Max Field

bump, now starting price is $2400

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.... Facebook wasn't a good idea? lol

How much loss of speed would there be if I had the NLE on one internal SSD, and the files to be read on a separate internal HDD at 7200rpm?

As I get more freelance shooting jobs, I become more and more concerned with the time it takes me to just set the camera up on a tripod alone. I work better when aiming towards a concrete goal so I was just curious if there was an "industry standard" time for getting a camera body ready to roll.

Assuming all necessary gear is dis-assembled and in their cases:

-Camera body with output

-external monitor/SSD receiving camera output on israeli arm

-A zoom lens

-Shoulder rig

-follow focus

-that rig onto tripod

-setting up the tripod to desired height

How long would it take you to assemble all of that?

Perhaps we could make a contest out of it, lol.

I can't really talk too much about the shoot yet.

Right, forgot about the NDA, sorry.

Prime time's got a nice ring to it, very cool!

IMDB states this was primarily shot in Toronto (which you mentioned on an older post that you had recent work in) but I was wondering, since the story takes place in the White House, if any shooting was done in D.C. at all? Obviously not in the REAL White House itself but perhaps a surrounding neighborhood.

Over a year ago, I purchased a macro extension tube to sit between my DSLR and Rokinon cine lens to shoot clips of dice rolls. The "focus to infinity" feature was lost, which I expected, but the depth of field became impossibly shallow for the most part.

The piece of gear (that's probably garbage).

I recently got a zoom lens for a Super35 sensor camera that has a minimum focus distance of 4.5 feet.

There will be times where I'm shooting close quarters indoors and will need that number lowered. Will I be having the same problems with a close-up filter as I do with the macro extension tubes? What are some things to be wary of when using a close-up filter?

Thanks.

I'll be criticized for saying this, but...there are directors and there are filmmakers, and I have come to the conclusion that they are not the same thing.

 

I've come to understand "filmmaker" as a director who also writes.

In the audio community this is easy to find, you can compare a wide range of microphones and audio gear via this website:

https://www.youtube.com/user/SonicSenseProAudio/featured

(for some odd reason, their main site is down right now)

I've seen the equivalent for cameras when it comes to crop factor compares, but has anyone made a website that's consistently shot the same subject with 100 different cameras and has a side-by-side visual comparison?

Would help guys like me who lack the resources to rent a range of cameras.

I've never had legal advice as far as shooting goes, but I've been told if a voice actor sends in their AUDIO recordings to a game dev/animator and there is nothing in a contract that states they are signing over the rights to their recordings to someone else, they could technically sue the video game/cartoon.for using their recordings without permission. Not sure if video is the same.

This is in America though.

Thanks for the info, seems like you had fun with this. A bit over the top for what I am looking for now, If I decide I want the VHS look I will probably try flipping through some VHS tapes to a look that I like and then try to replicate it with a plugin in editing software.

 

I really hated Kung Fury so I don't know if I want to go that route though :P

The sound or visual is over the top? If it's the sound, keep in mind I specifically went with a REALLY messed up VCR, others wont be as extreme on the sound. I seriously advise against plug-ins for emulating any form of tape coloration, just find different VCRs to see what's right for you (really cheap at thrift stores). Plug-ins don't get you quite there, and if someone points out that you used a filter it really cheeses up your efforts.

And I agree with your comment on Kung Fury for the most part. Felt like a Youtuber with a kickstarter rather than a filmmaker with an experiment.

Thanks for the help, guys.

You'll need to purchase a DVD/VCR combo that lets you record DVDs on to VHS tapes, along with blank DVDs and tapes. Also grab a low quality VCR from a thrift store or your parent's basement. The biggest expense to get the coloration back to your PC is an RCA video capture card.

Now burn a DVD of your footage/audio, put that DVD into the combo player and record to the tape. Now you have an analog source of things you digitally recorded. Use your low quality VCR (for extra coloration if needed) and hook it up to your capture card to get the analog signal converted back to digital. Play the tape and record the feed onto your computer and the process is completed.

May need some tinkering in post to get it exactly how you want, but this overall method has been amazing for me. If you want a sample of how it looks, I messed around with the credits score of the first Pokemon movie and gave it that coloration to enhance my illusion, give it a look here:

http://www.mediafire.com/download/jc5dxt22dcuxdtk/Pokemon_VHS_Credits.mp4

If you have any questions lemme know.

I'm going insane because Google isn't giving me the answers I need, sorry to drag it on here.

What is the Battery life from a RED Brick when hooked up to a RED One MX?

Is a RED hard drive something other than a standard 2.5" solid state in a case?

And lastly, Does the RED One MX, with most updated firmware, really take 90 seconds to boot up?

Thank you, to everyone.

That seems like a good idea. I'll try running my phone through the line input and playing a music file and see if it will record onto a tape.

