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Common oversights of beginners in pre-production: 1) No script or plan of action. Even if you are doing something very abstract or experimental, have a plan of how things begin, develop and end. You can always change this as you proceed, but it's most important to have a baseline. This should include your budget of money and time for all concerned. 2) No ...

4,051 feet of film. For reference: 8mm = 80.0 frames per foot Super 8 = 72.0 frames per foot 16mm = 40.0 frames per foot 35mm 2-perf = 32.0 frames per foot 35mm 3-perf = 21.3 frames per foot 35mm = 16.0 frames per foot 65mm = 12.8 frames per foot The math: 60 minutes = 3600 seconds, 3600 sec x 24 fps = 86,400 frames, 86,400/21.333 = 4,050.06328 ...

That's a kind of tracking shot known as an orbit. This looks cool:

Directing actors is a technical part of film making. It's not easy, and if your actors don't give good performances, chances are you won't have a good film. People can usually forgive bland cinematography and clunky editing – but if they don't believe the characters then you're going to have no chance in engaging the audience. I go to a film school myself ...

I have never filmed a wedding, but here are some tips on shooting video in general. 1. Get a good tripod. This is critical if you are doing panning shots. I use a 3-way fluid pan head. 2. Don't zoom or pan too fast. If you feel like you are panning too slow, that is about the right speed. Even though it feels really slow, it won't be when you are watching it ...

Drawing out a viewfinder should not be a big deal. You can do this quicker than searching for one. Do it in photoshop or another decent app. Draw the lines with anti-aliasing on a transparent layer and export it as a PNG with transparency. You may want to set the layer compositing mode in FCP to be something other than the default, play around a bit. ...

How to judge a tripod. Generally I would go with the heavier tripod of the two which appears to be the first one weighing in at 9 lbs vs. the 2nd one at 4.5 lbs. However, this is at best a calculated guess as I have not played with the head. Fluid heads can vary on smoothness, and the only way to really tell what's going to make the smoothest shot is the ...

If you're on a budget, look at getting some 250-500W work lights. They're less than $20 a pop, and coupled with some stands, some elbow grease in the workshop, you can build a barn-door lighting rig which will give you more control over the lights. Work lights, while cheap, are not as flexible and don't produce the same quality of light as dedicated video ...

Lighting is not trivial and deserves attention and training to master. I certainly have lots to learn even after more than 25 years with working with studio lighting. There is no one thing you can buy that will work in every situation beyond understanding and mastering white balance and exposure. Nothing to invest in on this step. However, if you want to ...

Get underwater housings for your cameras. Since it doesn't sound like you will actually be dunking the gear under the water, you can probably get away with the cheap bag-type housings. To avoid fogging up the lenses, let your gear warm up to the ambient temperature, then clean the lens.

Here is what I believe may help you a litte better. This I found after seeing all these, good suggestions, but not answers to your question, from Gavin Minnis over on a apple support forum. This is my recommendation. Step 1) Create your Keynote presentation. Step 2) Record your speaking part (separately) with an audio recording program. I recommend ...

Using one of this solutions will be more efficient. That's what you've asked for. It saves you time, because there's no more need to manually sync the presentation and the voiceover. Free solution: Keynote can record a running presentation with the mic-audio. QuickTime X has also a screenrecord-feature incl. audio. Lowcost solution: Specialized ...

I've not heard of it referred to as a style. The only thing I could imagine it would be is trying to emulate a style similar to the voyeuristic feel which would probably be made up of roughly shot and edited clips of what would normally be a private, intimate scene, but I am not familiar with a "voyeur shot" as a thing.

Yes, this is totally possible as long as you have the ability to do a key. You can either do a luma, chroma or alpha key. It's the same as when the weatherman does the weather, but you switch the sources. You would record whatever you wanted to be able to lay over top of the stream with either a dark background, a mono-color background, or a rotoscoped ...

This is a debate that could go on forever. Both have pros and cons. I think it is inevitable that Digital will overtake Film, and we can already see it happening in that article that ObscureRobot posted. However, people will continue to use film as long as it is available simply because of its look. You can tell when something is shot on film because of ...

Better than sites are the extras on DVDs. Often, you've got people talking about how and why certain things were done. Watch enough of these different perspectives, and you'll get good info. It's ALL aspects of filmmaking, from the technical to the artistic, but since they're all part of the same collaborative team, it's good to at least understand how the ...