You could always use a film camera, too.
If you want your video to look like film, one of the most effective choices you can make is to light it like film.
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Low-Budget Filmmaking Tip #147
Target: Good boundaries!
If you want to get a little experience under your belt, browsing online classifieds (such as Craigslist, Mandy, etc.) can help you find productions in your area that are crewing or casting. Usually, they pay little or nothing, but if you’re just starting to learn, this sort of experience can be invaluable.
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Low-Budget Filmmaking Tip #145
Plus, it adds adventure to your life!
Find those people who — when presented with a problem — ask “How can we make this work so we can keep moving forward?” Those are great people to have on set. Cultivate those connections.
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Low-Budget Filmmaking Tip #144
And check for humming technicians, too.
If you’re getting a hum in your sound, replace your cables with shielded cables, or new cables, or at least don’t run them next to or across power cables. Make sure they’re properly grounded.
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Low-Budget Filmmaking Tip #143
Certain tasks should never be randomly assigned.
If you have a pyrotechnical device, never leave the arming key in the firing system if you have to walk away from it… NO EXCEPTIONS. And yes, you have an arming key, the removal of which will make the effect impossible to trigger. Of course you do.
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Low-Budget Filmmaking Tip #139
Nobody Wins Anyway
Don’t fight. Seriously. Yes, there will be disagreements. Yes, there will be frustrations. Yes, there will be setbacks. That is normal. But please, don’t fight about it. There’s no need to yell or shout or scream or whinge on.
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Low-Budget Filmmaking Tip #138
Who needs a working brain?!
You know those little adapters that let you plug a three-prong plug into a two-hole socket? Don’t use those.
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Low-Budget Filmmaking Tip #137
Stop mumbling!
There are a lot of things you can fix in editing, but crappy line delivery isn’t one of them.
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Low-Budget Filmmaking Tip #136
But never allow a brogue delivery!
If you’re actors want to try a variation of a line, get the scripted line first, and then let them try their variations (assuming you have the time, of course).
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