Pros and cons of a PAL camera

[MisterSadistro]

I'm more than looking forward to seeing it :D
CK

[ADOM]

Originally posted by Angelakillsluts
NTSC

I'm so happy about it, it would be cool to have enough money for an HVX200 but I don't know. I think some basic lighting equipment better than worklights, shower curtains and black tarps would be a little more important. :D

Cool. Glad you like it. I love the stuff I shot on the DVX-100. Can't wait to get my hands on teh HVX-200. My editing system is pretty much ready for it, but my lenses aren't./

As far as lights. Worklights are more workable than you may think for big shots as long as you have a nice white balance card. I kept the white cardboard from a pair of stockings my wife got and it did a nifty job until I got the portabrace white balance card. I also have cards of other colors to help nudge the camera's color balance in one direction or the other.

For cheap balanced lighting, Smith Victor makes some nice starter sets that are a step or two up from work lights and I have been thinking about getting some lights from Impact. I have used their stands and loved `em, but the lights on them were home made by a guy I worked with.

[tonemeister]

Originally posted by slasherman
ehhh its very different from lighting a movie shot on film...more like as you see it on HD...on film you have to think different cause the light doesnt "come out" as you see it in the monitor...therefore much easier on HD....by the way "Once upon a time in Mexico" was shot on HD...

as was collateral and the new star wars. yes, you do see it immediately. but good lighting should always be essential. a lot of indie filmmakers neglect this fact and also good sound.

[MisterSadistro]

a lot of indie filmmakers neglect this fact and also good sound.

and plot and writing and... LOL ugh! I got a pair of movies the other day that were so awful, I can't believe they even have distribution. Total trainwrecks. Both look like absolutely no effort was put into anything and they should've stayed in the "filmmaker"s den for when friends and family are over as a gag. No wonder so many people naturally equate "indie horror" with "crap" when rubbish like these is sold on Amazon.
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[tonemeister]

ever see axem? so god awful......you even hear the director yell cut in one scene.....couldn't even edit that out? LOL

[MisterSadistro]

ever see axem? so god awful......you even hear the director yell cut in one scene.....couldn't even edit that out? LOL

Nope, but you can hear director yell "go !" a few times to start scenes in one of my recents LOL. If it's really so funny for your friends and family to keep snickering at camera during scenes, it's very well likely they should be the only ones who ever see these movies. No effort at all. Sad.
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[Angelakillsluts]

I have it in my hands now. I'm in the middle of finding out what everything does, there are a lot of "things" though. :D

[ADOM]

Originally posted by Angelakillsluts
I have it in my hands now. I'm in the middle of finding out what everything does, there are a lot of "things" though. :D

This manual on this was pretty well written as I recall. I like to play with one feature at a time to see what they do. I still haven't got near the camera's potential out of it. So often you're shooting on a schedule, so you do what you know will work and experimentation gets put off.