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Greg Banfield

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    Cinematographer
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    London
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    Film
  1. Hello I am running Sony Vegas pro 11 and I shoot on a canon 7D at 24p 1080p. Whenever I import video onto the timeline it plays fine until I start adjusting colour curves, HSL, etc. Then playback becomes incredibly choppy and laggy, literally unworkable, even if I recode with cineform beforehand. I put it down to computer power. I currently have a AMD 2.8ghz dual, 4gb ddr2, and a geforce 7950gx2. I know I need to upgrade but I'm not sure quite HOW much power I need. Would something like this do the trick? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Quad-Core-Gaming-Video-Editing-PC-16GB-DDR3-1TB-Blu-Ray-/150597684913?pt=UK_Computing_DesktopPCs&hash=item2310524eb1 What do you use? What do schools use? Any advice would be great.
  2. Hi everyone I will try to keep this brief. I plan to start shooting short movies after xmas, mainly horrors shot indoors. I am unsure what kit to go for. My budget is £300ish. I want something that can cast soft light for day for night techniques but also I may need the occasional hard light for lighting a prop in the background and such. What kit will give me the most flexibility with light strength, power, colour and direction for £300?
  3. I'm a horror writer hoping to make the step to director. I have a 7D, lenses, lights, Manfrotto tripod, Sony Vegas, and a shed load of scripts. All I need now is camera movement equpment and I am ready. I am looking into glide tracks for that gorgeous sideways establishing mid-shot. Anyway, question is this.. These tracks can cost an arm and a leg for a mere metre of smooth movement. But.. what makes it slow? Question sounds stupid, but I understand a smooth movement with no jerks or changes in direction. But as far as the slowness goes, is it down to cameraman skill or does a professional glide track give 'resistance' to maintain a steady speed? I've never had or even seen one of these things up close so I have never got to play with one. http://www.glidetrack.com/products/sd-range/glidetrack-sd.html It's hard to find a shop in the UK with these kind of things in-store. So to summarise, do they resist against irratic pressure fluctuations or are they simply a rail and carraige and it's down to you to be smooth? If it's the latter, I can engineer something like that in my sleep. Anyway thanks for your time.
  4. Hello cinematography. I'm a newbie here. I write short horror scripts and I'm ready to start shooting them. I have a Canon 7D, 50mm prime, 18-55mm kit, and 200-300mm zoom lenses, with a Zoom H4 for audio. I have watched tons of great tutorials on 3 point softbox lighting and now all I need is the lights. I cannot believe how much these can go for, what is essentially a flimsy case with a bulb in it can be worth a months wages. Anyway I found this on ebay (I hope I can post links) http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170560344833&ssPageName=ADME:B:BOC:GB:1123 If the link doesn't work just search 2250 continuous lighting kit (£200) The boxes are large, there is plenty of power and most importantly, there are 5 power settings for each box. Will this be a good kit for a starter or will it fall apart and set fire to my house?
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