http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ Videomaker Community Forums » Tag: amatuer - Recent Posts en Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:25:41 +0000 http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/just-enough-to-buy-imac-fcs-and-canon-hf200-need-advise-badly#post-54912 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:00:45 +0000 meta 54912@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Hi there,</p> <p>I am a first time/amatuer and would like someday to go pro. My experience is only with a digital slr camera. I owned a Canon 350D DSLR and a sony Laptop running Windows Vista Business. I sometimes use Adobe Photoshop but I prefere not to "cheat/enhance" those photos. I do know that there is a huge diff between a camera and a camcorder and is willing to take up the challenge.</p> <p>My friends and I (all not professional climber) attempted 6,962 m (22,841 ft) Mount Aconcagua and was documented. The documentary cost was sponsored by local TV. To make the story short, the documentary was done professionally by 2 cameraman and unfortunately we failed only 300m to the summit due to bad weather. They used 2 sony pro video camera with DV tape type which I forgot which model it was.</p> <p>The group now is trying for another attempt in January 2011. Unable to secure a sponsor, our budget is kinda tight this time around that we cant afford to hire professionals to the the documentary again. Since I have a long interest with video making, I am now jumping into this oppurtunity to document the journey. I am thinking of submitting the end product to local tv or competition if it is good enough! It is about normal people trying to do the extra ordinary. We do have a list of mountains to conquer!</p> <p>My budget allows me to purchase:<br /> <br />IMAC 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 with 8GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM. ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB and 1TB Serial ATA Drive.</p> <p>Final Cut Studio.</p> <p>Canon HF200.</p> <p>My questions:</p> <p>Will this be a good computer that doent take forever to render or complete my work and software for a first time documentary? I do hope to go pro in the future but I do not wish to buy another computer in the next 3 years. Yes I cant afford the macpro just yet.</p> <p>Is that a good choice for a starting camera that can handle "some/little" outdoor abuse? I wish to shoot the documentary in HD and it MUST not be heavy!</p> <p>Will the camera take the cold weather? My research tells me that flash memory handles cold weather better than any other type... is this correct?</p> <p>Am I going the right path by choosing Mac over Windows?</p> <p>My budget is REALLY tight... please advise.</p> <p>Thanks in advance.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/5-minute-engagement-video-with-humor#post-34452 Fri, 04 Jan 2008 04:06:35 +0000 klopex 34452@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>If you were just someone saying, "Did you like my video?" I would answer, "It was nice.  The couple will probably appreciate it."</p> <p>Since you are asking for a critique, I will be more harsh.  I only say negative things to help you.  I ask that you do the same for my videos when I post them.  I know I have a lot to learn!</p> <p>The biggest negative is the use of copyrighted material.  However, if you only publish your video on YouTube, the big music companies have agreements to allow YouTube users to use their music.  So, your music *might* not be a violation.  However, your video and images probably are violations.</p> <p>Some of the camera work was a bit shaky.  Not much use of the "rule of 3rds."  I understand that it wasn't a pro camera on a steady cam, but a handheld in a one take situation where you would rather enjoy the situation than be a filmmaker!!  So, that's understandable.</p> <p>I liked the special effects your editing software allots you.  The white framed stills looked good.  Having the couple dancing in the corner with the pictures sliding into the right side was a good touch.</p> <p>I personally felt that the video was too long.  Maybe a minute or so shorter would have felt good.  However, I am an outsider watching it.  The family will probably prefer more content.  They are your target audience, so I would go with that.  If the family watched it several times, the long intro would probably grow old.  If there was humor in the beginning, it didn't entirely work for me.  Was it an inside joke?</p> <p>Your camera angles appeared to all be from close to your eye height.  For this video, it seems to work ok.  In fact, some variation might have looked like wierd artsy choices.  If you were much taller than your family, I hope you would have tried to film from their eye level and not your own.  Your choice to move while filming the dance was a good choice.</p> <p>Overall, it was nice.  The big payoff for me was when she showed her ring to the singer.  That was moving, and it made the video more personal.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/5-minute-engagement-video-with-humor#post-34373 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 02:50:11 +0000 neworlensladi 34373@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hi all...</p> <p>My brother got engaged, finnnnally, as in, finally met a girl he wanted to marry, and proposed in 5 months!.....though my family's looking in my direction next (eek!).....so I put together this little quickie video from that night, and I'd love to hear what you think.</p> <p>The video footage is errr, uhhh a tad murky.  I have a rebel xt and a decent camcorder, but they don't fit in my pocket or rest well on my drink tabs, so I used my canon sd850 to capture all pics and mini video clips (it was nighttime too, so a leeeeetle tiny bit of bleaching was needed just to see people). ;)</p> <p>Would love feedback...I usually do bio vids for the "family market" that last 20-30 minutes...this was my first "quickie" based on only one night, with a VERY limited media pool. I did it one night when I was home sick.</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlhfloeAJvg" title="Engagement Video">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlhfloeAJvg</a></p> <p>Mardi Gras hugs to all.....</p> <p>hopefully I posted this in the right place, my apologies if I did not.</p>