Hello From The United Kingdom
 

Just thought I'd break the ice and say hi to all here, this is indeed an excellent forum.
I'm at the very early stages but I hope to be jumping on the event (mainly wedding) videography bandwagon within the next year or two. I'm currently saving every bit of cash available and reading..reading..reading everything I can from camera techniques and post production to marketing and cashflow. I'm determined to know my equipment (when I get it..arrggh) and techniques inside out before I touch anyone's wedding! I have heard of too many people who reckon they are going to start 'doing weddings' to make a bit of money on the side...certainly not the image this industry needs. Anyhow, I'm sure I'll have plenty of questions to ask you all between now and the 'launch date' as I'm now calling it!
Cheers ;)

Hi Damian!

It's so nice to have you aboard. I hope you get your hands on a camera really soon so you can do some shooting..shooting..shooting!

Welcome, have fun, and best wishes to you!

Adrean, Rochester, NY, in the HOUSE!
 

Hey all,

I'm a senior in Film and Animation in RIT, ny and will be graduating this may of 2006. (Nodding in realization). Yep, It's time for me to go out there and face reality. The problem is I dont know what the hell i'm going to do after that. I've been applying for a bunch of jobs in my area and they all rejected me. Maybe because I'm deaf, I don't know, but I hope that's not the reason. I'm using bilateral cochlear implants so i can hear pretty good, so what's the problem? Still, I'm not giving up until I find a job. I have a fiancee to take care of. I hope to be a part of the film crew in the future because that's what i love to do. On top of it, i applied to some of the top graduate film programs in the east like Chicago, NYC, and boston.

Relating to applying for jobs in film/video productions, what would you do? Based on your skill as a filmmaker, you know all there is to know like editing, camera operating skill, gaffer, grip, production assisstant, director, and DP. I'm talking you know all of it but the problem is you learned it in college experience, not work experience or maybe a little of it. What would you do?

Thanks
Adrean

Experience required
 

Perhaps the model is different in your area but up here, many get their start at local cable companies. PBS?

The techniques will prep you for production work that might eventually land you into the world of film/video work.

New here- looks like the place to say "Hi!"
 

Hello,

Seems like its customary to introduce yourself here, so...

I live in the mountains between San Jose, San Francisco and the ocean and make my living doing a variety of things. My steady income is from healing sick computers. My secondary income is from audio engineering, maintaining a small recording studio at work and running my own. I produce my own music and have a CD out, done soundtrack work for a couple projects, and some audio post production for small projects.

I also really enjoy video production and just scored a 3 week job video documenting some conferences... in Hawaii. How could I pass that one up?! So I dug out the ol' vx1000 and TRV9, & bought another vx1000 because I'm worried the old one will die and want a backup. If I impress my client this time around there will be more work...

So a bit of web searching for tapeless capture ideas on the cheap lead me here. So did low end (but *useable*) tripod research. Didn't take long to realize this is a good place to hang out and listen. So...

Glad to be aboard! :)

Take care,
Chris

Welcome aboard Chris! That sounds like a very cool gig - congratulations.

New kid on the block from Ohio.
 

First off, i've been browsing these forums for the past few months and I must say this place is great for information with smart and intelligent discussions. Let me introduce myself. My name is John, im 23 years old and a recent college grad. I grad with an associate in Digital Multimedia from Terra Community College in Fremont, Ohio. I'm now adventuring into the exciting world of event videography. It's been a slow process but patience will be a virtue if I am to succeed. I use a Panasonic DVC30 with a RODE videomic. I also utilize the ever popular iRiver/Giant Squid combo as far as audio for now. At least until I can get a halfway decent wireless system. I have a few wedding gigs booked (friends weddings) so I can use those as a good refereal base. I also have a spring musical booked later in March. So things are looking good. I look forward to meeting all of your aquaintances.

Hiya John!

Sounds like you've got things pretty well mapped out. That's cool. Hope it all works out for you, and have fun!

Hi John, welcome aboard (H)DVInfo.net, good to have you with us!

Groups to join in LA?
 

So I'm a filmmaker/student who recently moved to Orange County, and now I'm looking to move into LA within the next couple months.

My question is, what are the best groups to join for filmmaking? I was going to join IFP, but then it became FIND... so I'm still thinking of joining up, but what are some other useful groups to join to network with people? Preferably ones with some good people and that won't break my college student budget. ;)

Thanks.

take a look at
http://www.group101films.com/

Hello from Oakland, CA
 

Hello to all. I've been in the television Biz for 26 years. Mostly News and documentary for broadcast consortiums. Well it's time for the old dog to learn new tricks! Working w/ folks that want an all digital (really digital, no tape!), multi-cam solution for field production. AAMOF the final product will be a stream to internet. I'd guess you'd call it Multicam DFP.

