Greg Hindman

I recently graduated with a film degree from a university in Maryland and I was wondering if anybody knew of any civilian contracted film jobs there may be for the military or how to go about finding them. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for your response David. I guess I just really like the gritty feel of the movie. Also I was looking more for any camera or lighting tricks during production to give it this feeling, specifically advice of gels to use for lights/white balancing, etc

Example: http://www.virginmedia.com/images/kid_Orphanage-431x300.jpg We are creating a short film for one of my classes and I was wondering if you guys had any advice on how to achieve this look, lighting wise / camera settings. We are using a Panasonic AG HVX200. The lenses we have are a 25mm, 35mm, and and one other that I cant think of right now. I am still a newbie to this forum so I hope this is the right place to post this question.

I really appreciate the advice you guys have given me. I will definitely keep your comments in mind when I decide where I want to go with my life. An additional note, another thing that I am very interested in is under water videography. I have my basic scuba certification and plan on getting my advanced, and cave/wreck diving certs once I get a little more money. My mentor from the aquarium said he will call me in when their underwater videographer comes in next so I can meet/talk to him. I am staying on with the aquarium as a volunteer right now in hopes that it will give me a better chance to get a videography position if one opens up. Thanks again guys!

Thanks a lot for the help Adrian. I will look into that! One of my buddies has been showing me a few tricks on dreamweaver so I am hoping that he will help me start up a web site and I could do small additions whenever I have new material.

So I want to set up a web site to have a place where I can post my resume, reel, and photo portfolio. I was wondering what sites some other people use and what sort of price range I should be looking at. Also any stylistic advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

I am currently a film student studying in Maryland. I am in my last semester of school and am trying get into freelance work, or really anything to make some money in the big scary real world. Through my time at school I have held 2 internships both were working with animals. Last summer I interned for the Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Washington DC as their videographer. I had did some work which was played on local news stations, as well as placed on the Zoo's web site and youtube page. This past winter I worked for the National Aquarium in Baltimore where my main job was to create a web video announcing the pregnancies of two of the aquarium's dolphins. As you can probably tell, I love working with animals and would hope to have a job someday where I could travel and film them. Recently I filmed a conference for a non-prophet group to aid in cleaning Baltimore's inner harbor. Through filming this and meeting some of these people I found that I would also love to have a job that helps these groups and promotes conservation of some sort. Coming out of school my main worry is making a living and to be able to support living on my own. Very soon I will have the beginning of my film kit which I will list below. If you guys have any advice for me I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks for reading. I spent a lot of time with one of my professors and we came up with this as a good starting kit for about $2000 Canon 60D w/ 18-135 EFS Zoom Lens w/ UV Filter Extra Battery 18 gig SDHC HI SPEED card Opteka X-grip pro Rode Video Mic w/ shock mount Manfrotto 501HDV Pro Video Head w/ 055Xb Legs Canon camera bag 10EG Boom Pole and 1/8" mini Extension cable