Hello all. I am very new to movie making and hope to be able to make some quality stuff and had a few questions. My cousin and I have put together a screenplay for what we hope to be an action movie that will have a run time in the 25 to 30 minute range. For the record we have what some might call a shoe string budget. Personally I call it being broke. So please don't hate on me too much.
First off the camera we are using is a Cannon Vixia HF M40. It can accept additional lenses but haven't bought any yet because we don't really know what we need if any. I know the additional lens will reduce the amount of light but we will be filming this in the middle of the day. I have been hearing conflicting stories on what lens we need. Some people say a wide angle lens while others say a telephoto lens.
What do you guys recommend? Also I see a ton of lenses on Ebay for little or nothing but I don't want to buy something and it be absolute garbage. Can anyone give me they're thoughts on the Vivitar lenses?
Second off is sound. We have a zoom h4n and have heard good things about it but wanted to get your thoughts on it. We still need to get a wind windscreen for it and not sure what else.
I think that's all for the moment but I'm sure I'm forgetting something.
First off the camera we are using is a Cannon Vixia HF M40. It can accept additional lenses but haven't bought any yet because we don't really know what we need if any. I know the additional lens will reduce the amount of light but we will be filming this in the middle of the day. I have been hearing conflicting stories on what lens we need. Some people say a wide angle lens while others say a telephoto lens.
What do you guys recommend? Also I see a ton of lenses on Ebay for little or nothing but I don't want to buy something and it be absolute garbage. Can anyone give me they're thoughts on the Vivitar lenses?
Second off is sound. We have a zoom h4n and have heard good things about it but wanted to get your thoughts on it. We still need to get a wind windscreen for it and not sure what else.
I think that's all for the moment but I'm sure I'm forgetting something.