Nikkii Gere
July 8th, 2005, 05:03 PM
hello to all...
i am a current graduate student in the area of media arts and studies with one semester to go - i am planning on doing weddings in order to pay back my mountain of loans and finance my independent films...i've been reading alot on this forum about getting started - (it's been incredibly helpful! thank you to everyone!) i currently own a vx2100 and edit on final cut pro 4, in the fall i plan on purchasing additional equipment - wireless mic, lighting, etc (yes, another loan!) and can borrow from my school as needed...
i plan on doing a few weddings for very cheap in order to put together a demo - i've done one wedding, but it was a favor for a friend and i handed over all the raw footage for her to edit (d'oh)...otherwise all my stuff is either concert footage or experimental (not films to be shown to perspective clients) my problem is this - i need to see some examples - everything i've found online consists of only clips, plus i live in the country and only have dial-up (ugh!) so the clips i can download (i'm having trouble with windows media player) takes FOREVER...i really want to see some dvds in full so i can have an idea of what's out there right now and to figure out what direction to take mine in...i know some places give clients examples, but i don't thing they'll take too kindly to a competitor...does anyone have any ideas? or know where a decent clip is in quicktime?perhaps someone would like to share their work? :)
thanks for reading through all this...any other advice would appreciated!
nikkii
i am a current graduate student in the area of media arts and studies with one semester to go - i am planning on doing weddings in order to pay back my mountain of loans and finance my independent films...i've been reading alot on this forum about getting started - (it's been incredibly helpful! thank you to everyone!) i currently own a vx2100 and edit on final cut pro 4, in the fall i plan on purchasing additional equipment - wireless mic, lighting, etc (yes, another loan!) and can borrow from my school as needed...
i plan on doing a few weddings for very cheap in order to put together a demo - i've done one wedding, but it was a favor for a friend and i handed over all the raw footage for her to edit (d'oh)...otherwise all my stuff is either concert footage or experimental (not films to be shown to perspective clients) my problem is this - i need to see some examples - everything i've found online consists of only clips, plus i live in the country and only have dial-up (ugh!) so the clips i can download (i'm having trouble with windows media player) takes FOREVER...i really want to see some dvds in full so i can have an idea of what's out there right now and to figure out what direction to take mine in...i know some places give clients examples, but i don't thing they'll take too kindly to a competitor...does anyone have any ideas? or know where a decent clip is in quicktime?perhaps someone would like to share their work? :)
thanks for reading through all this...any other advice would appreciated!
nikkii