is get a fast lens (f/1.8 or faster). I would assume there is going to be a lot of motion, so to avoid blurry images, you'll need to shoot at a high shutter speed (1/500 is a good place to start). However, high shutter speeds require a lot more light. Depending on the...

During a night shoot on my first short film, I was in a hurry and tugged on the power cable of a lit 650w light to free some slack, only to realize there was no slack. The light stand tipped over and landed on my head. The bulb and the protective glass over the lamp shattered all over me. My...

Not sure about local-only play, but I'd try the Unreal Tournament games. UT3 is pretty fun. I still think Unreal Championship on the original Xbox was one of the best FPS frag-fests. The people on my gaming site played that on Xbox Live religiously every night. So much fun.

For some odd reason, I'll watch military / political movies when I'm sick, like "Hunt for Red October" or "Thirteen Days." Or really bad horror films, like "Legend of Boggy Creek."

It seems a little flat to me too. Perhaps it is due to each episode not really ending very dramatically. They used to end with more of a cliffhanger, but instead they are just hanging on Edward James Olmos and Colin Hanks characters who, so far, just aren't that interesting. Also, Quinn seems...