Sun 7 Sep 2008
Recently I helped direct and produce a biographical documentary. Here’s the equipment list I used:
- Canon XHA1 video camera
- Camera tripod
- Boom pole
- Directional mic with windscreen (dead cat)
- XLR cables
- MiniDV tapes
- Macbook Pro w/ iMovie and iDVD
- Dell Laptop with photoshop
- Epson flatbed scanner
- Radio Shack 3 channel audio mixer
- Sennheiser condenser microphone with stand (for narration)
- External 1TB drive
- Mediawiki
- Royalty free music (http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/)
Do I know anything about film making? Not really. I did read a bunch of books. And I watched an awful lot of documentaries to get ideas. Special thanks to Tyler T. for the technical advice!
September 7th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
What is your documentary about?
September 8th, 2008 at 10:26 am
the effects of pot on programmers. just kidding.
actually, it was a biographical documentary tracing the life of my dad. he just turned sixty and for his birthday I wanted to give him something more than the expected neck tie. i flew back east and interviewed his family and friends and all. it turned out nicely (for a first film) i think.
but now I have all of this equipment. got any ideas for funny films?