03/01/08
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jogn
Oh yeah got a website for the guy who's doing your adapter? I've seen a couple of DIY sites -- usually a bunch of step rings and an EF mount for canon lenses and a screen, or the more complicated rotating ground glass contraptions. Yeah i thought i missed something, cos the only model i know that takes SLR lenses without external 3rd party attachments is the canon XL series.
Also a few other things that will help with creating a film like experience is simply just deinterlacing, and good contrast of the lighting within 4-6 stops. And good sound. I've seen shedloads of student/new movies that would've done better with overdubs because the miking just clear out sucked.
You could also go all dogma on the film and just shoot it.
03/02/08
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hello6am
just watched some of the HV20 footage my bro shot skiing. it's amazingly good.
03/03/08
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bbwax
you sound like an ambitious guy and i don't mean to discourage that at all, but i would say start small. just make a decent little short film at first. borrow cameras, use cheap or free or borrowed editing equipment, get friends or theater students to play parts, etc.
make a 5-10 minute shortfilm. no more than that. if you can make that good (and get lots of people to agree that it's good), then you can probably make a longer film next time around with a bit more money and better equipment. keep building like that.
like room said, i too have seen a LOT of people spend years trying to make films only to get no farther than a tepid reception at a local film festival. and that was after they spent $20,000 budget. biting off more than you can chew can lead to extremely bitter dissapointment.
play it safe and start small. would you buy a recording studio and pay band members before ever writing a few demo songs? prolly not. so don't do the same thing with film.
a good example is napoleon dynamite. the guys made a little 10-15 minute short film first about the characters. if i recall correctly it was grainy old black and white video, nothing too special production-wise, but it told an interesting story with compelling characters in a unique voice. then they fleshed-out the script and got a bigger budget and had a great success.
my 2 cents. good luck whatever you decide.
