TOM VENESS

I have around £1500 English pounds to spend on a digital camera and seeking advice as to which camera people see as the best for the money. I don't want to go out and spend £3000 at the mo and want to work up to that standard. I have seen and used the Canon xm2 and really like it. Has anyone else used it and liked it? Can anyone reccomend as similar priced model that is good? Thank you

Thank you. It's a shame I was in New york last week and these would have probably been more avialable to me there, but I will try and hunt them down. Dont' worry about about too much information. I need more information as there is so much about cinematography and filmmaking to learn. So thank you for your time Tom

Do you know a website where you might be able to obtain some of her work. I live in England and can't seem to find anywhere

Thank you this is more what i was getting at. i've heard alot about Maya Deren looking forward to seeing some of her work

Thnak you for the help. Don't think i explained myself too well, but thank you for your time.

I'm training in cinematography at univeristy. Next year we have to make films either by ourselves or in groups of two or three. I'm very interested in telling stories visually and wondered if anyone had any ideas or examples of how this has been or could be done . I've seen "Nocturne" a short film by Lars Von Trier which i think succesfully does this, but wondered if anyone could help. Thank you

I am shooting a sequence between two dancers. I'm shooting in a black studio with a black curtain in the background and on the floor. I want create an effect where the light only shows minimal parts of the dancers bodies and the rest is predominantly in darkness/shadow. Does anyone know how you would create this affect? Where the position of the lights would be? We have are using pulsar lights and we can't have any lights on a rig only on stands. If you put the light to the side or behind the dancers Ive been told it gives them more of an edge light and if you edge them from both sides but add no front light you can achieve a semi silouhette, revealing figures and movements without revealing details of their faces and wardrobe. Where would the lights have to be positioned to achieve this? Also I am shooting the dance movement a seqeunce at a time. Shooting the whole scene with a master shot then using pick ups when necessary to mix it up. I want to design the light into the movement and been told to put the lights on a rig, but the studio has none. I had an idea to put the light on a dolly and move it around the dancers at a high speed. Would this create modeling and movement in the light? Thank you

Ok thank you. Its all a matter of cost at the moment

Thank you everyone really appreciate the advice

Thank you Leon.

So what are currently the best DV cameras around?

Would you say that the XL1s and XM2s are not good cameras? Have you used them? Thank you for your time really appreciate it

thanks guys really appreciate. The problem i am having though is when you shoot a master, because the sequence in performance will move so fast and then when you use a pick up shot?

Sorry plus how does this method relate and work in regards to editing Thanks

I need to buy a top of the range digital camera. I want to buy a Canon xm2 as i dont think my budget can stretch to a Canon XL1s. Has anyone used either one? What do you reckon I should do? Thanks