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I am looking at a RODE stereo video microphone or a SENNHEISER MKE 400 which is mono. I suppose it is horses for courses and the depth of your pocket – any technical comments? I have a Rode stereo video Mic, which I bought primarily for camcorder use, but it works well as a recording mic with a Son...

Thanks all for this advice, much of which was new to me. Hadn't thought of starting with the body on the track in front of the train, the latter stationary, then having the train back away, only to reverse direction of the shot in post. Had to look through the extremely large (1000+ page) manual whi...

Hi I, too, submitted a film to BIAFF this year and achieved 2 Stars. I'm hoping with a new film I'm on the point of shooting, I'll do better next time, and I think that's the good thing about the 'Stars' awards - unless you're up with the top film-makers, 5 Stars and Diamond awards - they can spur o...

I'd be glad if anyone could give me a bit of advice about using a green screen on a location, especially if they've done something similar. The situation I have is that in my new film, my protagonist has to throw himself in front of a train in an attempt at suicide (which fails!!) I've made contact ...

Members might not be aware of a new competition organised by the people who run the annual, prestigious Bridport Prize (for prose and poetry). Called "From Page to Screen", it is for movies of up to 60 seconds' duration, plus up to 20s for credits, based on one of the pieces of 'flash fict...

I was quite pleased with a 2 stars award. For a first submission to any film competition, and a film in which I had found a few technical flaws (unsharp focus in a few shots, mainly) when I was editing (and too late to reshoot), I think I did well to get that many. I was most keen to receive the cri...

Hi Just to update my reader, the film I was talking about in December (previous posts) began shooting yesterday. I was helped considerably in my search for actors by the Secretary of the Crude Apache Theatre Co. http://www.crudeapache.co.uk , Jo Swan, who has about 150 actors and technicians on her ...

Thanks for your suggestions and good wishes. I don't really want to go into the policies of Norwich Movie Makers here - it's not the right place - but IAC members will have read the article by one of their [ex] members in Film & Video News, and that guy worked like me - doing all the jobs. He's ...

Hi. Having just registered for this Forum, I thought I'd introduce myself and let you know that there's an IAC member in darkest Norfolk. My name is Peter, and mostly these days, since retiring (early) from the day job six years ago, I write novels. I've occasionally written screenplays, having been...