Is there a forum for.....
by bubblehead
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Jul 15, 2005 at 1:18:17 pm
Curious how you all got into this profession; BTW, what profession ARE you in? TV? Wedding Videographers? Hollywood?
I backed into video editing using Studio 8 to make photo montage movies for weddings, anniversaries, etc. Now, I love doing it so much, I'm trying to figure out how to actually make money at it.
Am I the only one who uses inexpensive Sony Handycam(s) (can't afford 'adult' cameras) to shoot video, use my TRV-460 as a digitizer/input to computer (instead of MovieBoxPro and other things you discuss) then edit in LE to make DVD movies? Is there a better forum for me to talk with other amateurs?
I've used S8 to produce and sell maybe 50-100 photo montage movies on DVD, and copied lots of folks home video and 8 mm film to DVD with addition of cool title screens, music, etc. Then a couple months ago, I bought LE, and WOW-- I feel like I'm in the BIG TIME now with all of the LE capabilities I'm now discovering and using. 2-hour DVD's used to be a problem with my S8/computer- now there's nothing to it! And the creative possibilities!!
But in this forum, so much of talk is technical (almost sounds like-- a JOB!!--), interesting and sometimes valuable to me, but not much talk of creativity in the actual video products. Is there a "creativity in video production" forum?
Don't get me wrong- you guys are great, and the discussions are great, but I don't understand a lot of the issues. How do I get from being the productive rank amatuer that I am to a professional independent film/video one-man production company?
Got lots of project ideas besides the weddings I am video producing, such as a full length (1-hr plus) documentary on a local tourist town, and a military ceremony remembering lost submarines (I'm a retired Navy submariner). Is there a forum that I can discuss and share ideas on the one-man video company with?
Re: Is there a forum for..... by stephenlnoe on Jul 15, 2005 at 5:30:09 pm
If you're looking for creativity and then you'll probably want the demo reel forum or something of that nature. This forum is specific to Liquid Edition which, as you know, is a video cutter.
