Misc. Open DV from 2008

Grant Carden · February 14th, 2008, 08:20 PM

Read the description, and watch the clip in HD...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3WS-dl7zX4

HD Trailer...

www.indianajones.com

UPDATE:

It's guns... Kind of funny

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/3...ipants1la6.jpg

Gary Douglas · February 21st, 2008, 03:12 PM

I was wondering if there was any interest from anyone in Northern England for Digital filmmaking. I was planning on getting a group together soon to film a short so anyone around the area with any spark of interest I would appreciate hearing from. Plus i'd also love to hear from anybody doing any indie digital video projects themselves in the North, and if you needed an extra hand i'd be glad to help out to get involved.

Thanks

If this is more appropriate for another forum topic could admins plz move thread for me thanks.

Dave Morgan · February 27th, 2008, 01:53 AM

23.976fps or 24 going to film

Alex Wren · February 27th, 2008, 06:45 AM

Hi there,

I am considering joining a professional UK videography association or institute. It seems that the two main contenders for the UK are The Institute of Videography (www.iov.co.uk) and The Association of Professional Videomakers (www.apv.org.uk).

Does anybody have any experience with either of these? Are they worth joining and have customers been interested/asked about memberships?

I do a small amount of commercial work mainly for the web. No weddings or events.

Thanks

Mark Dimond · March 2nd, 2008, 08:57 AM

Hi there
I'm doing workshops with youngsters and need cheap MiniDV cam with the best possible manual controls. Mic in and Headphone monitoring are a must. Any Recommendations
Thanks.

Chris Hocking · March 5th, 2008, 07:53 AM

Does anyone know where I can find ANY information on how to repair a magic arm?

I picked up a box of magic arms from an auction, and some of them are faulty. One of them is missing parts, but I have no idea which parts are missing.

Can anyone help uncover the mystery of how exactly a magic arm works?

Any help would be very much appreciated!

Chris!

Jeff Sundin · March 14th, 2008, 07:59 PM

Hello,
I work on a closed-circuit television station for a high school, and the CG has gone by the wayside. I bought a Bluefish444 SD|Envy off of eBay for $499, as it has key and fill outputs. However, we do not have the money to purchase the insanely expensive CG software that's compatible with the Envy. Thus, I am wondering if there is any sort of program that provides video out capabilities for such a card (or if anyone was willing to mess with the SDK, but I highly doubt that). Yes, in hindsight, I could have bought a MUCH cheaper video card that has video outputs. But I'd kinda like to justify this purchase here.

Matt Headley · March 14th, 2008, 11:50 PM

I am interested in finding out if there are cheap boxes that will convert an analog "squeezed" (16:9 squeezed into 4:3) picture into letterboxed 4:3. I want to shoot in SD dv mini widescreen and my reference editing monitor is just a standard 4:3 TV. My canopus storm outputs 16:9 as squeezed video.

Now, I'm reading that these HD TV converter boxes will receive a digital over the air 16:9 signal and letterbox it for old tv's. Anyone think that these could possibly take in squeezed video and then letterbox it? Possibly going from Canopus to an old dvd player RF adaptor and into the converter box?

Eddie Roman · March 15th, 2008, 05:18 PM

I need to shoot an extreme close up of eyelashes. I'd like to fill the frame with half an eyeball or less. Is there a lens attatchment, camera or something else that will allow me to do this?

John Miller · March 15th, 2008, 09:25 PM

I often receive emails from people asking for help with getting their DV camcorders to work properly with Windows. I have finally written a troubleshooting document and is available here:

http://www.enosoft.net/dl.php?filena...nnectivity.pdf

(you can skip the download registration page)

The general principles also apply to HDV.

John.

Guy Godwin · March 17th, 2008, 12:46 PM

Hey guy's I am taping a band this week so that they can add some video to their website. However, I am wondering if I should should 60i or 30p? I think for lighting and rendering for web applications that 30p would be my best choice?...not to mention less light required for exposure.

