Recent content by b_scene_films

To play back HDV on my HDTV, I have to transfer it to D-VHS or play it right out of the camera via component. Since I wanted to be able to have HD content for the InTarWEB, HDV made good sense for me.

The only money that I spent on my first short was for food - About $100. The DV tape will get re-used, so that does not count :)

I have FCP 5 on a Mac Pbook G4. It has 2GB ram and 400GB FW800 drive that I use for video footage. I found that HDV editing on this was very very sluggish. I suspect you need a G5 class machine to really do it justice. I ended up editing in SD and then moving the HDV transcoded intermediate...

Well, I did a rough cut of the film with temp music. I would like to get some comments on it. If anyone would like to see it, PM me and I will link you to a QT file. I would put the link here but I don't want to choke my server. Thanks!

On my shoot this weekend, I had a number of shots where the camera was moving and dialog had to occur just as the camera was done with it's move. I had the DP giving me hand signals which I was relaying to the actors. I am not sure how else I would have done it. I don't really consider that...

Yeah, the creaking of my walker was a problem on the set :D Did a little rough cut of the opening scene last night. Brought in the camera footage then brought in the audio from the digital recorder, synched it using the camera audio. Then played it back and the audio was horrible. Full of...

Thanks for the warm welcome! I will be happy to show it when it's done. It'll probably be pretty bad as it's my first time :)

Hello filmmakers. My name is Mike, I am 47 years old and tomorrow I start principal photography on my first short. I am shooting it on HDV. I have never been to film school but I have worked at many of the studios here where I live in Los Angeles. My wife basically expressed an interest in...