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| best camera for filming documentaries | 9/25/2008 |
Q: I'd like to find out what a VERY good camera is for filming documentaries. The goal is the easier ...
A: Most of the new HDV cameras are fairly small. I use the Sony HVR-Z1U. If I was buying a new camera ...
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| question ! | 9/11/2008 |
Q: I m directing some short movies as the following I record a video scenes then I put the suitable ...
A: Lots of interesting questions there. I really suggest you get some books on video and film ...
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| camera | 7/30/2008 |
Q: How are you? I'm in Nepal right now shooting a few docs (my first major ones). I'm tired of renting ...
A: Difficult question. Both cameras have similar characteristics. I do know my Z-1 is really ...
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| camera | 7/29/2008 |
Q: How are you? I'm in Nepal right now shooting a few docs (my first major ones). I'm tired of renting ...
A: Easy answer. What I use most of the time is a very simple HDV camera, the Sony HVR-Z1U which goes ...
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| questions | 7/5/2008 |
Q: 1-whats your opinion about SONY 8M camera is the may be good for proffessional usage for recrording ...
A: 8mm is a rather old format. You want to shoot with at least the DV format, a DV camera. You can ...
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| Funding a documentary | 4/14/2008 |
Q: I have been working for nine years as a medical producer with a major US news network. I am now ...
A: Stephanie: That's the million dollar question. I just finished a film about GHB addiction and I ...
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| hdv or dv | 3/11/2008 |
Q: I'm a aspiring documentary film maker. My question is in regards to equipment. I am working with a ...
A: Here's a link to a good review of the HDV camera. I don't pay much attention to user reviews as ...
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| hdv or dv | 3/10/2008 |
Q: I'm a aspiring documentary film maker. My question is in regards to equipment. I am working with a ...
A: Good questions. Used equipment... you probably could get a good deal on used DV equipment. ...
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| Stock/Archival footage | 2/18/2008 |
Q: I'm in the process of making an independent feature film, and while it isn't exactly a documentary, ...
A: Normally I do a simple search for "public domain" and then the subject of the footage. I am ...
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| Use of Literary Material | 12/4/2007 |
Q: I would like to cite passages from a few books in the documentary itself, in the same way Ken Burns ...
A: I didn't need their permission. There is a word for this type of right and I can't think of it now. ...
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| Use of Literary Material | 11/30/2007 |
Q: I would like to cite passages from a few books in the documentary itself, in the same way Ken Burns ...
A: Often I have subjects on-camera who quote people, literature, etc. I rarely do films with voice ...
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| Poor Composition | 11/19/2007 |
Q: I just reviewed my rushes from my interview. I had found to my horror that in all my zeal to make ...
A: It would be best if you emailed me a jpeg generated from your video. One way around this is that if ...
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| National History Day Documentary | 11/15/2007 |
Q: Hey. I'm making a documentary for national history day and i saw a lot of previous ones on youtube. ...
A: Sorry, but you can't use clips without permission from the copyright owner. You can look at the end ...
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| Camera for doc film | 10/22/2007 |
Q: I am planning to buy a camera for making documentary to be submitted for film festival, my options ...
A: The Z1 is a professional camera, the HV20 is not professional. For instance, a professional camera ...
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| Camera for doc film | 10/21/2007 |
Q: I am planning to buy a camera for making documentary to be submitted for film festival, my options ...
A: Save a little more money and get an HDV camera. Within a couple of years DV will be way out of ...
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| Copyright | 10/15/2007 |
Q: One advice I got from a documentary book was that it's a good idea to have your work-in-progress ...
A: First, ad copyright 2008 to the end of your edit or put it on the first page of your script. Send ...
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| Interview Approvals | 6/29/2007 |
Q: I've just started getting serious work done on a non-fiction feature. I still have no underwriters ...
A: go to the sight of the top doc festival in the world, Amsterdam Intern. Documentary Film Festival ...
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| Interview Approvals | 6/26/2007 |
Q: I've just started getting serious work done on a non-fiction feature. I still have no underwriters ...
A: I don't dismiss them. Both of them are friends of mine. What bothers me is that there are at least ...
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| Interview Approvals | 6/19/2007 |
Q: I've just started getting serious work done on a non-fiction feature. I still have no underwriters ...
A: Before you do any shooting, you get the release signed. It's that simple. When I perceive that I'm ...
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| Copyright | 6/17/2007 |
Q: How important is it that I have my project registered with the copyright office? I mean ...
A: I am not a film attorney so I want to make that disclaimer. The following is my opinion as a film ...
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| Interview Approvals | 6/8/2007 |
Q: I've just started getting serious work done on a non-fiction feature. I still have no underwriters ...
A: I think this is the second time I've answered this one. What I forgot to include in the last answer ...
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| Consent to be onscreen | 6/8/2007 |
Q: I understand it's always best to get a signed form of consent from an interview subject before ...
A: Augusto: First of all, your not an independent feature director. That title goes with dramatic ...
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