MattHawkins Online - Film Making Forum

I don't hate anyone and I dont judge without evidence. I have read your previous posts, and they do contain criticism and helpful hints, people just need to look beyond the bluntness. Now if that comment was meant to be sarcastic, I apologize for misinterpreting what was said.

freed wrote:I'm far superior

You know, I've not really had a problem with you until that comment. Most of your comments, while blunt, speak the truth or even offer constructive criticism. But to say you are superrior to someone is just plain arrogant.

I bump thee as I show off my new toy...

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Well, I've seen this kind of request before, and it is a nightmare. Suddenly you get a slew of footage that is 24p, 60i, 30p, lit completely different, dark, light, too blue, too green, and its just impossible to coordinate effectively. Where if you can do it yourself, everything would be consistent.

Zacatac927 wrote:hey Alove what do you mean by SGpro.... is it some lense that gives depth of field for a mini dv camera?

Yeah, but I abandoned the idea, as I needed the money to buy the props

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Haha. A DVX100B.

Well coming soon I have a crate from Epsilon and Moore Millitaria, which I will take pictures. May not get to start heavy duty shooting this weekend, but I'll probably start the scenes where we don't have to weigh ourselves down with gear. Still waiting for the radio.

Well I'm taking a guess that you're using AE, so if you're not, ignore this post. Try using the beam tool though. It can be used in a 3d space, and has a built in glow (which sucks, if you want to add a glow, use Ryan-W's glow, the same as the lightsabers.)

I have already ordered from that link. Thanks!

I don't really like your tracers. What are you using to make them?

The Polish?

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With the HVX, I'd shoot 720p, because since the camera can only resolve about 540 lines, there really is no reason to shoot at anything higher, it's just more redundant data.

That's the problem with today's movies, you always leave the theater saying "well, at least it was well shot/had cool effects." When was the last time you left the theater and said, "Wow, what a great story!"

I'd hire someone who's a professional. Really, I don't think this is something good for a low budget. Maybe just do some motion tracking and particle effects in max or something.

UFProductions wrote:I gotta' ask, why are "porn" "sex" and "webcam" search tags for your video?

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I was wondering the same thing!

You *NEED* an 1080i HD cam to get the 4:4:4 SD. And you'd be ready in the future. Whoever started this thread, get the HC1, its really a great camera.

From what I've seen in movies, when a nuke goes off, theres a big flash, so have it go to white right when it hits. Then slowly fade the white out to reveal the nuke blast.

The only thing that bothered me were the tracer rounds, and the lack of variety in the muzzle flashes from the AK. Other than those minor quibbles, its a good job.

Still, its nice to have the 30P 4:4:4 SD footage by downrezzing.

Green is often times used because of a myth surrounding how the color information in DV is stored, supposedly in YUV colorspace the green resolution defined by the three different channels of Luma, Red and Blue. By storing those seperatelyits assumed that the compression is much less damaging, howev...

Yeah, its mine. I'll take pictures when it arrives.

Also pick up some lighting, you want to light your screen separate from your subject.

Can't the HC-1 film in SD? Cause if it can, get the HC-1 and use that; you'll be ready for the future with a great camera now. And no, HD is not wasted, you can downrez the footage from the HD cam to get incredibly sharp near 4:4:4 SD footage.

PRC-10 anyone?

Mainly used in Korea and Early Vietnam, but I still feel justified in getting it; It's 200ish less than the PRC-25 (the eventual replacement around '65)