Hello Richard, welcome aboard (H)DVInfo.net, good to have you with us!

welcome richard,

i am in the antioch area, and consider myself at beginner level xl1-s.

greetings

Hey hey~
 

Hey hey all. Just got the validation email (finally), and now am ready to post and contribute to this forum, of which I've been lurking for a good while.

Well, I'm a PC user running Premiere Pro 1.5. Now, I'm not very good at editing or anything, but I get by. I have one camera, a Samsung PoC (Piece of Crap) but it works decently well.

I'm currently in grade 12, taking a Communications course, and that's where I do all my work. I'm studying to become an English teacher, so that means University soon - but for now, I get all the fun of DV =)

So thanks for having me on your forums, I look forward to working with you~

~Loggie B

Hi Logan, welcome aboard (H)DVInfo.net, good to have you with us!

No Athenians?
 

Can't seem to find many Greeks running around these boards. I've seen one, but haven't heard much from him. Any other closet-Greeks hiding out here? No need to be ashamed...it took me ten years to buckle-down and decide to stay in this country. Ironically, I'm going to have to leave it soon. Perhaps I'll run into some video-loving friends in Scotland.

So how about that Athenian roll-call?

Group 101 films
 

I joined this group a few months back with the intention of getting together with a few other filmmakers to write/direct some short scenes and then sequences, then films.

When I finally did the whole thing and logged on, I tried to list myself as a director as that is my main intent, and to my surprise, they only offer categories for crew! They apparently aren't accepting directors as members, but are only a bunch of would-be directors looking for free crew! Amazing!

Now, I realize everyone wants to be a director, but what cheek!

I queried them on this in a comments box, (I could find no "contact" link) and the next time I logged on, I couldn't get in. Apparently my account had been deleted right away!


Who are these people, anyway, who claim to have produced so many films! And not even have a way to contact them?

So from that little experience, I realized, you have to make your own contacts in Hollywood, and that isn't hard, there are PLENTY of filmmakers around this town, just stand on any corner and tap someone going by, and you're likely to find one. I've done several projects since.

The most sage advice I've had on filmmaking in this town has been from an European filmmaker, who I met for thirty seconds at a traffic light, (and he was on a racing bike), he said, "Just keep doing projects".

And of that, there are almost too many to be found around Hollywood. You have to turn the worst of them down left and right.

I went to an Athenian high school. True story.

There might not be any other Athenians here but maybe there are some Spartans...

No Athenian, but Kozanian at least :-). I visit Athens 5 or 6 times in the year. I was at the Platforma 05 video festival past October.

Btw, i feel the same as you. I want to leave this country...

I'm not from WV but close enough. I live in Southern Ohio close to Huntington. What college are you attending?

Newbie needs some advice please
 

Hey all,

My name is Ben. Just about to get myself a nice new DV cam and could use a little advice. But I am not just here to be an info leach. I worked 7 years in Hollywood as a Voice Over casting director / teacher / audio engineer and have great perspective and advice (if needed) on any voice work needed for a project. Feel free to email me with any questions, or if you need good, reliable voice actor's names/agents, I can help in the L.A area for free.

OK, the project I am devoting my life to atm is a documentry on the Marsh in Arcata,CA (my current home). A project of waste water management that is world renouned in it's environmently friendly aspect. It has become a home or migratory stop to over 230 species of birds and many other critters. I hope to inspire communities throught the world to adopt this method of waste management. Therefor I am aiming for theatrical release internationally (aim high right? lol) It won't be your typical informational documentry, if all goes as planned. To best describe what I am trying for would be Ron Fricke (Baraka, shot on 70mm) type cinematography with about 30 minutes of info/interveiws. I will be shooting timelaps, using slow motion, and all will be nature shots. I am admittedly clueless when it comes to todays cameras and filming.

My biggest question to start off is... which camera? I have about 7000 to invest for the cam and another 2000 for acessories. I have read a bit about the cameras in this price range and am leaning towards the Panasonic HVX200. Seams to have all my needs covered except I might need (or do i?)a stronger zoom. I would apreciate any and all advice / input. If anyone thinks another camera would be more appropriate please let me know.

Thanks all,

Ben Jacob

Welcome aboard (H)DVInfo.net, Ben, good to have you with us!

I've copied your post to our documentary forum. More people will actually see
your question there since this is just an introduction forum. I've editted your
post slightly for a better fit in that forum.

Link to the new post:

http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=64237

Good luck!

Newbie here
 

Hello to all.

My name is Jay Villa from Houston, TX. I run a mobile DJ company full time. We are getting ready to offer videography to the services we currently offer.

Can anybody tell me where the general conversation area is on this forum?

Thanks!

