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Starting a little film co.

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ESB
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I am seriously considering getting myself a good digital camera and some PC editing equipment so I can make dinky little ski films. If anyone has experience with this, what sort of camera would I need, what is some good software, how much would it cost, and where can I get it???
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andyrightcoast
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Some good software to use would be Adobe Premiere. I just got that and it is really great. Not sure what kind of camera for you to get though. Good luck on ur ski movie venture. Msg me if you need any help, or an east coast cameraman :-).

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moseleyTENeighty
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Ask Paul Prins...screen name is Prins....he knows quite a bit bout all that film shit


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FRZGene
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get adobe premiere....

and i use a canon gl1 to film and its sick...but also 2000$+ (with accesories)


other good cameras are sony vx2000 and canon xl1 (but these 3 cameras are for
serious videos).

If you are just gonna do internet clips and nothjing too serious, any digital cam will do
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skiboardssuck
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is there any way to edit film on a computer without a digital video camera.
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mammothpunks
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lets get one thing right here - when you FILM something, you use a camera that uses film (eg 8mm 16mm 35mm...) when you video something you use a video camera (eg miniDV...) so quit gettin the 2 mixed up!
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mammothpunks
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there is a diference between a ski FILM and a ski VIDEO
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WillBallin
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does msp do any of their stuff digital? SOme of it has that look to it but i cant really tell

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I'm so sorry mammothpunks for mixing up the word 'film' with the word 'video'.


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i just thought you ignorent ones should be enlightened
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neil used his sony digital handicam last season. suprisingly, shit came out good. we got to use sony ccv-3s from our school. (at least i think thats the tech speak for it)... they hand me a camera, i stand at bottom of jump.

i also write code. thats my job. =)

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stephen_beast
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Apples are the best for video editing. right now i think they are the only ones with dvd burneres that come with the computer. I think you can edit non digital videos if you get a video capture card ( i think there is a special usb cable that does it) then you can download the video on your computer. you can change it to avi and then to mpeg and burn it on a cd and it will work in a dvd player. Im not sure if you can edit it though.

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I have an 8mm sony handicam right now, its really old (like 1993). is there any way to get that footage onto my computer? Is that the video capture card (or whatever) that everyone's talking about?



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mammothpunks
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get a powermac g4 - the best ones come with dvd-burners, and all the powermacs come with firewire inputs. you can use imovie (which coems with the comp) or get premiere or final cut pro for much higher level of editing. you can also buy an analog capture card to import analog footage, which you can edit too, and export to digital if you want. if you really want to make dvds without buyin a bunch of hardware, just get a real good mpeg encoder, and you can incode a dvd and burn it on a cd - cds can hold like 20 min or so of DVD movies, so that probly enough unless your doin real long shit. just make sure you have a good dvd player, cause some cheaper players, and ps2 wont play burned disks. have phun!
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mammothpunks
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kamakazi - just get an analog capture card - there are a few internal ones, and a few external ones as well - just make sure you get one with rca inputs
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StreetsOfRage
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Jesus this is an old thread. now it may be new again.
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kootenayklaus
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FUCK YOU AND GET THE FUCK OUT.
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ryano
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get a pc desktop with 6 to 8 gigs of RAM, quad core processor, and a 500 gig or terabyte hard drive. and also two at least 19 inch monitors.

use adobe premier pro, CS5. its sick and just the same as final cut. with minor differences.

as far as camera. depends on if you want to shoot digital or on mini DV. you can prolly can pick up a used sony dcr vx2100 for pretty cheap. i would suggest going digital. way easier to import, log, etc.
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kootenayklaus
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Read the thread date.
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PhilboydStudge
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Haha. Awesome bump.
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PJS.
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check your meter? maybe?
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Bar_Down
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useless bumping should be a felony
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Slone.
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final cut for editing software
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Z-Juice
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I laughed at this thread

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ESB
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Bump for the 8mm Sony Handicam.

And mammothpunks, I understand your point about film and video now.
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steezyjibber
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ESBBump for the 8mm Sony Handicam.

And mammothpunks, I understand your point about film and video now.


It's honestly crazy to think about being 15 years younger when you made this thread
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RudyGarmisch
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Ethan you should hit up Splice.
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gravel
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steezyjibberIt's honestly crazy to think about being 15 years younger when you made this thread


This plays with my head a little. Ethan I hope you got what you were lookin for all the way back then.
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ESBBump for the 8mm Sony Handicam.

And mammothpunks, I understand your point about film and video now.


Mad props to bump your own thread, Stone.
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spliff.Life
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^ ^^ ^^^ yes
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steezyjibberIt's honestly crazy to think about being 15 years younger when you made this thread


I was sixteen when I made this thread. Now I'm 31. Half a lifetime ago, literally.

Not much became of the "film co." although I eventually made a few edits. Hard to believe that at the time I was filming on 8mm and connecting the camera to a VCR which was connected to a computer in my high school's audio/visual lab, converting to digital, and then editing on god knows what.
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