CoreyAndrews

I was just curious if i were to buy both a DVX100A and a DVX100B if the footage would match, is there any quality change between the two, i know there's updated settings and settings would have to be set the same with both cameras, but given that could i cut between cameras and have consistent looking footage? Thanks :)

I'm personally looking forward to this. While I don't think I'll enjoy it as much as LOTR, simply because of the story itself I am a huge fan of Peter Jackson and I've really enjoyed his style. Even in his first film Bad Taste, I enjoyed the way he did things. It's one of my fav movies (being a big horror fan). I'll definitely be going to see King Kong, I think it looks terrific and being someone who hates cgi, Lord of The Rings really made me think twice about it. However it has to suit but I'm confident if anyone can make cgi work it's PJ's team.

did lion's gate pay for the film though? I almost wondered if Rob contributed some of his own money into it. Personally I enjoyed both flicks, in a world of new aged horror thrillers that look too slick and have no scare to them, these are great. I hate new horror movies and any hardcore horror movie fans I know feel the same way. Why do we all love movies like the evil dead, romero's dead series, etc etc, because they looked real, they weren't all done up with fancy effects, god i hate these new stylistic horror movies. Anyways, just my opinion.

I just ordered the 3rd edition of cinematography 2 days ago, being a beginner i'm hoping it will be of help, from what people are saying here it sounds like it will be :D

As I have allready suggested you, have a look for the china lanters you can found in IKEA or simillar stores, u know the round white ones covered with paper?Easy to rig and very light.

This will give u a diffused more ellegant softlight that is good for filming.

But I am not saying that the hard light fixtures aren't something that u can't use!

This has to do with the overall aesthetical approach of your movie.

I do not know where you can find the diffusion matterial that can stand heat ,I just know some brands like

LEE, ROSCO, and Chris James (if this still excists).And yes it is specialised material. So depending on your location you should find a dealler for them.

Basic diffusion numbers are 216, 250 and 251. Also there is always spun glass that works for the same effect and doesn't reduce the colour temperature so much.

Dimitrios Koukas

Thanks a lot, I appriciate the help! :D

ok, i read about diffusion it is indeed creating softlight, my question now, what material can one use for this, is there any practical material that can handle the heat or do i need some specialty material? Thanks again, sorry if i'm being a bother :)

Ok,

Now I ve seen what u mean, the Opteka light is definately one battery powered for on camera set-ups, but maybe you can use it on a tripod.The first one (250W), I can't tell from the description if it is battery powered too.

Wich means u will definately want spare batteries to run them.

And the extra batteries will mostly go far more expensive than the light itself.

Anyway the 250W it's an ''openface'' source wich by my experience u will need to use it with some diffusion on, 250-251 or simillar.

But I am not sure it's worth it.

The suggestion with the chinese lanterns among with those two light, maybe they will get u somewhere, but not this 2 lights alone.As for the spare bulbs for them I believe that they cost too much (for your project), while the chinese ones can use just practical bulbs on.

 

Dimitrios Koukas

well just so i don't have you confused, i wasn't intending to buy the 2 different lights, i had intended to buy 3 lights of 1 kind, i'm pretty sure the 250watt light isn't battery powered. I figured it would be the better source but a friend for some reason though the 100 watt ones were better for video, again we're new to this, i think he's crazy. hahaha Also, what exactly is diffusion (does this have to do with soft light?)? I know from reading that the typical lighting set up is 3 lights, one on each side, one being brighter(the key) and then one in the back, would it be best maybe to get one higher end like that's like 600 watts, and then get two 250 watt lights? do u think that'd be an appropriate setup for shooting at night in the woods. Keep in mind, most of our shots will be fairly tight, nothing huge. It's a simple horror story that we just want to try and do as good as we can and just use as a good learning experience :)

sorry about the broken links, the 250 watt lamp i was looking at is this : 250 watt light with focus

and the 100 watt opteka halogen light is : 100watt halogen light

As for my budget, not much. haha, i'd like to spend the least amount as possible but still get results.

