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| oscars | 11/21/2009 | Chris Bushman |
Q: I don't know if this is really your field of expertize, but I was just wondering if you could clear ...
A: Good questions Kaylee. "A Beautiful Mind" won the Oscar for Best Picture in 2001. On the Wikipedia ...
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| Canon Cam | 11/20/2009 | Brian Alves |
Q: where can I find good training dvd's on canon xl1 camcorder? And, can I use the canon xl1 with final ...
A: The XL1s replaced the XL1 making it's predecessor obsolete along with any training material. The ...
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| Deferred Pay | 11/16/2009 | Troy Smith |
Q: 3 Main questions: 1. What presently would be realistic formats to shoot a movie on which I seek ...
A: This is a fantastic question, Joe, but I am not an expert in it. I will give you the answers that I ...
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| lighting | 11/15/2009 | Troy Smith |
Q: As you might know by now, me and some friends are making a short film and I would like to know: what ...
A: Interesting question! Although I have never shot in a rain forest (but in other forests) it has ...
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| regarding some special effects. | 11/15/2009 | Chris Bushman |
Q: I was hoping you would help be with some of the technical questions I have regarding special effects ...
A: Well, I can see you've really been thinking hard about this stuff. Sometimes there are multiple ...
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| Film making | 11/14/2009 | Troy Smith |
Q: 1. I want to start filmmaking from zero. What should I be equipped with? 2. What are the books that ...
A: You need a digital video camera and a computer with video editing software. These are the minimum. ...
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| Analog film editing | 11/4/2009 | Brittanie Flegle |
Q: What is the work flow from exposed stock to married print using analog equipment? What r the ...
A: The project you're working on sounds really hands-on. I'm not as familiar with exposed stock, but I ...
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| DV tape transfer | 10/26/2009 | Brittanie Flegle |
Q: I'm a newbie using SDHC cards in my new panasonic AG-HMC40 camera. I'm going to be editing some ...
A: OneHow many hours do you have to capture? If you only have a few tapes, then you could buy and ...
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| Editing Short Video Clips | 10/24/2009 | Brittanie Flegle |
Q: I make a lot of short video clips of family, friends, sports, etc. I would like to do some light ...
A: I know that Final Cut Pro has a Sharpen filter, but I've never used it...and it's not a free ...
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| I have a question about using a green screen. | 10/22/2009 | Brittanie Flegle |
Q: I'm a graduate in film arts, but in one of my final classes, the professor told us how to film on a ...
A: This is easily done by simply adding another layer/video track of the image of the picture you want ...
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| shooting television and computer screens | 10/21/2009 | Troy Smith |
Q: when i use to produce industrial videos we'd use beta sp cam packages and if we had to shoot a ...
A: Sorry for the delay. The way that I have always done it (and the TV station that I worked for) is ...
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| lightening | 10/18/2009 | Troy Smith |
Q: i work as a camera man but want to improve myself in becoming a dop in the future...i been told that ...
A: Do you meaning "lighting"? There are a few DVD's out there, and the ones that I know of can be ...
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| movie | 10/18/2009 | Alessandro Machi |
Q: Was there a black & white Hari Spray movie made, before the one with Ricky Lake?
A: I personally have not heard of a movie called Hari Spray, but there was a movie called Hair Spray ...
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| Filming | 10/15/2009 | Alessandro Machi |
Q: I'm a student at Walla Walla University and I have a big event coming up in January that involves a ...
A: One of my first video jobs ever was a round table discussion. I've also seen this type of ...
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| I need help and advise on getting started | 10/13/2009 | Troy Smith |
Q: I struggled for years trying to get started on a career as a writer,director and producer. After ...
A: I am a little confused with your question. Have you already started working on the low budget ...
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| Film/Video Career | 10/10/2009 | Alessandro Machi |
Q: So I'm fresh out of tech college with an AAS degree in video production living in MN. I have worked ...
A: One way to get camera work may be to be useful in the editing room. I believe most smaller video ...
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| Clapperboard | 10/10/2009 | Troy Smith |
Q: I am pretty much ready to shoot my first production- a ten minute short film with some friends. I ...
A: The number of the scene in your shooting script. The actual shots are not the scenes. The way I do ...
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| Mini DV | 10/9/2009 | Alessandro Machi |
Q: I'm trying to recover the first 40 of 64 on a mini dv tape. When the battery was changed at 40min. ...
A: Prior to connecting the camera to your computer, rewind your camera tape all way to the beginning of ...
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| working around furniture display lighting | 10/2/2009 | Troy Smith |
Q: I am shooting several scenes in a furniture store that has excellent display lighting to show case ...
A: Interesting question. Are the lights in the shots or not? If not, you can buy opaque filters and ...
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| No Tripod | 9/30/2009 | Troy Smith |
Q: My mate and i do outdoor ed videos and we are in locations where we cannot take a tripod is there ...
A: Sorry, I wrote an answer to this question the other day, but I received a notice that said it still ...
