Sean Vincent
September 11th, 2007, 12:51 PM
Hi there
I'm making my first feature using the following...
JVC GY-DV500 with a Fujinon Aspheric S19x6.5 lens
Polarizing Filter
Custom built Matte Box
Sony VX1000 with wide angle lens
Doorway Dolly (DIY to a very high spec)
Manfrotto fluid-head tripod
B-Hague 2 cup car mount
Sennheiser shot gun mics x2
Sony Radio mic system x1
3 point lighting system (half DIY, half bought)
7 inch LCD monitor
14 inch CRT monitor
Apple G5 Dual 2gig
Final Cut Pro 5
Pentium 4 PC running After Effects 7
Magic Bullet Editors
Only made pop promos before...so new to drama. Weighed up the pros and cons of going HDV, but came to the following conclusions..
a) Everything would need upgrading which would cost loads.
b) The audio side of HDV isn't as good...and as a sound engineer...that's not cool
c) A great lens and high production values on DV look fantastic... it's all about the lighting..
So... the shoot starts in 2 weeks. We've found out that even doing it super low budget still requires lots of cash and/favours. We've got a crew of 3 plus a professional make-up artist and a total cast of 34. That's lots of people to feed...
I'll let you know how it goes..
Sean
I'm making my first feature using the following...
JVC GY-DV500 with a Fujinon Aspheric S19x6.5 lens
Polarizing Filter
Custom built Matte Box
Sony VX1000 with wide angle lens
Doorway Dolly (DIY to a very high spec)
Manfrotto fluid-head tripod
B-Hague 2 cup car mount
Sennheiser shot gun mics x2
Sony Radio mic system x1
3 point lighting system (half DIY, half bought)
7 inch LCD monitor
14 inch CRT monitor
Apple G5 Dual 2gig
Final Cut Pro 5
Pentium 4 PC running After Effects 7
Magic Bullet Editors
Only made pop promos before...so new to drama. Weighed up the pros and cons of going HDV, but came to the following conclusions..
a) Everything would need upgrading which would cost loads.
b) The audio side of HDV isn't as good...and as a sound engineer...that's not cool
c) A great lens and high production values on DV look fantastic... it's all about the lighting..
So... the shoot starts in 2 weeks. We've found out that even doing it super low budget still requires lots of cash and/favours. We've got a crew of 3 plus a professional make-up artist and a total cast of 34. That's lots of people to feed...
I'll let you know how it goes..
Sean