<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by BoRnOfFiRe:

can I have the tabs???
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Ubuu:
How big Murc? I can upload for you.

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Jenny_Kitty:
Just ask and Ill post the list of equipment in this topic.
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SHOOTING KIT
This is where the hands-on digital filmmaking really starts. To get the kit you need to blag it, rent it or buy it. The basic kit you need will be:

•DV camera and tapes
If you can't get a DVcam try Hi-8. There's been an explosion of DVcams in time for Christmas. A consumer level gizmo of around £1500 will get you a camera which will record to a quality that until recently could only have been achieved through professional cameras costing much more. The Sony VX1000, which isn't as dinky as the handycam versions, but is packed with features can be got for around £2-2500. This has become an early standard to buy, because it's got all the necessary manual overrides as well as being stupidly easy to use. It also, importantly films not only at the usual screen ratio for TV, but also for widescreen, which is de riguer if you want to be flash (which of course you should do, you are after all an early adopter of this fantastic new technology).
•Tripod
Although not strictly necessary, a tripod will bring discipline into your camerawork and give you a much more professional look and quality when you come to shooting. A good quality tripod from between £50-100 will do the trick nicely. Try to look for one with an adjustable head, or a cheaper tripod designed for moving image work. This way you'll get smoother pans and tilts. Practically, if you try to shoot a long film with all handheld camerawork, the cameraman is likely to end up in hospital with a bad back, and the audience may all start to feel motion sickness.

•Sound recorder
It's best not to rely on your camera's internal microphone to pick up dialogue. These are general mics which pick up general sound just as much as the dialogue you want, so passing sirens are likely to drown out that intimate little conversation in that crucial heart-to-heart scene. Get a Mini-diskman with a good shotgun microphone or a small lapel microphones which you can hide to get nearer to the actors speaking, for clearer sound. You can match up the sound with the images later in your desktop PC.

•Lighting equipment
Video generally requires less light than film, but it's still necessary to be careful with lighting so actor's faces are lit properly and not totally obliterated by shadow. A portable lighting rig will be useful, depending on your ambition, or if you are going minimalist use photoflood lightbulbs for interiors will be fine. This is what Robert Rodriguez used for El Mariachi, the famous low budget film, made initially for a reputed $7000 and then picked up by Colombia pictures for worldwide distribution.
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Jenny_Kitty:
Well, its his song, so yeah. Most Lyricists dont let other people sing their own songs unless they are in the group itself.</font>

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Murc XIII:
I have all the stuff here to compress it, but I'm not very well versed at codecs. That one's with Sorensen3, should I be using a different codec?

Thing I did for filesize:
-resolution (obviously)
-compress sound
-reduce frame rate

Am I missing something?

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Jenny_Kitty:
I loved the old music video, and loved the new one even more! AWSOME!!!!

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