Student Filmmaker

[donatello b]

Nathan ... where are you located ?
working on other projects is a good learning experience too ...

 

[Phil Becque]

http://hollywoodcamerawork.us

No student should be without this DVD series.

Thanks for posting that Craig!

I've just ordered this - it looks like just what I need. I hope it arives this week so I can watch it over XMAS!

All the best, Phil

 

[Nathan Garofalos]

donatello, I'm in South Lake Tahoe. I agree, working on other projects is good learning experience. It great being able to see what other people are doing, and for me, making movies is just fun and enjoyable. I love it.

BENTrandom, I did this fifteen minute short and I feeding everyone helped an awful lot. I couldn't pay people, but I had the schedule planned out to shoot if over two weeks, and at the end of the first week, I met with my cast and crew at my house and had a mini screening and let everyone give me their input. I liked getting their feedback, but also more importantly, everyone was happy because they felt like they were getting a say in the project. The feeling of having a voice may have made everything run more smoothly.

 

[Nathan Garofalos]

How come when you make a boom for a boom mic set up, that whenever your fingers move slightly on the boom shaft, you get a static sound. I have a boom set up that I normally use that I bought off of BH, and it is awesome, but I need another mic for a 2 camera shoot I am doing, and cant go out and buy a new boom pole. How do I make it so I the boom operator doesn't make that static sound. I've tried wearing rubber gloves, and putting foam on the boom, but still, even the slightest movement makes it static. Why does my carbon fiber one not get that sound when I twist my hands?

 

[Vladimir Eugene]

How come when you make a boom for a boom mic set up, that whenever your fingers move slightly on the boom shaft, you get a static sound. I have a boom set up that I normally use that I bought off of BH, and it is awesome, but I need another mic for a 2 camera shoot I am doing, and cant go out and buy a new boom pole. How do I make it so I the boom operator doesn't make that static sound. I've tried wearing rubber gloves, and putting foam on the boom, but still, even the slightest movement makes it static. Why does my carbon fiber one not get that sound when I twist my hands?

I'm not a sound man, but I had a similar experience. I don't believe it's the actual material of the poll, but the suspension holding the mic. wether you use to rubber bands that suspend the mic in the air. I used a golf ball retriever that extends up to 20 feet for 20 dollars, changed the screw on head, put some nice elastic on there. Another trick is to have them hold the position and swing thier arms, back or shoulders. if they don't change the grip, it should be ok

 

[Nathan Garofalos]

So just try to mimic my nice boom pole as best as possible, and ill be okay? And tell the guy doing the sound that he shouldn't move his hands?