Hello all,
I've decided to shoot a documentary. Basically, I intend to interview various persons of interest from around town and edit the interviews together into a thematically unified film. I am particularly interested in life-changing choices, especially those which are contrary to social norms/pressures.
I have no serious experience with video or film but I do have a Canon ZR500 mini-DV camcorder as well as an older Canon super-8 camcorder. I'm thinking that I'll use the first of these machines because its smaller and easier to deal with. The ZR does have a distinctive motor sound, but I expect that using a microphone would substantially alleviate its sonic interference.
I also have the option of spending several hundred dollars and renting a much fancier camera (Sony PMW-X1 HD for example) from the local video co-op. I don't really want to do this... do you think that my image-quality will be seriously compromised if I choose to stick with my inexpensive handy-cams? Also, are there any good reasons to consider using the super-8 opposed to the mini-DV?
Thanks a million,
- Mothro
I've decided to shoot a documentary. Basically, I intend to interview various persons of interest from around town and edit the interviews together into a thematically unified film. I am particularly interested in life-changing choices, especially those which are contrary to social norms/pressures.
I have no serious experience with video or film but I do have a Canon ZR500 mini-DV camcorder as well as an older Canon super-8 camcorder. I'm thinking that I'll use the first of these machines because its smaller and easier to deal with. The ZR does have a distinctive motor sound, but I expect that using a microphone would substantially alleviate its sonic interference.
I also have the option of spending several hundred dollars and renting a much fancier camera (Sony PMW-X1 HD for example) from the local video co-op. I don't really want to do this... do you think that my image-quality will be seriously compromised if I choose to stick with my inexpensive handy-cams? Also, are there any good reasons to consider using the super-8 opposed to the mini-DV?
Thanks a million,
- Mothro