What camera will get the big screen look without the empty pocket feel?
Question: I have TON's of ideas for scenes/skits/short films scribbled down and I want to film them. I'm not that knowledgable when it comes to film equipment or editing software, but i want to make my clips look professional.
Can anyone recommend a camera make/ model and editing software combonation that work well together?
I'm a fast learner when it comes to technical things, and would want the program to do more than the standard fade/wipe/cut.
Also, I'd be running this from my P.C. (probably) which would eliminate analog cameras, right?
Any advice or informaiton anyone has would be much appriciated.
Have a great day!!!
Answers: Here's a helpful camcorder buying guide:
http://www.easycamcorders.com/content/Be...
and a list of the top camcorders for 2006 (by price range):
http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/Cam...
I suggest a miniDV camcorder to start, because this format is best suited for video editing. And depending on what type of computer you'll be using - for Mac, use iMovie; and for PC, start with Windows Movie Maker.
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Here's part of an email I wrote to another filmmaker:
First off, here are some basic facts about the film-look that you may or may not know. Generally, to achieve the feel, you'll want your camera to be able to shoot 24p/30p, or have a program such as magic bullet to do it. Also, you'll want something like magic bullet to apply film-look effects, or if your camera can do that, that's a good choice, but very unlikely unless you spend over $3,000. And finally, if the lighting is right (I won't say lit well, because well and right are different, IMO) it will look filmic, even if you can't add a film-look effect. However, the two most
important parts that make up the film-look IMO (i.e. if you didn't have these two, it would not look close to film), would be the frame rate (24p/30p) and lighting (cloudy days are great days for filming because it looks filmic, and yet you don't have to light a thing :-). Film-look effects are good, but if you don't have 24p/30p (or some kind of progressive) and the right lighting (i.e. not filmic), they don't really do anything.
With that said, I really can't recommend a camera unless I know how much you intend to spend. My Canon GL2 (SD, BTW), has a Frame Mode , but it isn't true 30p; i.e. it deinterlaces the footage so it looks documentary-like (I add the film-look effects later), but isn't true 30p. While it looks fairly good, it reduces quality slightly, but for most of my purposes it works fine. While the GL2 is a good camera, it is fairly expensive ($1500 used off of eBay), and old (2002). Also, it doesn't have true widescreen, which sucks.
Obviously that doesn't cover everything, but hopefully it helped a bit. A good camera that isn't too expensive that also shoots 24p is the canon HV20. It's about $1,100, probably cheaper if you do some digging. Anyways, I'm very interested in filmmaking as well, and I'm trying to develop my own screenplay ideas currently, so if you would like, you can contact me anytime and perhaps we could help each other out and exchange ideas. Hope this helps!
Can anyone recommend a camera make/ model and editing software combonation that work well together?
I'm a fast learner when it comes to technical things, and would want the program to do more than the standard fade/wipe/cut.
Also, I'd be running this from my P.C. (probably) which would eliminate analog cameras, right?
Any advice or informaiton anyone has would be much appriciated.
Have a great day!!!
Answers: Here's a helpful camcorder buying guide:
http://www.easycamcorders.com/content/Be...
and a list of the top camcorders for 2006 (by price range):
http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/Cam...
I suggest a miniDV camcorder to start, because this format is best suited for video editing. And depending on what type of computer you'll be using - for Mac, use iMovie; and for PC, start with Windows Movie Maker.
New sony cybershot DSC-W55 Black
Here's part of an email I wrote to another filmmaker:
First off, here are some basic facts about the film-look that you may or may not know. Generally, to achieve the feel, you'll want your camera to be able to shoot 24p/30p, or have a program such as magic bullet to do it. Also, you'll want something like magic bullet to apply film-look effects, or if your camera can do that, that's a good choice, but very unlikely unless you spend over $3,000. And finally, if the lighting is right (I won't say lit well, because well and right are different, IMO) it will look filmic, even if you can't add a film-look effect. However, the two most
important parts that make up the film-look IMO (i.e. if you didn't have these two, it would not look close to film), would be the frame rate (24p/30p) and lighting (cloudy days are great days for filming because it looks filmic, and yet you don't have to light a thing :-). Film-look effects are good, but if you don't have 24p/30p (or some kind of progressive) and the right lighting (i.e. not filmic), they don't really do anything.
With that said, I really can't recommend a camera unless I know how much you intend to spend. My Canon GL2 (SD, BTW), has a Frame Mode , but it isn't true 30p; i.e. it deinterlaces the footage so it looks documentary-like (I add the film-look effects later), but isn't true 30p. While it looks fairly good, it reduces quality slightly, but for most of my purposes it works fine. While the GL2 is a good camera, it is fairly expensive ($1500 used off of eBay), and old (2002). Also, it doesn't have true widescreen, which sucks.
Obviously that doesn't cover everything, but hopefully it helped a bit. A good camera that isn't too expensive that also shoots 24p is the canon HV20. It's about $1,100, probably cheaper if you do some digging. Anyways, I'm very interested in filmmaking as well, and I'm trying to develop my own screenplay ideas currently, so if you would like, you can contact me anytime and perhaps we could help each other out and exchange ideas. Hope this helps!
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