Cinema Advanced | Filmmaking Tips

So, you want to buy a digital camera. How do you decide what will give you the best bang for your buck? Well, even this is somewhat difficult to decide. First off, you should know a bit about the features

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Updates were a little slow this Memorial Day weekend, and for that I apologize. But it was far from a vacation for me. I went through a few big meetings, and having some pretty exciting projects coming up very soon. Nothing solid yet, but as soon as the details are worked out I’ll be posting them. All I can say is this…network network network…you really never know who you might meet that you can collaborate with in the future.

Since in the last article, I just told you to spend your money on mics and not cameras, I suppose its a good time to get into the second most important consideration when it comes to deciding on a camera. Yes boys and girls I’m talking about the budget.

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All over the internet where new filmmakers meet, on the message boards and chat rooms, one question is repeated over and over: What is the best camera?

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A blog carnival is like an ezine built up by articles posted on different blogs. My article on Louisiana Film Tax Credits was featured in Carnival of Cinemea

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My friend and collegue Donny just wrote an article on Adding Value to your DIY film. In it he covers some common mistakes director’s make when doing a no budget film, and how to add value to your film by avoiding those mistakes. His article inspired me to write a bit about production value.

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The Louisiana Film tax credits were set to expire as of January 1st 2008. As of the passing of House Bill 139 (PDF) the credits now extend to 2010. Also, the credits do not completely go away as of 2010, but rather they reduce to 20% until July 2012, and then become 15% after that.

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Nothing puts a nail in the coffin of independent film like bad acting. You can get away with bad camera work…people will call it ‘Cinema Verde’ (that’s latin for too shakey to see what the hell is going on). But your film absolutely cannot escape a slow agonizing death if it contains even a hint of bad acting.

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