Recent content by DanielRutterFilms

Hello; It's been quiet a few weeks since I've posted here, and since my last few posts (I asked about the HV30, and if it was worth it) I've purchased some equipment. I've decided to buy the Canon HV30, but I've been warned against the onboard mic. I want the best audio from my movies as well...

One thing you really should realise that NONE of the people here mentioned is: What can you afford? I myself am buying a HV40 as a step up in my career. I want to be a director, but I want to produce some decent quality shit (quality as in Picture and Story) so people won't look at me stupidly...

Permits and such are NOT a problem. I CANNOT afford extra crew members. I have less than 2 thousand dollars at my disposal and out of that I have to buy equipment. I have no choice but to handle all this myself. I'm prepared for the extra work... all I want to know is HOW I can make the sound...

Australia: A great place, great rum ;) Grats on the member of the month.

I'm a Sony Vegas 8 user, so I'm looking to stick with that for now. Proxies... is it possible to do this in Vegas? If I cut and apply effects in the Sony Vegas timeline using the low-quality renders of the original files, and then 'replace' all the files before the final output render... will...

I've recently come to an understanding of the terms "offline" and "online" editing. Working with the original, uncompressed footage (online?) during editing, otherwise editing compressed, smaller files to save hard drive space and save strain on the computer/system you're editing with. Now, my...

Why should a director or an actor make a Reel? I don't really see a benefit to making these unless your trying to sell yourself to a production company looking to hire someone to shoot a script for them... But does EVERY director need a reel?

I don't usually like giving my secrets away; but you can get AWESOME and free tracks from the Newgrounds.com audio portal. Be sure to email the composer of the track you use just to let them know... they love hearing that their work is being used. Infact, the composer for my project is a member...

Never been that good with a whip... but I suppose its great practice!

It's only a little shoot... me and three actors (and a boom mic op, hopefully). I'll be monitoring the sound via headphones during shooting. As I'm doing the camera work, I'll have the op to jam some headphones into the camera. If I can help it, I don't want cars in the shot. It's supposed to...

Your JVC, is it an Everio? I've used this camera a few times and it is by far the most useless piece of crap I've ever used. For a camcorder, the video quality is crap... My camera phone provides better quality footage! As for using HDD cameras, I'd stay away from them. Compression and other...

I've only used Celtx once or twice myself, mostly so I could put the script into a format my actors can understand. It's a good program, thank god its free!

One thing that I've noticed with my own little projects where I'd used a fairly highend camera phone to film them (I'm not rich... and don't own a proper camera...yet) is that I could always hear the person holding the camera breathing. That, plus wind gusts, plus sound of the cameraman pressing...

I've always wondered this about Indie film makers too. I'd love to be able to make a living doing films. I don't actually have a job (I live on the Australian equivilent of welfare and live with the parents) but I keep wondering... if I had a job, would I even have time to make movies? My last...

Unfortunately not. I don't have the best editing system setup (no 5.1 surround sound system, dual monitor+TV output type of thing)... in fact, the computer I plan to edit on is only a mid/low range computer (doesn't even have a proper graphics card)... and I'm a bit afraid that the old girl...