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I am having strange yellow bands in my footage from my GH2 camera: link I get a lot more yellow bands when I'm inside but I presumed that was just from fluorescent lighting. But this was shot in the day time with just the sun lighting it. I also did a pixel refresh (inside the house if this...

OK, so for any GH2 techies, can you suggest the best hack for a GH2. Currently I have a 30Mb/s 32GB sd card. So I'll be limited by the hacks I can use. I may get a 45Mb/s SD card shortly. As a benchmark quick calculation tells me that at 24bit colors and 1080x1920 at 24fps the raw data is 142...

I was wondering how the "cheap" £200 camcorders can have 40-60x optical zoom whereas a DSLR doesn't have much of a zoom unless you buy a very expensive zoom lens? (Basically I'm looking for reassurance that my £600 HD DSLR was worth the money :lol:)

Hi, we're getting a sound guy to record the audio for our film. Generally how do you go about getting the audio from the sound guy? Do you usually carry a laptop around and copy all the sounds or get them to send the sounds over the internet? What's your prefered method?

Hi I've got my new GH2 camera so I did a bit of a screen test with it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck6GNk14ajA I am using cinema 1080 24p mode. No extra lighting just from the light bulb. Can you give any tips? I notice the screen goes darker when I zoom in. Is this because there isn't...

If you're shooting outside where do you think the best position for the sun is? (Not that you can move the sun). A) Behind as a backlight and then light the faces with other lights? B) To the side as a spotlight? C) In front as a filler light? Might it also depend on how bright the sun is...

So I want to get some lighting thats portable and powerful and rechargeable. So I'm looking into touches as lighting sources. Such as this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rechargeable-Spotlight-000-Candle-Power/dp/B000ROF2UC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1347705386&sr=8-2 Do you reckon this would work? I...

I'm trying to think of a good place to hold auditions/do rehersals. I live in Brighton, England if that's any help. I've looked at reharsal rooms which you can hire for about £10 per hour but mainly they are for bands so they won't have much room especially as they usually have a drum kit in the...

(To moderators: if this subject is too controversial please delete) What's your opinion of the indie film that is causing riots in the middle east this week? Not in terms of content but in terms of filmmaking? I think it's a pretty shoddy piece of work. Bad sound and acting. Lighting and sets...

Is this as simple as getting yourself a nice website and registering yourself with companies house? Is there any point to this? I'm thinking the main avenues for our low budget films will be iTunes and selling to TV channels to fill up their schedules and possibly DVD distribution if anyone even...

Do you know any good project management software for organising people online. Where people can post ideas and add new teammembers and we can post news. And links to rushes and so forth. There's obviously facebook but is there something better?

Just seen this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4X6olWN3-g about connecting a nexus 7 tablet to various Canon cameras by USB to use the nexus 7 as a large screen/input device. That looks pretty cool. I don't think it would work with the GH2 as this outputs with an HDMI cable. Am I wrong?

OK, so if you don't have a big budget what's the legality of paying people in shares of future profits? i.e. each actor gets an equal share of 50% of any profits of the film. Presumably it's fine to pay yourself below minimum wage so if each actor is essentially a partner then does that apply...

Take an hour long episode of a series such as Quincy or CSI. How is this different from say an hour long Indie Film of a similar or smaller budget? Trying to answer my own question I would say that in a film "every second should count" whereas in a tv episode there may be a lot of "filler"...

OK this is probably a stupid question but I'm getting an DSLR (Panasonic GH2) and I know I'll need a shotgun mircophone. But what exactly does one of these H4N's do and why can't I just plug the microphone into the camera to record the sound - and what would happen if I did? I've seen pictures...

I'm a complete noob to lighting. All I know about it is that it's the most important part of filmmaking after the sound! Has anyone got any tips especially for shooting indoors? Or any good links to doing lighting on a budget? The kind of lighting I'm interested in is not realistic or film noir...

Hello my names Paul from Brighton, England. I am currently writing a script for an indie film which I hope to have produced and shot by this time next year. My budget for the whole thing including equipment, is £2000. So I'm mainly counting on the script and acting to carry the film. The film is...

Hi I'm looking for a camera for my new Indie Film. I wan't a cinematic look rather than a home-video look. So I need a good camera with high quality. I think that means I need one with a large sensor. I've narrowed it down to 3: which shoot full HD at 1080p Canon 7D (about £1000) Canon 5D...