Does anyone know of video equipment rental places in the Philadelphia to Allentown (Lehigh Valley) area. Preferably ones who rent wireless lav systems and 3 chip minidv cameras.

Thanks
-Jim

I've rented a GL2 from Cardinal Camera in Lansdale from time-to-time.
http://www.cardinalcamera.com
Not sure if they carry wireless audio though (I'm guessing not).

Also, there's a guy in Hareleysville that rents gear:
http://www.jaydelp.com
I've rented from him in the past as well. Great guy.
Really cool editing suite. :)

New York Camera & Video in Southhampton rents everything (bummer they closed their Quakertown location)
http://www.nycv.com
(then click rentals)

Hope this helps.
Have fun.

We're shooting an indie in late July/ early August in Austin and DFW.

If you have any interest in helping or working as a grip, boom-op, or other misc crew (director and dp are accounted for), please send your resume, rate, avail and contact info in a pm.

Thanks
dutch

Seems like PMs are disabled (at least for me). I'd like to help, though I don't have any experience in field production (just church camera operation). Any more info available about time required, dates, etc?

--Daniel

Hello,

(I hope it is OK to post this message on the board and, if so, that it is in the right place. If not - moderators - please feel free to delete it - no problem).

This is a long shot but does anyone want / need footage of / from Johannesburg or Durban (South Coast), South Africa?

What started out as a hobby a couple of years ago has turned into a small fortunes worth of (mainly Sony) equipment that, at the moment, gets used for paid jobs about three times a month and this is killing me.

I have been in the computer business most of my life and have spent most of my life trying to get out of it! This (video, compositing, animation, etc.) is what I really have always wanted to do for a living and to this end I have formed a new company and am presently working on ways of marketing the services of the company (and this post does not represent one of them) but for now just being able to make better use of my investment is enough for me.

Basically - the deal would be as follows:

You tell me what you want - I'll go and shoot it and send it to you.

If you like it and it's useable - make me an offer.

If you don't want to pay me - that's also OK (you won't see many offers like this) - at least I'm gaining experience and getting to use my equipment purposefully.

ALTERNATIVELY:

If there are any budding writers, film students, cameramen, actors or actresses, sound and lighting students, in or around Johannesburg, South Africa - let's get together, see if we can produce something worthwhile to showcase, and then market it (please note that I said 'we' not 'me'). I have the resources and the equipment but don't think that I could write a script or act (although sometimes I wonder). If nothing else it is hands-on experience for everyone!

(Again - if this message offends anyone on the board i.e. if I am 'stepping on anyones toes' here in South Africa - please let me know - and I'll have it deleted by the moderators.)

Regards,

Dale.

Tim, Did you get this covered? I would consider it, but have been waiting to get a wireless lav (A-T W R100 T101 series.) Guess it is time to go to BH and order ;)

Well, now the guy's getting cold feet about the whole thing. I'll try to reply back today.

You have PM

Hey all, I work in broadcast sports here in town and am looking to get into a little bit of indie filmmaking just for fun on the side. Very knowledgeable about lighting, photography and audio. I won't charge you a rate, that's what my day job is for, I'm just looking to have a little fun, express my creativity and meet some people.

EDIT: I do some editing, but I'm more used to calling and cutting shots live.

Real pay? I'm up for it!

Thank you for your interest, but the conference has decided against videography. Instead, they're recording PowerPoint presentations and presenter audio with Camtasia Studio software.

* MODERATOR: Feel free to delete this thread at your leisure. *

T.J.

Thanks for the update Tim.

We are currently looking for freelance camera operators with experience using the JVC-HD100U or confident enough to learn and use this camera. We shoot a variety of projects from commercials, videos and corporate events & parties.

Ideally, the camera op would have basic lighting skills for sit-down interview situations and set-ups.

Please submit demo reel to:
info@modernartpictures.com (Please make sure your responses are directed to this email address.)

or

Attn. DVI JVC OP
8926 Benson Avenue, Suite A
Montclair, CA 91763


Pay varies from project to project, but all gigs are paid.

Email sent. Look forward to hearing from you!