One thing I've done for the tape sound in the past is playing a source through a Sony Walkman with an FM transmitter and recording its headphone output straight into my interface. For a song, it sounded great.

Is VHS coloration also a consideration for you? If so, I have a method for that as well, just ask.

I've wondered about this as well. Are GoPros a serious consideration for a cinematic car scene? I hear so many people (not professionals) praising them, but I personally think the look is way too video.

One thing that'd make the recording process easier is recording your stuff in WAV, then looping it through that thing if possible to pick up the coloration. Ease of digital, sound of tape, best of both worlds.

How much money do you have access to and what can you sell those other mics for? Better to start with a solid pre/A2D and work your way up. The current set up you're mentioning right now is a recipe for white noise disaster.

The very notion of pulling the dolly cart, holding the boon pole or play around some stupid commercial for 10 years to make ends meet and the some routin family vacations really baffles me.

What is baffling about having a job? Are you 10?

I work with voice actors all over the country for various videos and find myself needing to provide them with proper equipment. If you have any of the following lying around, or of a similar caliber, please message me so we can work something out. (eBay's deals aren't working out for me)

Interfaces that would cut it (almost anything with phantom power):

Focusrite Scarlett Solo

Focusrite Saffire

Focusrite Scarlett 2i2

Line6 UX2

PreSonus Audiobox

PreSonus iOne

Steinberg UR12

Steinberg UR22

Microphones that would cut it:

Audio Technica AT2020, AT2035, AT2050, AT3035, AT4040

Shure SM58, SM57 or SM86

AKG D5, P220

Blue Spark

Rode Nt1a

Sennheiser e835

All of these range from $50 to $150 used.

Thanks guys.

The creative vision and business savvy required to become a millionaire writer/director filmmaker is one in a million. Going to random internet forums expecting someone who's accomplished that is a little silly. I personally go to this forum because there are many geniuses of their craft on a technical and creative level both posting and reading here. I don't have the money for film school so going through pages of debates (and engaging in my own) is a fulfilling way of gathering knowledge from unique sources all across the world.

Let's say you want to be that rock star director, even if your vision and style is completely mapped out, technical know-how is something you can't assume most of the time. That's why you would talk to people that have been on sets or experienced a workload you have not.

If you're mostly talentless in film right now and think talking to Tarantino will 180 that, well... good luck.

A talent in itself is knowing which small questions to ask that will lead to your overall goal of filmmaking knowledge.

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This listing includes:
-The camera body itself
-PL to FZ mount (by Sony)
-EF to FZ mount (by Fotodiox)
-Sony BP-U30 battery with charger
-Sony XLR cam microphone with mount
-small Pearstone Israeli arm to mount external monitor/drive
-3 foot BNC cable with gold connectors by Pearstone

Most conspiracy theories are too complex and require too many people to keep quiet about them. Given Tom Cruise;s usual fee, 25% of $80m wouldn't be enough to make a film of the required standard. Crew members aren't important enough, Tom Cruise would be the person needed in marketing terms.

 

There's usually litte point trying to explain to conspiracy theorists, because they're invested a lot into the process and their world view.

Obviously, but I'm trying to gather this for my own benefit as well lol.

So I was talking to some schizophrenic old guy who has a strong belief in many conspiracy theories (believes the world is controlled by a series of mobs). There was a fatal plane accident last year which involved some crew members from the set of "Mena" starring Tom Cruise. The budget of this movie is about 80 million dollars, the guy I was talking to assumed 75% of that budget went to intentionally killing members of the crew to create "media hype" for the film.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and assume that's not true...

I tried explaining to him where the budget goes to, but I even found myself not giving the clearest of answers for where millions of dollars go for a given picture. That's where I ask for your help. I'll give two films (because I know it depends) and a series of categories, please give a percentage for each of those for where the budget would go.

First film, on the lower end of "big budgets" in the film age is Jennifer's Body (maybe David Mullen could help me out with this one) with an estimated budget of $16,000,000.

Second film, on the higher end of "big budgets" in the digital age is The Amazing Spider-man (2012) with an estimated budget of $230,000,000.

My sources for those numbers was the ever reliable IMDB.com

How do you believe these budgets were distributed among these 11 categories:

-Screenwriters

-Directors

-Art design/costumes/props

-Actors

-Audio/Video/Computer equipment

-Rest of crew on set, behind camera

-Lodging and catering for set

-Shooting on location

-Post production/Special Effects

-ADR/sound design

-Legal department (music permissions and so on)

-Distribution/Advertising (if included in the budget)

If any of you could clear what's been a mist in my mind for years I would really appreciate it.

As always, thanks for your time!

And how would any of you compare the speed of a RAID 5 array with 7200rpm drives to a lone 10kRPM drive?