Recent content by mrpeech

Hi, I am looking for a London editor to work on a film produced in conjunction with Dublin Filmmakers Network. I (the director) am based here at the moment and am looking for a skilled editor to bring the project forward. About the film: The film centers on a young mother in a council...

Hi, I'm working on a documentary project at the moment and have a sigma 10-20 at my disposal. Shooting on a Canon 550D/T2i. Was just considering my lens options. Whether I should rent (extremely expensive) or buy a decent zoom and let's say the Canon 50mm 1.4. I was just wondering whether the...

Thanks the synopsis for LA confidential is pretty good though I think these have been written by contributors to Imdb. Though they give a good framework for plot progression and development. I also found this on my travels: http://www.simplyscripts.com/treatments.html

Hi, I'm looking to find some examples of professional synopses and treatments ie goodfellas, LA Confidential .. whatever. I can find scripts easily enough but not the above. Does anyone have a good link? Or perhaps a good book with examples that they can recommend? kd

Thanks, some good advice there. There are a number of large florescent lights hanging from girders from the ceiling. They are quite high. There isn't really glare from the walls when this existing lighting is on. I would have liked to have simply mixed the florescent with my own lights. Ie A...

Hi, I have to shoot a promo video for a client in a martial arts dojo. Of the four walls I have to work with 2 are white perspex/reflective plastic that give a nasty glare when I try to bounce my light off them. The other main wall is a long mirror and the rear wall has a window to an office...

2.8 ft sounds about right. Ken Rockwell's page has a closest focus range of 1ft. Hard to say under what circumstances that's in. http://www.kenrockwell.com/tokina/11-16mm.htm

The film will be more along the lines of 10 Minutes by Ahmed Imamovic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppAn0LNU_V8 Look closely at the interior, it's very dark. I think a big concern we have in the west is that we want to see everything. Leaving something dark and gloomy for a time can add...

That was the exact lens I had in mind!

Thanks for the advice.. what about if I kept the interior shorts purposefully darker? And used pools of concentrated light to highlight certain blocked positions ie as the talent sits at a table. Also sparsely used bg light just to bump up the overall levels indoors? Maybe LED's?

Hi, I'm making a single shot/long take film. Approx 9-10 minutes of continuous action. I will follow the talent from interior to exterior and some light running too will be required. I have access to a glidecam but can't seem to get any joy with the device at all. Was thinking of having a...

That's great thanks. You're a fountain of knowledge when it comes to audio add ons :)

thanks dude

it wasn't going to be for a film just to record some guitar, vocals etc into adobe audition.

Hi, I recently bought a rode ntg-2 shotgun mic and was trying to hook it up to my pc. I used an xlr cable with a stereo 6.5mm (1/4'') jack, then a 3.5mm (1/8'') stereo adapter to plug into the pc. I also inserted a battery into the mic itself. The levels are ridiculously low when trying to...