-David Frank

Greetings,
New guy, here.
This is my first post. I have HD-100 with Final Cut Studio and will exchange time for an experienced DP & editor; my projects and yours, 1:1 barter. I have a studio in Glendale, reside in Pasadena. Multi-track audio studio time also available for similar exchange. Initial project is sit-down interviews and Huell Howser style (local PBS veteran) walk-about interview for HDTV broadcast. Very soon, a producer reel of a scene for a TV pilot to submit to an executive "angel" at a major studio. This "angel" has the power to greenlight a show.
JP

jp.productions@sbcglobal.net

There's a New Thread button at the left side of the screen, toward the top of the page and just below the thread navigation bar.

Attention my friends to the north with DVX100a's (or any nice 3 ccd minidv camera), I need some footage of generic shots of a Canadian city, plus a hotel, police station, and maybe some mountains, if they're around the city.

Thanks ahead of time!

heath

How may shoot days are you talking about? and when?

Do to a family emergency, I am unable to shoot tomorrow morning in Edison, New Jersey. The pay is 500 dollars and you must have a Z1U. It is for a documentary. There will be probably a total of five minutes shooting, but you have to wait around for the event to occur. I know it is very late but I am praying someone in here can work on short notice. If you can, email me at PeddyZ@gmail.com and send me contact information. I will keep checking back here for most of the day.

Looking for someone in the NYC area that has a RedRockMicro M2 set-up for the Sony FX1/Z1 and a Nikon mount. Have a professional studio setting video shoot that I want to use if for and would be interested in renting. Or if anyone knows of a rental company in the NYC area that rents the M2 please post back ASAP

I'm trying to schedule the more involved shots which will need the largest crew for the weekend of July 29th/ 30th so that no one has to take off of work.

Other than that it'll be a very small (but well fed!) group during July22nd thru Aug 6th.

DV Info Net does not offer a private messaging option. Please use email. Thanks,

Hi all,

I'm doing a shoot in the middle two weeks of June (specifically, the 12-16 and the 19-23), in and near Baltimore, MD, shooting on the HD100. I'm looking for a backup HD100 to have on hand in case there are any problems with mine (I'm not anticipating any, but I haven't used the camera this heavily before, and want to have my bases covered in case anything goes wrong).

If there are any HD100 owners in the nearby area who aren't using their cameras during that period, I'd like to see about renting yours for those two weeks. I'd pay a daily flat rate for the camera; if I end up using the camera, the rate would go up substantially. Either way, you'd get paid. I can't afford a rental house rate, especially when it's unlikely I'll have to use the camera, so I'm hoping there are some folks here that can help me out. And yes, I do have production insurance. Please contact me if you have any questions -- keith@fullquiverproductions.com.

Thanks,

Keith

Keith Ward

Hi. I'm interested in hiring someone with Canon gear to help me do a multicam shoot of a live R&B band one night in early June. I have a GL2 and XL1 so far. That might suffice, but wouldn't mind knowing if there are Canon owners willing to lend their gear and themselves to the cause for a reasonable price. Thanks, Dale.

Does anyone know where I could go as a good resource to find some amatuer or student actors?

I have about had it with friends and family that are all gung-ho to be in a production and then flake like Kellog's. So NO MORE! I am only putting people in my productions that actually desire to follow through.

Drama schools - film schools - theatre groups.

Local college drama department, local community theaters, craigslist.com

Thanks a bunch!

I'm having serious trouble developing an idea for a 90 second film.

I came up with an idea, which looked good on paper, went to the trouble of filming it and edited it together. Trouble is, it just doesn't work. After numerous rewrites, and reedits, I just couldn't sucessfully transform the idea into a good 90 second film. Maybe I'm a perfectionist? Maybe the idea just sucked. Maybe the idea just wasn't suited for the 90 second format. Eitherway, it doesn't really bother me too much, because it was my first attempt at making a short film and I learnt a huge amount along the way.

Now I need a new idea. Actually, I need to develop the idea, film it, edit it and master it within the next week or so. Yes, I know I'm not going to be getting much sleep anytime soon! Sleep is overrated anyway...