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| pitching production companies | 9/14/2009 | Hyunjin Jo |
Q: I've tried sending out query letters to agents about a script I have. Most of them were either not ...
A: From your question, it's not clear that you understand the "pitching" concept in its entirely. ...
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| Video Graphy | 9/7/2009 | Alessandro Machi |
Q: As a career i want to do a course or degree in video graphy or video shoots i have no idea what to ...
A: I cannot cover your question in its entirety as it could take several chapters to do so. However, ...
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| iMovie 08 project | 9/6/2009 | Brittanie Flegle |
Q: I need to copy an iMovie 08 project to ext. drive to send to stock footage agency. One project is 2 ...
A: iMovie is great because it does not reference any media; It keeps all digitized media in the project ...
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| clapperboards | 8/27/2009 | Troy Smith |
Q: I am 16 years old and myself and a couple of friends are making a movie, me at the helm. I am a ...
A: Sorry, didn't mean to be confusing. Most people don't call marker, they just say "LOTR scene 8 take ...
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| Digital archiving via seperations | 8/27/2009 | Chris Bushman |
Q: I'm currently working on a project for a digital cinema studio making ycm separations from digital ...
A: Interesting paper. Most of it makes sense. The part about SEYCM's makes me cringe. The presenters ...
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| two questions | 8/27/2009 | Chris Bushman |
Q: I just have two questions: 1.) When is an indoor set more favorable than a soundstage and ...
A: A soundstage IS an indoor set so I assume that you are talking about an existing interior compared ...
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| clapperboards | 8/27/2009 | Troy Smith |
Q: I am 16 years old and myself and a couple of friends are making a movie, me at the helm. I am a ...
A: The clapper is actually called the "slate" the "marker" or the "clacker" usually. 1) On big sets, ...
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| Digital archiving via seperations | 8/26/2009 | Chris Bushman |
Q: I'm currently working on a project for a digital cinema studio making ycm separations from digital ...
A: The key thing here, Baron, is to put yourself in the shoes of the archivist 100 years from now. If ...
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| Final Cut Pro into DVD | 8/23/2009 | Brittanie Flegle |
Q: How can I obtain the best resolution exporting a Final Cut Pro 90 minute film into a DVD? I am ...
A: You need to create two different video formats–and subsequently, two different DVD's–to screen this ...
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| Making a movie | 8/17/2009 | Troy Smith |
Q: "I have an idea for a TV show how do I start the process to make it happen?
A: First you need to write it all down in a professional manner. Then you need to contact ...
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| Final Cut Pro into DVD | 8/16/2009 | Brittanie Flegle |
Q: How can I obtain the best resolution exporting a Final Cut Pro 90 minute film into a DVD? I am ...
A: Your export settings sound fine. But what is your frame resolution? Also, where is the final DVD ...
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| Making a movie | 8/15/2009 | Brittanie Flegle |
Q: I have an idea for a TV show how do I start the process to make it a reality?
A: That's a loaded question. It's hard to answer in just one post. First, I'd start with a TV spec ...
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| Making a film/tvshow | 8/15/2009 | Alessandro Machi |
Q: I have an idea for a TV show how do I start a process to try and get it on TV?
A: There is no one way to attempt to get a television show on the air. Most people's biggest concern ...
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| Filming and effects. | 8/14/2009 | Troy Smith |
Q: I need some advice as far as filming. I plan to start a series for youtube and hope to try for ...
A: I'll take a crack at this one... Shooting with one camera is easy, and it's how most independent ...
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| formats | 8/11/2009 | Troy Smith |
Q: 3 Main questions: 1. What presently would be realistic formats to shoot a movie on which I seek ...
A: 1. if a program is shot on HD can non-HD televisions view it properly? Cause i know when I've shot ...
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| copyrighting a script | 8/11/2009 | Alessandro Machi |
Q: I want to enter some online film contests, and all of them stipulate how you have to prove that you ...
A: I have heard of mailing a script to yourself as being one method, but in my opinion it should be ...
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| Problem with file type | 8/7/2009 | Alessandro Machi |
Q: I was overseas a while ago and took a lot of video with an Analog video recorder. I wish to compile ...
A: It is always better to transfer analog video into a DV (digital video) codec, versus a DVD, when you ...
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| Lenses | 8/3/2009 | Chris Bushman |
Q: Just wanted to ask your professional opinion on something. I'll be shooting a music video in an ...
A: Yes, Rich, I think wide will work best. When doing moving shots, the wider the lens, the smoother ...
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| Image blurry only on large TV screen | 7/25/2009 | Brittanie Flegle |
Q: My 15 year old son is in the middle of his 3rd official videography project - filming a dance ...
A: I really like using Final Cut Pro, but it's a $1200 program and only MAC-compatible. The PC ...
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| Image blurry only on large TV screen | 7/23/2009 | Brittanie Flegle |
Q: My 15 year old son is in the middle of his 3rd official videography project - filming a dance ...
A: Try different compression settings. Adjusting the compression settings means changing the video ...
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