honestly, i was hoping to get something worthwhile out of the $400-600 dollar area. I just was mosty curious as to whether either of those light i'm looking at are worthwhile or if they're simple overpriced due to them being "studio lights". I realize with the barn doors and such it would obviously be easier to control the light but really, it wouldn't be hard to rig those up for any type of light. Again, sorry, i am new to this but am keen to learn and experiement, If I had the camera now i'd simply play with the lighting but I'm saving every penny to hopefully have this by spring. I am poor. haha :)

Maybe this should be in the first time filmmakers forum but since it's about lighting i'm putting it here. Here's the deal, i'm hoping to shot a low budget short film in the late spring and a large portion of it is going to take place outside at night so i'll obviously need lighting. I've been looking on ebay for something fairly cheap but decent and the two types of lights i found that interested me (and are in my no budget price range since i'll need 3) are as follows :

opteka 100 watt halogen light : opteka light

or :

250 watt studio light : 250 watt light

Now, what i want to know, is why exactly are these lights so much better then using a 500/1000watt flood light that can be bought at any retail store for 20 dollars. Obviously with big production shoots the real high end lights gives the power and focus abilities you'd need but for something low budget should i stick with buying video lights or am i just being ripped off by being sucked into these so called "professional" video lights. Btw, i intend to shot the short with a DVX100A in the woods.

Sorry, for being such a newb, haha, but everyone's gotta start somewhere :) Also, thanks in advance for any help with this question! :)

i just bought a small fog machine for 30 dollars CAD, if you can't afford that, you're probably in trouble. Also, to make note, it seems to work quite well, in 30 seconds my kitchen went from normal to looking like it had been buring on fire for an hour, very cheap. Ebay does also have cheap ones. BTW, i bought mine at Zellers and I know Walmart carries them too.

"""I was wondering, since I'm always looking around here and find myself quite lost most of the time, does anyone know of a site that explain the bare essentials"""

 

Check this link out:

http://www.video101course.com/300home.html

Good luck,

Jonathan

Hey! That was actually very helpful, thank you very much! :D

Hit the books, Baby:

 

http://www.cinematography.com/shop/books.asp

 

Start with the first one on the list. The guy who co-wrote it is a regular here so if you have questions about where to go from there, you can get that. The only substitute for book-learnin' is many years of experience and only one of those is an option for you right now.

excellent, thanks :) sometimes it's hard to know being that there's a ton of books out there. I'll have to order it. :)

Hello, being someone who is highly interested in filmmaking but at the same time having no real genuine knowledge or practice (i'm saving for a Panasonic AG-DVX100A), I was wondering, since I'm always looking around here and find myself quite lost most of the time, does anyone know of a site that explain the bare essentials. Basically I'm not sure where to start in understanding the technical side of things. Is there a filmmaking for dummies? Any help or suggestions would be greatly appriciated, thank you :)

thanks a lot for the help :)

Ok, I'm sure this question has probably been asked 100 times but i didn't have luck finding it. All I'm curious to know is what are the ups and downs between Avid Xpress Pro and Adobe Premiere Pro 7. I currently have Premiere Pro 7 installed on my machine but I've been told Avid is the way to go, what i want to know is why if so. Any help would be greatly appriciated. Also, I was reading about hardware render cards that are great for real time effects, can anyone recommend one that doesn't cost an arm and a leg or is this even necessary? I am running a p4 2.8ghz computer with a gig of ram, but an old video card (radeon 8500), would any video card update be worthwhile or only if the card is specific to editing. Again, Any help would be appriciated, Thank you :)

Hello there,

try this one.

http://homepage.newschool.edu/~schlemoj/fi...s/glossary.html

It's good for basics i believe?

Dimitrios Koukas

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Hey, That's perfect! Thank you very much :D

Hello,

I'm new to the world of film making but am very interested in becoming involved in this field and I was just curious if anyone could recommend a site that gives good definitions for all (or a lot) the technical words used in film. I find it very difficult to follow some discussions simple because I don't know side of things yet. Any help would be greatly appriciated! Thank you :)