MattHawkins Online - Film Making Forum

I've had conisistant problems with Panasonic cameras. Canon items are just OK, I don't care for their quality either. I recommend Sony, I love their quality and I have never had a problem with one in the past.

As for prices go, basically the more you're willing to pay the better the camera will be.

You won't find a 1080p camera for less than $5,000. I've been looking, myself. There are a couple 1080i products in the consumer market, but they are cr**. You want to be looking in the prosumer catalogues for 720p. A decent camera for filmmaking might run you up around $2,500-3,000. But it's well w...

How about the soundtrack to "Far and Away".

Nice work. Now the trick is, can you pull that off in a sequence where there is action?

Maybe you need to spend a little more time with Premiere. You can manipulate the audio however you wish. In Premiere it's called FILL LEFT or FILL RIGHT, not Flip.

I capture footage in Adobe Premiere. If the capturing is choppy, or srops a lot of frames, it means there's a lot of junk filling up your memory and rebooting the computer generally solves the problem. As for trailing images and distorted backgrounds, are you sure this isn't a flaw with your camera?...

I would be terrified if a guy came after me with a pitchfork.

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You're going to have a tough time making something vaguely similar. You might be better off using metal parts instead of wood; it will be stronger and easier to work. Maybe even look for a replica of the firearm.

We own a Classic Army M15-A4 Airsoft rifle... it's almost identical to a real M4-A1 in appearance and weight. Not a toy for foolish minds.

Post some various examples of your past work so that we can hear it.

Haha. That's fun. You can actually do live storyboarding in that fashion. It was amusing, nonetheless.

I tend to believe DV compression is lossy though. It always gives me trouble when rerendering. True uncompressed is the way to go until you have reached your finished product. At that point you can compress it however you want.

But then again, his or her editing choice is up to one's own.

Yup. How will you know if you can do it, if you never try? If you have an idea, try it. Experiment. Spend some time using your brain inquisitively. If all fails, try something different.

Why don't you actually make the room dark? Light the room from windows and doorways.

I own one M1 Garand and a ton of replicas. I bought prop guns by the dozens in the past.

You record in mono because the microphone is mono, which should always be in just the left stereo track. With a good editing software, you can manipulate the audio however you like. DV codec IS compressed (despite they claim it is uncompressed). Which is why trying to use a color screen replacement ...

How to avoid common problems? Simply disappear from time to time, like myself.

The good way to learn is by watching other movies. If you can't do that, you can't make them.

I have two speakers and a subwoofer and I'm happy with it. Why need more than that for a computer?

Aye. Sorry, I'm not planning to pursue an acting career in Great Britain any time soon. I do watch your movies every now and then. Mostly because I'm on your personal mailing list. The Butcher movie are invocative. I admire the stories you decide to work with, but sometimes the editing needs to be a...

There's something terribly wrong with the encoding.

Intriguing. It's similar to what we do for Airsoft guns.

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No, but I've been caught between an infantry squad laying down fire without ear protection. I heard bells for a while after that one.

A fog machine would work the best. I've used mine to fill bullet casings so they smoke when they hit the ground before. It should work well for a smoking gun. Here's the catch, however. A gun normally doesn't smoke after a single round. It usually appears after several bursts, and will come on thick...

Find yourself a midget and just do it for real...

aaronv2's suggestions are probably the most practical means of accomplishing your goal. I can't think of anything else to add.