Making Ski Films

ok, good mini dv-camcorder,perferabley 3 ccd's, I'd recomned either a sony trv900 or a cannon gl1, I have a sony and i got it for $1650 u.s., or if u have less $ you can go with a cheap digital 8, sony's cheapest model is aprox $600, but again mini dv and esp. 3 chipers will give you the best image. After u get the camcorder, hook yourself up with a computer editing system. The easiset thing would be to go out and buy a new computer either sony or mac dv. They already have a firewire card and editing software. Where this is not an option or u have a good computer (I recomned at least 30 GB hard drive perferably 50) go out and get a firewire card, pinnicale makes one called 'studio dv' it costs $99. It comes with basic software, which can always be upgraded. Once you have everything put together u'll be able to make and edit movies like a pro. If u have any more questons message me.

*JaSoN*
 
Once you have the equipment mentioned above, go out and film as much as you can, trying out new camera angles, positions, settings, lenses, filters, etc. See what works and looks good.

I've filmed for 2 years and finally have learned how to take good quality shots. Watching ski movies and taking note of their techniques helps a lot.

 
personally i'd recommend the canon hv20 or panasonic gs 500. if you can spend more i might go with the gl2 or dvx100b
 
once u have a camera, work on your filming, as far as stability, creativeness and general quality
then get a nice editing program and learn it (you'll need to if you ever want to take it somewhere)
i'd recommend Final Cut Pro or Adobe Premier
and practice, make short movies all the time, leanr how to edit to the music
listen to the beat and the rhythm and think about how your footage will go wit it
 
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