Is shooting a feature film on a Canon rebel, a bad idea?
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RynoII — 9 years ago(February 05, 2017 09:08 PM)
Alright, perhaps, I am worrying too much about the performance of the equipment :). I mean there are some equipment I should have sure I figure. I figure that say, a boom mic, is better than the on board camera mic obviously But I should get too worried, or too carried away with it.
I just figure why do big budget movies spend all this money on high performance equipment, if story telling is a lot more important. -
firearms trainer — 9 years ago(February 05, 2017 11:14 PM)
I just figure why do big budget movies spend all this money on high performance equipment, if story telling is a lot more important.
Because this quote illustrates why exactly you have been wasting our time for the past eight years. If you don't understand this basic concept, then there is NOTHING anyone can do for you.
If you want to make nothing but home movies until all your money is all gone, then keep worrying about the equipment.
If you want to be a filmmaker, take three years of film school, and then revisit this question. All will become clear.
Many filmmakers become filmmakers because they make films. They learn as they go, and improve with every project. You, on the other hand, haven't learned the one most important basic concept in filmmaking in the past eight years you have been on these boards.
Either go to film school and start at lesson one, or find a new hobby. You don't have the basic knowledge to do this one. -
pgodlewski-569-399675 — 9 years ago(February 06, 2017 01:51 AM)
Big budget films havewell you know big budgets.
Why don't you make projects that fit YOUR budget?
Why not make a sappy short about lone filmmaker worrying that his camera isn't good enough but instead of actually doing anything with it he just sits on a dying messenger board?
I see you constantly asking about some complex plot about cops and robbers or something with many characters and subplots.
And for what? What have you actually done with that script? You're just jerking everyone by the tail with questions that you could find answers for yourself.
If you only invested half of the time you're putting into this research and worrying about equipment, maybe you'd be actually closer to making that cops and robbers movie. Maybe not.
When this board dies later this monthwill you finally go out and start doing it? -
ImReallyANarc — 9 years ago(February 06, 2017 05:44 AM)
When this board dies later this monthwill you finally go out and start doing it?
Unfortunately, there are other message boards where he does the exact same thing. Everything he learns in this thread, he'll misinterpret and then ask for clarification on one of the other message boards. I am a regular at one such board and in a few days there'll be a new Ryno question "Some people have told me that I need to spend less time researching and learning, and more time using my camera, so where can I find something to shoot?"
After the IMDB boards die (may they rest in peace) he'll just crank up the posting on those other message boards and still learn not a fooking thing. -
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ImReallyANarc — 9 years ago(February 06, 2017 06:16 PM)
That's probably the most apt description of any Ryno thread. Even those of us who have seen him do this over and over again for years still get sucked in. The questions seem genuine at first.
On a side note, firearms trainer (and arriflex and even aiwaz), I thank you for your input and your patience with this board. I know it's mostly newbie bullsht 99% of the time but those of us who are serious about filmmaking, whether as a passion project or as a career aspiration, greatly appreciate the feedback from working professionals.
Now what camera should I buy? -
John-PaulJones — 9 years ago(February 06, 2017 09:06 PM)
I second this. There were some great folks in here, and a lot of working professionals came on here anonymously over the years to help newcomers. Those are the folks I will miss the most. They were the ones who understood the true meaning of the term "shop talk," and "paying it forward."
On a side note, I actually had the pleasure of meeting FT in real life the last time he was down in California. I attended a workshop he was giving, and let me assure you, he is as calm and patient in real life as he appears on these boards. -
firearms trainer — 9 years ago(February 06, 2017 11:32 PM)
Thank you JP. I try.
I will admit that a few people over the years tried my patience.
I have met so many IMDB friends in real life. Most of them are long gone from these boards but i still remember going for dinner with a writer/actress I know from these boards the last time I was in California and as we took the hotel elevator down, the doors opened and in stepped ANOTHER shop talk friend that I had never met face-to-face.
But 30 years in this business is probably enough. I have met some wonderful folks; worked with some amazing people both in front and behind the camera, and made friends around the world. It's been a great career.
But don't worry; I am not going anywhere. For as long as there are still good people NOT making it home safe at the end of their day in the film business, I will still keep advocating for safety, making a pest of myself with producers and lamenting with the DOP that we are probably the two oldest people on set. Other than maybe Randall Wallace and Lasse Halstrom, I probably have t-shirts older than the last 30 directors I worked for.
On the other hand, perhaps people SHOULD listen to the old man in a young person's game. He just may have something to say.