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HELP PRODUCING FEATURE FILM ON DV with NLE?????? PLZ

from Exzavier aka Toni (exzavierali@collegeclub.com)
Greetings, I am a 22 year old college student in school for media and arts, my dream is to be a director, I recently droped out of school because they werent teaching me anything about what I wanted to learn, here I am doing math and physics and not even touching a single camera, I decided to learn on my own, and I am a very fast learner. I have been persuing a digital production contract, AND now I may have got my ass into hot water, I dont know anything About MAking FEATURE FILMS in DV and Someone has just awarded me with a very lucrative production contract. I know that you guys are more knowledge able than I, SO now I need help here are the basic questions I want to ask...

1. First things First,? What is the best quality, and easy to use, Digital Video solution camera package out there, I have shots of car races, night time shots, night clubs, gun fights in daylight, and other types of shots including subways office buildings and etc. What is the best all around solution I can go, If I can afford to pay for a combination of DV cameras for differnt types of shots, Which ones should I buy, which lenses or assessories should I buy, and any other information you can aid me, I apreciate it.

Number 2. Lights, and Cameras and Effects... What sort of lights do I buy, or make, I want to be creative in saving money but I want to make sure this is not a very very hard thing since I have no experience, I also want to know, I'f I'm using All these differnt cameras how do I go between scenes, Is there some sort of mixer that I have to use to get them all down to one format. What type of computer system and software would be best for me to use.

3, Audio, what would be the most easy user friendly yet quality audio solution package for me, I mean for the actors and the corrosponding music(s) in the feature film, How do I effectily manage audio, How is the audio synced with the video in the software, By frames, do I have to buy a stand alone software solution, do I have to make the audio files seperatly and then hire somebody to bring the two toghter.

4. Mastering I will be mastering on to a DVD hopefully at the end of this i will have dvd that is ready and acceptable to the company who is hiring me for this, please don't laugh this is a serious inquiry I dont want my mouth to get me into something my ass can't get me out of.

I guess after this I would ask for any tools tricks and tips you may have for making the quality a feature film would need, I mean, it doesnt have to be perfect but I see a lot of feature film work that is done on digital now, like XXX the movie and others and even some shows on TV that actually are pretty good, you can tell by the sharpness it was probably done on digital ( I assume ) just looking for anything absolutly anything you can offer me to make my life easier.

Thanks so much, Toni

(posted 7563 days ago)

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