Thanks!

Mark Keck · March 17th, 2008, 04:33 PM

I’ve searched the forums and have not been able to find much info on project archiving… at least not the questions I have.

Of course you should archive the originals, but how much of the project material should be kept??? My general thought would be the latest files of each step or process, in other words enough to pick up where you left off should something else be required. Part of my dilemma is that in the HD world this can be a fairly large amount of data. I’ve got one project that is in the 350 GB range. Typically what types of things could I whittle out of this to reduce its size to something more manageable???

Say you get it down to what you can live with… how do you keep your project together??? I tend to think zipping or tar’ing might be in order. You probably won’t get a compression advantage but it would at least make sure you don’t loose a file.

Next would be where do you archive such large files??? Placing them on an external drive doesn’t completely solve the issue when faced with a drive failure or the size issue (3 or the above projects would fill a 1 TB drive). So should you move to a RAIDed drive??? This should solve the reliability issue, but not necessarily the size issues (You can only get 8 of the above projects onto a 4 drive/3T/RAID5 array… granted not all my projects are this big but I’m using it for comparison). Oh yeah, this is just my hobby… it takes a while to justify the cost of a large RAID array.

Are there any tape based systems that are cost effective that might be used for this???

So I’m just wondering how others are dealing with the same issues.

Mark

Michael Pulcinella · March 18th, 2008, 02:03 PM

Just posted a thought about editing on my blog. (Yes, I have a blog now! Doesn't everyone??) Please feel welcome to check it out and discuss...

http://whatsnewatmikepulcinellavideo....blogspot.com/

Michael Pulcinella · March 21st, 2008, 09:24 AM

Here's a quick list of some music in various styles for you to sample. These are musicians with whom I have developed relationships over the past year or so in order to use their music in my videos in return for cross promotion (and a fee, of course).

If you'd like to use any of these artists in your projects please contact them and be sure to let them know that I turned you on to them!

Liz Longley - sensitive, folksy pop ballads (Check out "Different Love Song" - great for weddings!)

http://www.myspace.com/lizlongley

Arjun - NY based instrumental trio. Jazzy, funky rock. Or Rocky funky jazz. Or...you get the point!

http://www.myspace.com/arjunmusic

Doriano Zurlo - Multi-talended Italian musician. Hard to categorize. Just listen.

http://www.myspace.com/dorianozurlo

Jeffery Koepper - analogue synthesizer, sequencer based, retro “space” music. Very evocative and atmospheric.

http://www.myspace.com/jeffreykoepper

Martin Bailey - ambient and electronic with a generous helping of rock. Unlike the other artists on this list, Martin is specifically a soundtrack composer and will write music specifically tailored to your project.

http://www.myspace.com/powerescape

If you all have any video-friendly musicians that you are working with please feel free to post them here.

Thanks,
Mike

Michael Panfeld · March 22nd, 2008, 02:24 PM

Hi: I am looking for a hardware-based solution for 3:2 pulldown removal. This would require HDMI input and output and the signal would be 1080 60i (YUV 4:2:2). I have found this:http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/cont...=486889&is=REG
But this is about $500 and is designed to do much more than I need. Looking for something cheaper. Oh and to complicate things, there are no flags in the stream.

February 14th, 2008, 08:20 PM	#16
Grant Carden New Boot Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 23	Indiana Jones 4 trailer Hiding Something? Read the description, and watch the clip in HD... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3WS-dl7zX4 HD Trailer... www.indianajones.com UPDATE: It's guns... Kind of funny http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/3...ipants1la6.jpg Last edited by Grant Carden; February 14th, 2008 at 11:49 PM.