Because I don't have my time, I'm very much limited to what I have availible to me. That is:

* Location: I live on a mountain so I have trees, bush, it looks beautiful, etc.
* Actors: teenagers (male & female), 40 year olds, 70-80 year old
* Props: cars, houses (various), musical instruments

I can't think of what else to include in the above list, but you get the idea.

I would love the story to be a [dark] comedy. My original plot was about toilet paper. I'll leave it at that.

If you can offer any words of wisdom, I'd very much appreciate it!

Thanks!

Chris!

Even working as an editor, I have friends witch are professional cameramen, working in Sao Paulo.

If you still need some help, you're free to send me an e-mail...

marceltadeu@terra.com.br

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I'm planning a visit to Scotland from the US in Jul/Aug of 06. Wanted to explore possibilties for working with an existing studio, to shoot for a doucmentary/indy/event/wedding camera crew. I'm a seasoned professional with over 20 years experience in the event/wedding video field. Very interested in travel to the UK. Most especially EdinBurgh, Scotland or vacinities.

My dream has been to make my own documentary in the UK, but would like to see it from the inside out...what is it like, working across the pond? I'm very good with people, and play well with others.

Any ideas or offers?

Position: Motion Graphic Artist
Employer: Information Television Network - www.itvisus.com
Location: Boca Raton, Florida
Duration: Full Time Employment, starts June 1st, 2006

Information Television Network is a 15 year old production company located in sunny South Florida. We primarily produce award winning programming about major medical and healthcare issues other special projects include interactive media and promotional campaigns.

Must have 5+ years experience as a Motion Graphic Artist, be extremely proficient in After Effects and other software such as Apple- Motion, Particle Illusion, Illustrator, Photoshop. Your responsibility will be to design 2D motion graphics to high broadcast national standards.

Ideal candidates should:

• Have proficiency on the mac platform
• Have strong typography skills
• Have the ability to create a graphic concept as well as take the direction from a team leader.
• Have some 3D knowledge for 2D integration and 3D AE design
• Be able to function in a creative environment
• Have a great attitude and work as part of a team
• Have strong time management skills to meet strict deadlines
• Have a broad range of technical and communication skills
• Have a diverse demo reel which conveys strong creative design with many styles
• Have a solid understanding of the nuances, context and syntax of the English language.
• Have recent experience working full time (on-site) at a multimedia facility

This is an in-house position. No freelancers or remote designers will qualify at this time.

Apply via email to: gfxjob@itvisus.com

Applicants should submit a link to their work for review.

Please do not call for follow up, we will contact you if we need any further information or to request a phone interview.

I guess either everyone else struggles with coming up with good ideas, or those who actually have good ideas want to keep them to themselves!

I have tried looking around the Internet for "stuff", but I couldn't find anything interesting that hasn't already been done to death.

I've also tried the old technique of looking through newspapers to find inspiration, but no luck so far.

I shot a film once about a broom man who stumbles into a forest populated by wheel people, and he eventually was sacrificed on a merry-go-round. Ended up kind of like a dark comedy. The idea came from a list of props I wanted to use in slightly abnormal ways, and then built the story around that.

How about this- Old guy sitting in his favorite chair, enjoying the quiet sounds of birds chirping, as he reads the morning paper. The quiet is shattered by really bad grunge/death metal being played by kids across the street. The guy gets up, totters out the front door, across the street, and off screen into the garage. Terrible sounds of a huge battle! Various objects fly out! Then suddenly it's quiet again. The old man comes tottering out, and back across the street. As he sits back in his chair, the band across the street starts playing Lawrence Welk type music. The old man smiles and says, "Those are some good boys over there..."

My Youth Group is starting some film work this summer...we have a lot of talent but no equipment. Would anyone be interested in donated equipment..old and new to the cause. We want to produce a 6 part series called The Message. Taking the word GOSPEL as an achronym and making shorts out of each one. i.e. G - God created us to be with Him, O - Our sins separate us from God.

Lighting and Camera Equipment are most important for us to get started.

Scripts are not yet finished, but the concept is strong and we are ready to get started.

Or to take Keith's idea. the old guy walks over (all XCU) after the banging in the garage, has a snarl on his face, the kids look scared. then he plugs in and hits a huge nasty powered chord and they all rock!

or, if you have the house in the woods and stick with the TP theme. the guy walks up to the camp latrine, the roll is empty and he goes off in search of a refill, knocking on doors etc.