Hi Jay, welcome aboard (H)DV Info Net. The general forum area can be found here: Open DV Discussion

Video Editing Schools
 

As many of you may or may not know I am taking a trip to Africa in the spring of 07. I am taking a year off before going to college to save money and prepare for this trip. I live in Victoria BC and I was wondering if any of the people from Vancouver or from Victoria on this site could perhaps give me some information on a couple schools in Victoria that I could take classes on Video editing so I can become competitive in this business when I return from filming the trip.

Thanks
Jesse

I live in South Africa and attend CityVarsity Film Production School (www.cityvarsity.co.za)

At the moment our first year full-time syllabus is made up of:

Directing
Editing
Camerawork And Lighting
Scriptwriting
Script Analysis
Visual Literacy
Media Communication
History Of Art
Film Appreciation

In the second and third year, you can major in one of the first three. I'm going into Editing.

Majoring in Editing will get you skilled in:

Premiere (8 workstations with 2GBram and 2tb worth of storage space each, four DVCPRO Decks for converting DV to High Res SDI)
AVID (2 AVID Unity systems)
Media100
Boris
Combustion
After Effects

There's a guy from New Jersey in my class and apparently the pricing per year for this high-end institution is the equivalent to the fee at a community college. So perhaps consider spending two years here, I can guarantee you that you'll save a lot of cash by studying here.

the edit center
 

check out the edit center in new york. they have a lot of films that go to sundance and edited by students

Anyone from the Tampa Bay area have a 3CCD camera to sell
 

Hi everyone. Im looking for a 3CCD camera and it dont matter what brand it is just want on to start shooting short films. Looking to buy but the way. So if anyone in the Tampa Bay Area wants to seel on please get at me. Im desperate or anyone on her in general. we can set up payment arainges when the time come along. Thanks

New FX-1 User
 

Hello! I just got an FX-1 on the 7th and I look forward to learning from the members on this forum.

I have been a photographer for over 4 years, and I am really looking forward to creating videos for the web.

Welcome to DVinfo Alex! Will look forward to hearing more about your work, you've got a great camera.

Good Rental Shop in Salt Lake City or Park City?
 

I'm from Canada but will be filming a wedding in Park City, Utah this June. I'm looking for a reliable shop where I can rent gear from. Can anyone suggest a shop to phone in either Salt Lake City or Park City?

Try TV Specialists, 801-486-5757. They're good people.

I'll second Francois' recommendation. TV Specialists has been great to work with.

Hello from Louisville!
 

I've been lurking around here for about a year... thought I'd introduce myself.

I'm a commercial photographer in Louisville KY, and have shot stills for advertising for about 20 years... from 8X10 film to 22MP digital on hasselblad bodies... in the studio with sets to location.

In the past 6 months I've gotten into shooting HD video for some of my clients... mainly for projection at trade shows.... using the same commercial lighting technics I use for stills.

I have a dof adapter to give a higher end look to my footage, and can't seem to live without it.

I'm in pre-pro on a documentary of artists, and hope to find a buyer when it's complete.

Thanks to everyone for all the threads and replies to just about anything on this site! I've absorbed allot!

Hi Christopher, welcome aboard H(DV) Info Net, good to have you with us!

Hi Everyone
 

Hello from California. My name is Josh Miller. I am 30 years old and have wanted to make films since I was a kid. I got a PXL 2000 for Christmas in 1988 and always wanted a REAL camera. I have taught video editing on Avid Media 100 systems in 1999 and I'm just FINALLY diving into Adobe Premiere Pro. I joined in February and I have found this place SUCH a wealth of information already. It's difficult to take it all in at once. I have yet to purchase a camera, but I am strongly considering a Canon XL2. I'll eventually run across the classifieds section here and see if I can pick one up. After that I am going to hopefully upgrade repeatedly for the rest of my life until I am shooting on something that hopefully resembles a real film camera in the digital domain. I have been an actor in the past, working on various projects. From a show on the sci fi channel, Tostitos commercials for the superbowl, and low budget indy films, I have always wanted to be in he director seat to see what my own talents are capeable of. It wasnt until this day and age that making films on a budget was even feasible. Finally technology puts film making in the hands of the public. Im excited about the future.

Josh

Hey Joshua... welcome to DVinfo! Will look forward to reading about your quest for the perfect camera.

Hello from Lubbock, TX
 

Hello y'all, I just wanted to introduce myself here.

My goals include starting a wedding videography business this summer and to start creating short films with a few of my friends that are great at script writing and acting. The only holdup so far is actually setting aside the time for our little projects... but I guess that this is a common complaint.

Currently, I am shooting with a Canon GL2 and XL1s and edit with Avid Xpress DV at home and Xpress Pro at my day job.

Well anyways...enough rambling for now.

-Becca

Hi Rebecca, welcome aboard (H)DV Info Net, good to have you with us!