February 21st, 2008, 03:12 PM	#17
Gary Douglas Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lancashire Posts: 40	Northern England I was wondering if there was any interest from anyone in Northern England for Digital filmmaking. I was planning on getting a group together soon to film a short so anyone around the area with any spark of interest I would appreciate hearing from. Plus i'd also love to hear from anybody doing any indie digital video projects themselves in the North, and if you needed an extra hand i'd be glad to help out to get involved. Thanks If this is more appropriate for another forum topic could admins plz move thread for me thanks.

February 27th, 2008, 01:53 AM	#18
Dave Morgan Major Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 293	is 23.976 ready for 35mm film? or need it be 24 23.976fps or 24 going to film

February 27th, 2008, 06:45 AM	#19
Alex Wren Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: UK Posts: 161	Should I join a professional association? Hi there, I am considering joining a professional UK videography association or institute. It seems that the two main contenders for the UK are The Institute of Videography (www.iov.co.uk) and The Association of Professional Videomakers (www.apv.org.uk). Does anybody have any experience with either of these? Are they worth joining and have customers been interested/asked about memberships? I do a small amount of commercial work mainly for the web. No weddings or events. Thanks

March 2nd, 2008, 08:57 AM	#20
Mark Dimond New Boot Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Caracas, Venezuela Posts: 10	Cheap MiniDv with Manual controls Hi there I'm doing workshops with youngsters and need cheap MiniDV cam with the best possible manual controls. Mic in and Headphone monitoring are a must. Any Recommendations Thanks.

March 5th, 2008, 07:53 AM	#21
Chris Hocking Major Player Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 595	Magic Arm Repair... Does anyone know where I can find ANY information on how to repair a magic arm? I picked up a box of magic arms from an auction, and some of them are faulty. One of them is missing parts, but I have no idea which parts are missing. Can anyone help uncover the mystery of how exactly a magic arm works? Any help would be very much appreciated! Chris!

March 14th, 2008, 07:59 PM	#22
Jeff Sundin Tourist Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Portland Posts: 1	SD\|Envy video output Hello, I work on a closed-circuit television station for a high school, and the CG has gone by the wayside. I bought a Bluefish444 SD\|Envy off of eBay for $499, as it has key and fill outputs. However, we do not have the money to purchase the insanely expensive CG software that's compatible with the Envy. Thus, I am wondering if there is any sort of program that provides video out capabilities for such a card (or if anyone was willing to mess with the SDK, but I highly doubt that). Yes, in hindsight, I could have bought a MUCH cheaper video card that has video outputs. But I'd kinda like to justify this purchase here.

March 14th, 2008, 11:50 PM	#23
Matt Headley Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Franklinville, NJ Posts: 45	TV Converter boxes & aspect ratio coverters? I am interested in finding out if there are cheap boxes that will convert an analog "squeezed" (16:9 squeezed into 4:3) picture into letterboxed 4:3. I want to shoot in SD dv mini widescreen and my reference editing monitor is just a standard 4:3 TV. My canopus storm outputs 16:9 as squeezed video. Now, I'm reading that these HD TV converter boxes will receive a digital over the air 16:9 signal and letterbox it for old tv's. Anyone think that these could possibly take in squeezed video and then letterbox it? Possibly going from Canopus to an old dvd player RF adaptor and into the converter box?

March 15th, 2008, 05:18 PM	#24
Eddie Roman Tourist Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Lake Elsinore, CA Posts: 1	macro video? I need to shoot an extreme close up of eyelashes. I'd like to fill the frame with half an eyeball or less. Is there a lens attatchment, camera or something else that will allow me to do this?

March 15th, 2008, 09:25 PM	#25
John Miller Major Player Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hillsborough, NC, USA Posts: 968	Troubleshooting DV camcorder connectivity I often receive emails from people asking for help with getting their DV camcorders to work properly with Windows. I have finally written a troubleshooting document and is available here: http://www.enosoft.net/dl.php?filena...nnectivity.pdf (you can skip the download registration page) The general principles also apply to HDV. John.

