Filmmaking News

I am going to be talking with my filmmaking partner in crime, Chris soon. I proposed the idea of buying a camera jointly so that we will have two matched cameras for the next project.

Two Canon XL1s cameras will allow for a shorter shooting time and two angles that can then be edited together in a faster fashion. Shooting that way will be easier on the actors since we will need less takes to get coverage.

The editing will be easier since the way we have been shoooting is to set up one angle....shoot it.....set up the other angle.....shoot the scene again. No matter how hard you try there are too many differences between the two and are usually unuseable when you try to edit them together.

Now for you out there who are playing along, yes a three camera set up would be better still however one step at a time right now. With three cameras you would be able to get a master shot and two over the shoulder shots at the same time. Now with that set up you could shoot a scene one time which would be much easier on the actors and the shooting schedule would be a breeze.

So yes a three camera set up is best but for now a two camera set up will be what we can get and use.

I also just purchased a new AMD 4800X2 pc with 4 gigs of RAM and a ton of storage space for editing. I have a new monitor coming that will be here early next week and the pc itself will be here by Thursday of next week.

I'm very excited about all of this since it represents the next level of my filmmaking career!!!!

Both of these new upgrades will enable us to create better looking projects in a faster amount of time. Which is another lesson I have learned from Locker.