Filming All weekend

Hello, we were filming my friends project all weekend.

Saturday was pretty cold, the day had all outdoors scenes and we started off with the ladder shot where the camera was at a high angle. That went off pretty smoothly, when temperature are cold outside there is lack of motivation to be outdoors. The next shot was a track shot during longer takes it was difficult to operate the camera because your hands were frozen. Unfortunitly, someone else opearted the camera after I left. But I heard the rest of the filming went smoothly.

Sunday was much more comfortable because we were indoors. We took quite a while to set up the first shot, we made sure all the technical and acting aspects were good before we began. There was also a hallway shot after that. The setup time for that went relatively quicktly.

We are half way through the movie and I'm about to put together a trailer for it. Stay tuned for more details!

how to capture MiniDV to video onto computer

Finally the Rimage printer has arrived..... in New York City. I've recently purchased it on ebay, and my cousins from New York will be bringing it to my location. This baby can duplicate and print thermal full colour labels on your disc, can't wait to try it out.

Anyway, I stumbled upon some freinds recently that needed help in capturing video. To capture from MiniDV to computer simply place the tape in your camcorder that has 1394 firewire cable on it.

1) Open Sony Vegas select file then select capture video.
2) Choose capture DV video (or HD depending on your format).
3) Another window will appear
4) Select where you would want to save your footage under the tab "Disk Management"
5) Select ok.
6) To capture the footage into 1 single file and not let Vegas choose the scenes for you, go to Options and select preferences. Go to the Capture tab and uncheck "unable scene detection"
7) Select Capture tape the unit will automatically rewind the tape and capture itself.

Generally you'll want to capture at 720X480 frame size at 29.92fps NTSC (North America) and 44Hz uncompressed for audio. a 1 hr MiniDV tape will take up about 13GB of space. Hope this tip helps out for you. Merry Chrismas!

helping out on a friends project

Wow, finally we're working on something here, just been very busy at work these days. Its been a while but we've just started production in a movie directed by my friend. I'm working as DP. I'll also be working on another short exercise with my brother this Christmas Season. Maybe I can get my cousin visiting from New York to visit guest star in it. Stay tuned as I'll be posting more information up, maybe some behind the scenes pictures from the shoot. I don't want to release the name of the title yet. Its going to be surprise.

Anyway, here's a video tip/question I recently received.

Question: My DVD won't play on my DVD player.

1) Try to look at the bottom of the disc to see if there are any scratches or dirt and oil. If there is, clean it off by rubbing the disc center out.
2) Make sure the bottom of the disc is facing the ground when placing the disc into the machine
3) Try to see if the DVD will work on a different DVD player or computer.