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Re: Help please? Recommendations for a budget mac edit system to buy for Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera footage and grading

Hi,

Could anyone kindly recommend a budget mac edit…

I've recently finished making a short film which has a score to some extent but mostly uses accentuated foley throughout. There is also a voiceover. It sounds great and quite intr…

I'm afraid you won't like this answer: if you're showing a film in a theatre, you have to MIX in a theatre. Room size can change things completely. It's the same idea of a large s…

Hey guys!

Thoughts on using premier elements for editing my HD DSLR footage? ive been using elements for years with my old DV technology and im comfortable with it, but with an u…

I haven't used Elements since I was a teenager, and to be honest I didn't know they still made it! No doubt your DLSR footage would go in fine - but you might want to look at some…

Screening Room Map - http://www.screeningroommap.com/newyork - is top ranked with Google Search but I want to add new venues to make the directory as comprehensive as possible. S…

Hi shooters. A couple of simple questions, so I'll cut to the chase!

1. What's the minimum system requirements for editing 1420 HD footage from a DSLR?
2. Where can I buy such a …

I agree with Matt. I would buy a MacBook Pro from eBay - after much research. If possible I would try to get a Mac that could take a thunderbolt cable, so that I could attach a th…

Tried to post this before, but I guess it didn't make it for some reason.

I wanted to let you guys know about these great little lessons on Youtube by a professional dialogue edi…

I'm currently editing a short drama film in which a character cleans an old '78 record (from 1949) with a cloth, in close up, and we see the name of the (famous) record company on…

Agreed Dan

Does anyone have experience using ProTools for editing audio for video. I'm using Final Cut but I've been told that Pro Tools is far better than SoundTrack Pro.....any comments we…

Hi Sophie,
To further your sound education, please, please, watch this series on dialogue editing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDwQCO7v1ME

Dan

I am a Junior editor trying to make the transition from Junior to editor. I need to make a showreel so I am offering my services for free to work on short films and promos so I ha…

Has it gone down recently? What is the going rate now? Trying to budget for our next production. Thanks so much for any help.

Okay, I'm sure I'll figure out a way to fix this soon. But, I updated the latest final cut pro X thing, 10.1, and it went back to the old system of projects. This meant I have n…

I know this is speaking after the horse may have bolted: but take a backup now before you start trying to see if your stuff is still around on the hard disk. Then see if you can f…

I did a course a few months back where i learnt all this. An elementary question i know. Its been a few months since I did the course so I am a bit rusty with it all. I am shootin…

There is a drop down menu on my toolbar named publish/share.
Once i have clicked on that i have three options.
Adobe flash video: use for posting on web
Mpeg: use for playback on…

I've been approached by a production company who want to use some footage of mine in a 25 min doc/entertainment show about alternative sports. It will be aired in various countrie…

It really depends on the footage. What resolution is it shot at? What are the other production qualities? How unique is it? Will it need a lot of work?

If it's really unique …

Hi all,

I am interested in both buying a 'Hackintosh' computer for video editing [fyi http://nofilmschool.com/build-a-hackintosh] as well as re-outfitting an older MacBook Pro I…

Just type 'Hakintosh' in EBay and it will come up with loads of customizable, new machines for sale.

Moving back to London been away for 12 years living in Dublin, Ireland. Getting reacquainted with the London filmmaking scene. I am looking for an editor who specializes in the sh…

I thought I could "send to motion" from within fcpx before. Now, it won't let me.

Apparently there's an app called FCPX send to motion in the American app store, but not in the …

Never mind, I found a workaround. I just sent to compressor and used that, I can always delete the layer and send as an overlay or whatever.

I think it might be the operating sy…

I am and independent musician based in North West London.

The video was filmed on a HD Canon Camera and edited in Final cut pro. We have used a lot of stock footage in the video …

Sorry just seen the PM's now!

Hi there! I am starting a new project about the memories of a Brazilian artist and former militant (dictatorship period) in Brazil. I am at the moment in the UK and we will start …

Thank you Eduardo!

Hi folks,

I need some advice on a sensitive issue:

I hired an editor for a project recently, and a few weeks in, I had to stop working with this person. They were not skilled en…

Sounds like you are too close to the project so you're never going to find someone who will totally have your vision for the project. I think a huge part of film making is the col…

Dear all,

I made a micro-budget feature film that went on to win three Indie film festivals, two of them in America, but I couldn't get Distribution for love or money! That is an…

Thanks Chris, appreciate the feedback. The film has a highly original story so there wouldn't be that much development and it would have to emulate the film. But I hear what you'r…

hello everyone.

I am going to rent an apartment for filming-one of those rent per night ones.

Quick Q
Do I need the owner/agent to sign a release form for the property even thou…

Probably not from the side of image rights, but good idea in terms of who insures what, who is responsible for what, who pays leccy, cleaners, etc

I'm after various shots of game footage from different games.

Plug the game video feed into a PVR? Snaffle some from youtube?

If it's going to be published, go to the game studio and ask for permission/clips/samples?

Hi folks. I'm a student producer submitting a short film to numerous festivals and urgently need to produce a BluRay in the next day or so. I'm based in Wakefield / Leeds, and h…

Have googled but can't seem to find a good one. Thanks, Louise.

Thanks all, broadcaster is sorting the map. But advice all useful for the future. Thanks for the Dad's Army clip. Now that is a good use of a map!

I’m making a documentary and want to put still images of famous people in it at the points they are mentioned. For instance I might be talking about Daniel Day Lewis and then show…

There really needs to be a dedicated SP FAQ for intellectual property questions! Anyway,what you need to find out is what rights the copyright holder/s claim. If they haven't exp…