tyler taylor

Just look for some input. I want to mainly shoot skate videos, and if possible I'd love to be able to do weddings with it also.

Any thoughts?

i'm in the same boat as you, and i've decided to go for the "experience" route, as in I'm not going to school.

I work in a recording studio full time, and I haven't set foot in a college classroom. I started recording demos for my band and my friends bands, then eventually everything just came together. I'm not exactly trying to have a full on career in filmmaking, but I'm hoping things will come together just like my current situation.

heart is everything.

hope that helps

hey mike,

i'm no expert by any means, but i enjoyed these shots.

(not to mention the girl in the red dress made my jaw hit the floor!)

keep up the good work

edit - it only took about a minute, maybe two minutes to load on my computer.

AS for cameras and which is the best, there has been countless lines of posts written debating this very subject on the forums, so you might want to do a search.....in just about ANY category here but let me try and streamline the high points for ya, IF you want to sell your film when it's all said and done, your best bet is to shoot 35mm to start with which is very expensive to do BUT is the easiest to sell and usually the costs of transfer to 35mm from other formats IF you can even get anyone interested in buying them offsets the savings in film costs from using a cheaper format. The main 35mm cameras are:

 

Arriflex (own or rent)

Panavision (rent ONLY)

Aaton (own sometimes rent)

Mitchell (own rarely rent)

Moviecam (own or rent)

 

other 35mm are:

 

Eclair

Eyemo (Bell and Howell)

 

and making currently inroads into the US but VERY popular elsewhere in the world particularly in Australia and India and of course Russia are the Communist Russia era cameras from the former Soviet Union:

 

Konvas (own)

Kinor 35H and 35C (own)

 

there are also some other Soviet cameras but these are rarely seen in the US. ( Check out Commiecam.com if you're interested in these.)

first and foremost, thank you for the informative reply, it was pretty much exactly what I was looking for.

is there any sort of site with info on what movies were filmed/edited/etc with what equipment? that would be the best. I'd really like to be able to compare the cameras that way.

Exciting, isn't it! B)

so exciting! you have no idea!

(okay, well I guess you do haha)

To sum myself and my situation up as easily as possible, I'm a photographer/musician/audio engineer. A buddy of mine is about to graduate from the university of texas, then go to their film school.

So, we were talking, and he said he'd like for me to do all the sound engineering when he starts making movies. I've been recording bands for about 2 years now, I'd say with the gear I have, I have it perfected. But, I know nothing about audio for film. Where could I go to learn everything I possibly can about it, and the process of making the audio for a movie (hell, I don't even know what the proper term is!)

What gear would I ideally want? Lets say there's a budget, but not a small one. I'm willing to drop a pretty penny, if its what needs to be done, I can save as much as I need!

Also, just for killing time purposes, what kind of cameras do professional filmmakers/cinematographers use? as in, a movie I could see in theaters/buy to watch at home. I'm not saying I want to buy one of these cameras, I just like reading about stuff!

And I'd also like to make short films, skate/bmx videos, etc in the mean time. I have another friend who is a writer, and works at the alamo drafthouse (theater, which plays all kinds of local indie films). What's the best format/camera for me to do this? You guys don't even have to tell me anything specific, just a few links would make me more than happy.

Now, I know I'll probably get a lot of "hey, you suck, noobie!" responses, so can we please just skip that? I've got plenty of time to learn, and all that time I can be saving up for the equipment I'm learning about.

Thanks a lot in advance guys

If you're motivated enough to embark on the filmaking journey, then you'll do your research yourself.

was that really necessary? I've obviously been doing a little research, if I'm not allowed to ask for help, what's the point of this forum?

and brian, thanks man. I'm in a hurry so I can't read all of it, so I'll make a response later.

Let me tell you a little bit about myself (very brief). I'm 18 years old, I'm a skateboarder, a musician, somewhat of a photographer, and now I'm looking to tackle the realm of filmmaking. It started out with a desire to make skateboarding videos for me and my friends (when I say that, I don't mean some piece of crap, I mean something as good as I can possibly make!), but now it has turned into short films too.

As long as I can remember, I've studied movies. As in, when I'd sit down and watch a movie, I'd notice every little thing I possibly could. Lighting, camera angles, sound effects, editing, anything and everything. Because of this, I already have a feel for what I like and dislike, and I feel like I'm off to a good start.

As of right now, I am completely broke. So I can't give you guys a budget to get me started. But lets just say around 5000 would be ideal for right now, if it has to be a little more, that's fine. I've got a friend with a vx2100 and I've filmed with it and absolutely loved it. So that's the camera I'm leaning toward. Other than that, I'm lost.

I'd eventually like to do stuff for other people, instead of just making my own little short films. I don't plan on going to school for film yet, as I'm already in school and don't want to change all my courses. Maybe I'd attend in the future, but just not yet. So, if you guys could give me some advice for getting work without formal education that would be AMAZING. But basically, just:

GIVE ME EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT!!!

Links, tips, videos, books, ANYTHING!!!

I'm so ready to get started.

Thanks in advance,

Tyler