Action movie tips

[Shu15]

Hey all, some friends and I are going to make an action-style movie(picture the Bourne trilogy)and I wanted to know what tips you all have for that kind of movie. I'm using a pretty cheap Panasonic camera and a friend has another camera much like it. I'll be using iMovie '09(wish FCE 5 would come out!), so there's not a lot of special effects and such that I can do. Thanks for your time and help!

 

[bigbossbmb]

read Stu Maschwitz's "DV Rebel's Guide"

 

[Shu15]

read Stu Maschwitz's "DV Rebel's Guide"

Thanks for the help! It looks like it's got some awesome reviews, so I'll have to check it out. Anything else, community?

 

[P-Worm]

That book is better than any advice you could get on this board. For action movies on the cheap, there is none better than The Rebel's Guide.

P-Worm

 

[Shu15]

That book is better than any advice you could get on this board. For action movies on the cheap, there is none better than The Rebel's Guide.

P-Worm

Well alrighty then! Thanks for all your help guys!

 

[acearchie]

This is something me and my friends did which seems to be very similar to yours!

Have a watch and pick out some of the good bits and some of the bad bits.

In retrospect come up with a good script before hand and stick to it otherwise it becomes an absolute pain!

Be sure to post it when your done. What's the time frame of this production?