Deji Joseph

Thanks for the advice, i ended up using godaddy.com, but its so confusing i might end up paying some to set it up for me, anyone have any experience with them? Dj

I need to setup a personal website were i can showcase my work, contact details E.t.c I have chosen a domain name but im wondering where do i go from here?

Technically most of the things i shoot, i have no budget. Im a student at University in the UK so if i get a £250 'grant' about $200 i would be happy. For me sliders and cranes are had to come by, I have never actually seen one in person. we have a proper dolly and track but its too large to use in anything other than a large. I would realy love to use a steadicam tough but the whole issue of keeping focus comes up everytime, and the only solution is a constant distance from the talent or marking positions on floor and lens and using a whip to focus.

I agree, static scenes tend to be not as exciting as movement, i was making a comparison based on using a HDSLR only, in a perfect world we may use different cameras for different shots to compensate pros and cons .the talk and walk has been used extensively, I think if you could affort a decent dedicated focus puller, you might as well be able to rent a RED one. you would use a smaller aperture with a larger depth of field IF you you wanted movement while shooting on a HDSLR. I am just saying if you must use a HDSLR dont drool over using Panavison or Cookes or Zeiss CPs, a still lens will do the job, is easier to get, wont break your budget and u dont have to worry about compatibility issues bdw it think low budget might be to vague, how about $4000 for a 15 minutes short

I agree, static scenes tend to be not as exciting as movement, i was making a comparison based on using a HDSLR only, in a perfect world we may use different cameras for different shots to compensate pros and cons .the talk and walk has been used extensively, I think if you could affort a decent dedicated focus puller, you might as well be able to rent a RED one. you would use a smaller aperture with a larger depth of field IF you you wanted movement while shooting on a HDSLR. I am just saying if you must use a HDSLR dont drool over using Panavison or Cookes or Zeiss CPs, a still lens will do the job, is easier to get, wont break your budget and u dont have to worry about compatibility issues bdw it think low budget might be to vague, how about $4000 for a 15 minutes short

I currently have a Canon 7d and was checking out some RED one 5k footage on vimeo , I also checked out his 7d footage , from my personal experiences I came up with a theory. A GOOD still lens is nearly as good Visually on a HDSLR as any Cine lens will be ( maybe even half as good as red epic, as long as the end product isn’t full HD) if you use the cameras auto-focus to focus your shot because still lenses weren’t designed to be focus pulled. By good I mean on par with the Canon L series or nearly as good. i have seen many .videos online, and most of them are not in focus or the user has no idea about depth of field. the only reason I can see people using cine-lens is focus pulling. So for low budget filmmaking where most of the time the talent is a constant distance from the camera, I believe people should use stills instead of cine-lens, besides if you could afford using Cines why use a HDSLR as an A-camera in the first place? I think people have forgotten the importance of lighting, set e.t.c and jumped on the pixel mongering bandwagon. Do you think its worth to use Cine-lens on HDSLRs?

Your right JD, ive decided to stick with the lights and work around with them. i might borrow some work lights fro a friend if necessary instead.

I am a FIlm and Television production student preparing to shoot my graduation short film. this will be my first drama shoot, filmed on a Canon 7d. i have worked with lights on documentaries and understand the basic principles behind lighting. However i don't fully understand lighting ratios, footcandles/luminace and stops in relation to lighting. most of my scenes are indoors and i plan to use a one or two light setup and use a reflector for outdoor scenes. I have an Arri 800 red head and 180 watt dedo lights at my disposal but i find the Arri too bright and the dedo too dim. i want to use very soft high key light and was wondering what if litepanels, kinos or softboxes were good options.