It's not about the gear
There's a thing that happens to aspiring filmmakers that I call gear obsession. This is where you feel you must have that Canon 7D or that Macbook Pro with Final Cut. You will convince yourself that once you have this mystical piece of gear you will be complete and more importantly you will be able to begin that epic project you have been planning. It may even be true, you may really need some specific piece of equipment. However, I challenge you to make do with what you have. Push what gear you have as far as possible. The best thing you can do right now is create something. Don't wait. Do it now.
You might be thinking, "but whatever I create with my shitty equipment will never amount to anything."
Or, "I don't even have a video camera! how do I make a movie?!"
Well, I found an example to prove that you can make a movie, right now, with nothing but a still camera.
The example is a film called La Jetee. It's a 27 minute film made entirely of still photos and voice over. This film inspired the motion picture 12 Monkeys starring Brad Pitt and Bruce Willis.
It's a bit long, but give it a chance, it's a fascinating approach to telling a science fiction story.
I challenge you to watch this movie and then create your own zombie film made of nothing but still photos and voice over. Let's see if you can do better.
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Comment by Killerwolfbot on October 24, 2010 at 6:40pm -
I agree, Equipment isn't everything. All my videos were filmed using the webcam on my laptop.
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Comment by The Bruin on October 21, 2010 at 9:24pm
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Personally, this is just what I needed to see. I keep thinking that having all the "Right equipment" is what I need to do but in reality, this illustrates that creativity does not begin and end with the story...I still want a Canon 7D mind you, but I have some pretty good stuff that would work for this type of thing...I just might make a weekend out of it. I still need a relatively decent editing program though...Windows Movie Maker may just have to come up big time...
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Comment by Jericho Syndrome on October 19, 2010 at 8:13pm -
but...i just bought a Canon 7D........
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Comment by Laz on October 19, 2010 at 6:00pm -
I think it's safe to say that everyone in the World hates the sound of their own voice when they listen back to it lol, even morgan freeman
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Comment by Slick Joshua on October 19, 2010 at 3:49pm -
Good Advice. But, ugh, I hate my voice. How about a power point LOL
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