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Hi everybody! I'm working on a short film at the moment and there is one two minute scene inside a moving cab at night. How do I shoot this? As far as my knowledge extends, these are my options: 1. Put the cab in a studio and fake it. 2. Put the car on a trailer and have it towed 3. Have...

Choosing a standard prime for the 550d... I have a 550d/T2i and am looking for a lens within the 28-35mm mark, so basically, the equivalent of around a 50mm lens (with the 1.6 crop). At the moment I'm tossing up between the canon 28mm 1.8, sigma 28mm 1.8 or the sigma 30mm 1.4... Are there any...

Haha, Knightly - I'm saving that straight to my bookmarks. Mitter - thanks for the compliment. Here's the new draft available for download, if anyone's still interested. Let me know if it's improved or not! DRAFT #3: http://www.4shared.com/document/81aTxDxn/THETRIP190411.html

Thanks guys! Zensteve - What's this grid chart? Is it similar to a framing chart when shooting film? Brianluce - I assume by "study sticks" you meant "sturdy sticks"? And what do you mean by redundancy?

Knightly! You just taught me something new that I will definitely remember in all my future writing! I found myself going through the whole script fixing all those SOB verbs, so yeah, thanks a lot :)

Knightly - Not to sound stupid or anything, but I don't really know what a passive verb means. However, after some googling, I've altered the first two sentences like you suggested. "DANNY (19) lies in the fetal position, passed out on his seat." "A loud group of drunk girls get off the train...

Hi everyone! So, in a couple of weeks I am working as cam op on a shoot and we're shooting on RED! I've only ever shot on 16mm or HD before. This is my first time with the RED. I'm nervous but at the same time EXCITED! Tomorrow, the DOP and I will meet the guy we're hiring the RED from and we...

I really like your suggestion and I will definitely write the next draft with that in mind. I had a similar feeling upon re-reading the screenplay... I felt like the scene in the cab didn't have quite enough tension to warrant Danny wanting to get out of the cab so badly. Thanks a lot, Theo!

Hey guys, Please have a read of my screenplay and let me know what you think. It's only 5 pages so it won't take up too much of your time! Thanks in advance! :) TITLE: THE TRIP LINK: http://www.4shared.com/document/lSa7mnUk/THETRIP160411.html SYNOPSIS: Danny has had a big night out. He...

Thanks chillpie and Cracker. Stupid question, but is it most effectve to install the NLE onto the external HD and also use it as a scratch disk, or simple use the drive as the scratch disk?

Oh, so you think that my PC might be able to handle the straight h.264 footage without any conversion? Awesome. I'll give it a try. Fingers crossed!

This is the one: http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=11270 It's uses eSATA and FW800. So do you think editing my footage is doable on my PC?

I've already got Vegas, so that could help. And most of my experience is in Vegas and FCP, so I guess that's helpful too. Regarding an intermediate program, I guess I'll fork out for Neoscene. Oh well. Btw, my PC specs are as follows: Processor: Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz 2.40GHz...

Chillpie - Yes, I mean editing software and any other programs necessary to get the camera's footage editable in said software. So you're saying that Premiere Pro doesn't require any sort of conversion?

Thanks, Cracker Funk. I'm not married to Vista; it's just what I have and I can't afford to update to Windows 7 at the moment... On the topic of affordability... Cineform Neoscene. $129. Is there any sort of free alternative to this?

What is the best option for editing Canon 550D footage on a PC or laptop running Windows Vista?

So I've had the camera for a week now! I ended up getting the Kiss x4, and as people told me, it is the exact same camera, though it did take a while to find the menu option to change the language to English. The place I bought it from also printed me an English language manual, so that was...

Thanks so much! You really imparted some valuable info there. Have any of you stumbled upon this guide before?: http://nofilmschool.com/dslr/ It seems pretty comprehensive. I might have a read through...

Ok, so there's two problems for me. I have absolutely no idea what settings to use. All i've heard is to use the "neutral" profile which will give me more flexibility with the picture in post. I also know that, generally, i should be shooting at 24p and 1/50, unless i'm trying to achieve a...

So my 550d is gonna arrive in the mail any day now... Do you guys have any tips to give before i go out and play with it?