AboutAlessandro Machi Expertise Videotape editing, archiving, and videotape remastering. Experienced in live event cinematography plus interviews and b-Roll. Have provided Video Post Production Services for independent film & video productions that have been distributed both nationwide and worldwide. Have experience in both video and film. Not too familiar with Hd at the moment although I did operate a B-roll camera for an HD independent feature.
Regional Emmy Winner, also an Emmy Internship Scholarship Winner when I first finished college back in the mid 80's.
I Enjoy filmmaking as well and one day I may attempt a feature film in super-8mm although the film Dali, Dali, Dali seems to get longer with each passing month.
Experience 25 years of Film & Video Production & Editing Experience including low budget & quality control. I enjoy filming in Super-8.
Organizations Founded Action! Film and Video Production Club while in College.
Publications www.Opednews.com
Education/Credentials Four Year College Program, was one or two classes short of graduation.
Awards and Honors Regional Emmy Winner, 8 Time Vision Award Winner, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Internship Winner, Film Festival Winner for several different Super-8 Films,
Past/Present Clients Sony Pictures, Prudential Jon Douglas, In Defense of Animals, Humane Society of the United States, Ivy Gullickson
Expert: Alessandro Machi Date: 4/25/2008 Subject: Camera problems...
Question Hi. I am trying to start a indie. Film making career, and I think I have everything straight, except the camera. I have looked at many models from canons GL-2 to whatever you can imagine but they are all too expensive. Then I ran across the Panasonic AG-HSC1U. It doesnt use minidv or anything, it uses a flash card, and records in AVCHD format, and is 3ccd with image stabilization and everything, fully manual controls like iris, shutter, gain, white balance, mic levels(BTW it has 5 built-in mic elements for 5.1 surround), color bars, and zebra stripes. It sounds pretty good, but it is seems too good to be true. Since im soaking up opinions like they're going extinct, what do you think?
Is it a practical all-in-one solution for a budgeted project?
Answer Flash card technology is probably the ideal format besides film for shooting on. However, the cards are very expensive and you will be required to re-record over them, sometimes within hours of the prior use UNLESS you spend a lot of money and buy a lot of flash cards.