March 17th, 2008, 12:46 PM	#26
Guy Godwin Major Player Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Florence, KY Posts: 345	Taping a Band this week...(footage --> website) Hey guy's I am taping a band this week so that they can add some video to their website. However, I am wondering if I should should 60i or 30p? I think for lighting and rendering for web applications that 30p would be my best choice?...not to mention less light required for exposure. Thanks!

March 17th, 2008, 04:33 PM	#27
Mark Keck Regular Crew Join Date: May 2007 Location: Penang, Malaysia Posts: 123	Archiving Projects I’ve searched the forums and have not been able to find much info on project archiving… at least not the questions I have. Of course you should archive the originals, but how much of the project material should be kept??? My general thought would be the latest files of each step or process, in other words enough to pick up where you left off should something else be required. Part of my dilemma is that in the HD world this can be a fairly large amount of data. I’ve got one project that is in the 350 GB range. Typically what types of things could I whittle out of this to reduce its size to something more manageable??? Say you get it down to what you can live with… how do you keep your project together??? I tend to think zipping or tar’ing might be in order. You probably won’t get a compression advantage but it would at least make sure you don’t loose a file. Next would be where do you archive such large files??? Placing them on an external drive doesn’t completely solve the issue when faced with a drive failure or the size issue (3 or the above projects would fill a 1 TB drive). So should you move to a RAIDed drive??? This should solve the reliability issue, but not necessarily the size issues (You can only get 8 of the above projects onto a 4 drive/3T/RAID5 array… granted not all my projects are this big but I’m using it for comparison). Oh yeah, this is just my hobby… it takes a while to justify the cost of a large RAID array. Are there any tape based systems that are cost effective that might be used for this??? So I’m just wondering how others are dealing with the same issues. Mark

March 18th, 2008, 02:03 PM	#28
Michael Pulcinella Major Player Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ridley Park, PA, USA Posts: 269	A thought about editing... Just posted a thought about editing on my blog. (Yes, I have a blog now! Doesn't everyone??) Please feel welcome to check it out and discuss... http://whatsnewatmikepulcinellavideo....blogspot.com/

March 21st, 2008, 09:24 AM	#29
Michael Pulcinella Major Player Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ridley Park, PA, USA Posts: 269	Music for video - the musician's plug thread Here's a quick list of some music in various styles for you to sample. These are musicians with whom I have developed relationships over the past year or so in order to use their music in my videos in return for cross promotion (and a fee, of course). If you'd like to use any of these artists in your projects please contact them and be sure to let them know that I turned you on to them! Liz Longley - sensitive, folksy pop ballads (Check out "Different Love Song" - great for weddings!) http://www.myspace.com/lizlongley Arjun - NY based instrumental trio. Jazzy, funky rock. Or Rocky funky jazz. Or...you get the point! http://www.myspace.com/arjunmusic Doriano Zurlo - Multi-talended Italian musician. Hard to categorize. Just listen. http://www.myspace.com/dorianozurlo Jeffery Koepper - analogue synthesizer, sequencer based, retro “space” music. Very evocative and atmospheric. http://www.myspace.com/jeffreykoepper Martin Bailey - ambient and electronic with a generous helping of rock. Unlike the other artists on this list, Martin is specifically a soundtrack composer and will write music specifically tailored to your project. http://www.myspace.com/powerescape If you all have any video-friendly musicians that you are working with please feel free to post them here. Thanks, Mike __________________ http://mikepulcinella.com/portfolio.htm Check out my work!

March 22nd, 2008, 02:24 PM	#30
Michael Panfeld Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 78	Hardware-Based 3:2 pulldown removal Hi: I am looking for a hardware-based solution for 3:2 pulldown removal. This would require HDMI input and output and the signal would be 1080 60i (YUV 4:2:2). I have found this:http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/cont...=486889&is=REG But this is about $500 and is designed to do much more than I need. Looking for something cheaper. Oh and to complicate things, there are no flags in the stream.