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!
What is your documentary about?
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?