Indepentdent Film

JackFrost22 · Post by **JackFrost22** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 8:41 pm

Yes you read it right. I'm not gonna write much until its done. I am buying a comcorder this week and the screenplay is almost done. I'm the main charater. If I should it would any of you buy the dvd?

peppers · Post by **peppers** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 8:42 pm

nope

Post by **benheck** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 8:48 pm

Is Linux chick gonna be in it?

xxxeagle · Post by **xxxeagle** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 9:03 pm

benheckc wrote:Is Linux chick gonna be in it?

LOL but seriously if she is put Ill buy one.

JackFrost22 · Post by **JackFrost22** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 9:12 pm

Well in one part I say.
"Screw this Shaving Cream I going on BenHeck"

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 9:15 pm

xxxeagle wrote:
benheckc wrote:Is Linux chick gonna be in it?
LOL but seriously if she is put Ill buy one.

That sure would get a lot of money...

JackFrost22 · Post by **JackFrost22** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 11:06 pm

I need a new camera. Of course I check eBay.
Here are the best 2 I could afford.
[Please don't bid on them before me]
Which one do you think is better?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... Track=true
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... Track=true

sam · Post by **sam** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 11:19 pm

I suggest the samsung. And dont worry, if someone bids on it, well kick there ass.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 11:26 pm

benheckc wrote:Is Linux chick gonna be in it?

Lol, Ben and his Linux chicks

makuraken · Post by **makuraken** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 4:28 am

For Camcorders, I would say that Sony makes some of the best ones out there. See if you cant find a Sony camcorder. The older ones work really good, too. Right now I use a Sony Handycam (Mini-DV) with a Carl Zeiss lens in it. Those are cool, and I like them a lot. Besides that, they have Firewire for the computer with an external mic plug-in (despite the stock mic works pretty well)

JackFrost22 · Post by **JackFrost22** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 7:02 am

sam wrote:I suggest the samsung. And dont worry, if someone bids on it, well kick there ass.

they both are. Well I guess I'll look for a nnice sony one.

Sometimes they go for a lot on eBay.

makuraken · Post by **makuraken** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 7:21 am

You might get lucky. And if you get a carl zeiss, I have a broken one I can give to you for parts and stuff. I personally love the Sony cameras, they have been the best for my movies.
One word of advice, if you use a plug-in microphone, be careful with which mic you use. Bigger mics take more power to use. I used a TV studio shotgun mic on my camera (running on batteries) and not only did the battery go down faster, but I think the picture quality went down as well ( I cannot confirm this as weather conditions of that day promoted lense fog, therefore it could be from either the shotgun or the slight fogging). Cant really tell.
Good luck.

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 9:58 am

they're BIN's, so you don't have to worry about getting outbid. Just get one soon, before they are all sold.

Post by **benheck** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 10:11 am

Cheaper DV cameras, even with their 720x480 resolution, can still result in a not-so-good picture because of their weak low-light abilities.

Better DV cameras turn darks/blacks into just that... whereas cheaper ones fill dark areas with lots of unsightly "video noise"

Unforunately the DV cameras that work good in low light are usually at least $1500. Even my high-end low-end camera I used for "Lizard" was like $1250 and it wasn't so hot in low light.

The reason I mention light is because typically a low budg movie doesn't have all the professional lighting/etc and therefore "dark" scenes such as nighttime/in caves look overly dark.

Overall suggestion: If using a cheaper camera, film in daylight or be sure your scenes are QUITE well illuminated.

Oh, one more thing. There's something called a "white balance" on a camera which basically sets it to recieve the color of light coming in. Again this is a high-end feature but if you've got it makes a world of difference.

Shooting normally with incadescent [light bulbs] and the scene looks yellow/orange. Perhaps this is what you want (a warm look) but if not, setting a white balance to indoor/bulb makes everything look like NORMAL color, since it accomadates for the color of the light.

On the same token flourescents can make things look green (since they're green light techincally) again white balance can bring it back to good.

I could go on and on but ANOTHER feature that IS on lower end cameras is the auto/manual iris. The iris in the lens is like your eye, it opens and closes to allow less or more light it. If you can set the iris to MANUAL and dial in a setting this will keep it from changing automatically. Example: Shot of blank wall, iris may be F5.8 A person walks in, it changes (because the person darkens the scene) to something else. This causes a noticable "jump" in the picture and screams AMATUER! (Though even in PW there's spots where I forgot to lock the iris - hey, we were on a tight schedule!)

Maybe we should have a low budget movie forum?

Oh, one more thing: Get a camera with the largest lense possible. The bigger the lense, the more light you get (that's why digital cameras, with their dinky lenses, almost ALWAYS require a flash for good results)

JackFrost22 · Post by **JackFrost22** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 10:48 am

Man. Ben knows everything. The light problem is one of my biggest fears because about 15 minutes of the movies are in dark alleyways and stuff. I think I'll keep my eye out for a nick camera. Aboujt the lens. Exacaly what I was thinking. I know from when I did still image photagraphy in school. Another thing when its done I will give one of the people on these forums a copy and Ben.
P.S. - The movie has minor violence, adult language and some drug use so i cannot give it to someone under 13.