How about this -- an old guy goes into Walmart, goes into the dressing stall, and hollers out "Where's the roll!?"

The old guy is a polygamist patriarch.The 40 year olds are his brainwashed wives.He's trying to run the male adolescents off the mountain before they can diddle the young girls (who gramps wants to include in his flock).
The boys revolt, tie gramps up and torture him with loud,hideous, discordant heavy metal guitar riffs. Gramps goes deaf, starts bleeding from the ears, but refuses to die. They hack his body to pieces and celebrate their freedom with a three day alcohol, drug and sex filled orgy.
Several dvinfo neters are present to document the event, and post their reactions.
Bruce Yarock

That was... sort of disturbing, Bruce. I didn't know you had it in you ;)

Keith,
Your story inspired me,and I couldn't imagine comming up with something of equal quality.
But while staring blankly at the screen, I heard the word "polygamist" in my brain,and the rest just flowed.
My favorite part,however, was about the "dvinfo netters" documenting the event and reporting back.
Bruce Yarock

Teenager and old person sitting across from each other playing cards, looking really serious, like this is the game of all games. Old person lays down their hand, they win, burst into laughter, cheers, other player pouts, complaining that it's not fair, they've only had it a week. The old one tells them to hand it over. Flash of light, they've switched places. Youngin is now in the old body, and the old person is in the young body. Oldie (Now youngy) hops up and runs outside to play.

Thank you all for your ideas, thoughts and suggestions!

Keep them coming!

Maybe with need a seperate forum to use as an ideas bank/database? For example, if someone comes up with a random idea sometime, they can post it allowing others to interprete it and make films based on it. Just a thought.

Aaron,
That's pretty good...shades of "twilight Zone".
Bruce S. Yarock

Ain't no one living down there or what? Or is there no film activity at all going on in Perth...

Hope someone can help me!

Thanks

B Camera operator needed for a low budget theatrical feature shooting in Las Cruces, NM. in September of 2006. Must be an Owner / Operator of an HVX200 camera with two P2 cards. 20 day shoot, reasonable hours, low pay plus additional deferred pay; do this for the experience and to work with a very experienced DP, not for the money.

Contact:
don@donstarnes.com

Hello everyone!

I am in need of some good hearted people that are willing to help (for free as I have no budget) on a documentary about Ulcerative Colitis & Colon Cancer!

I personally have UC and want to tell my story as well as the stories of other sufferers and how it has affected them and their loved ones.

The everyday struggle, living with it daily and how I plan to overcome my illness through diet and healthy lifestyle changes are the things I want to focus on.

I will soon have some footage of my doctor visits and a 15-20 minute piece by me about me and what I have been through =(

I also want to interview various sufferers.

Raising awareness and prevention about a highly preventable disease and about conditions that are kind of taboo and embarrasing to talk about but necessary.

I AM A COMPLETE AMATEUR!!
I have 1 camera with the following setup:

*Sony HDR-HC1 HDV Camera
*Camera mounted Rode VideoMic (on custom made cold shoe mount!)
*Beachtek DXA-2s XLR adapter for better sound
*Wired lavalier mic

The help I need is:

*1 cameraman familiar with the Sony HC1 or A1U camera
*creative help

I basically need help with the preproduction work like writing it and planning it out. This way I have a direction and plan on how to proceed since I am completely new at this.

Also, if anyone has any suggestions on a title for the documentary would be helpfull.
I am currently thinking of "OurRoadToRecovery" but I am starting to think it is very unoriginal.

If anyone has any general suggestions or advice about the documentary I would greatly appreciate it!

I am in Las Vegas.

Thanks in advance,

Charlie

Hi All,

Looking to find a shooter in the DC area running a Z1U for some free lance B-Roll work.

If there is anyone out there interested please drop a line

hds@wrightwood.com

David Schmerin
http://www.wrightwood.com

In in Toronto, tell me what you want and I will put my XL2 to work. Reply with your rate offer and length.

Many thanks!

I was looking for someone who had existing footage willing to give it up for full credit. This is one of my student's films.

heath