Awesome. I started film at a very young age and am now a co-founder of production house(I am 18). I have had a ton of film experience as well with live TV shows, live sporting event coverage, a couple feature films, a bunch of shorts, and countless FX tests. I now do special/visual effects, compositing, color grading, editing, mixing, and most of the cinematography. While I have gone through some expensive cameras(XL-2s, HDR-FX1, etc.) in production, it all really comes down to how you use the camera. Sure 108p 24F on a 3 - 1/2" CMOS is awesome (or even a RED One
), but it doesn't matter if you don't know how to use it correctly. In my opinion I would get something that performs relatively well in low light, has good audio options/inputs(audio is a pain and usually harder than the video itself. Not to mention the fact that without good audio your movie will feel VERY cheap.)and lens options. Get a decent SD camera, wide angle lens, UV/Polarization/Fluorescent filters, and a boom mic. Personally I always find it worth it to never compromise on any camera features. If I were you I would save until you could buy a GS500 as they are pretty good for SD amateur films(I used to own a GS400). When you can, get a decent boom. To be honest I bought Chinese one for $30 on eBay that performed every bit as well as my $300 Sony. From there, base your equipment on your film. Use home lamps and your umbrella for a home-made light kit or build a dolly out of skateboard wheels, plywood, and PVC if needed. Where there is a will, there is a way. Just let your content speak for itself. Never lose sight of the film's objective. If you need help with anything my personal email is: thatguyyoulove@gmail.com. Oh and YouTube would mean I would have to re-encode my video to a suitable format at a smaller size and then wait for it to upload, get published, etc. It would take a few hours...Oh ok, do what you're originally doing then.
And when you get around to the music playback, can you show browsing by artist/song please? All the vids I've seen are people using coverflow, which isn't cool if you don't have albums listed to your songs like me!
And feedback on the first vid, I know if I was making a video, I would've put the camera down that many times to peel/open the things. I wouldn't have the patience to use one hand for those challenging tasks lol..
... this will be my deciding factor, how well wifi and web pages handle with the iTouch. you still plan on releasing a video of the wifi 'in use?' and if so can you go some where like, espn.com and give an example of filling out forums online on the iTouch?
thanks for your videos so far!
you can use both your hands. Just get some black posterboard as a background.u would think someone with all of your "experience" and an HD camera would have a tripod.
I am currently using a tripod on the third video now.
Keep it up!
