Summer 2026 editionAll video related questions and discussion is intended for this thread. Here we discuss techniques, gear and anything else related to capturing video footage. Please don't pretend to be an expert if you don't know what you're talking about. Kindly leave your ego at the door.Posting short films/scripts or other work you've done is encouraged.We tend to use and recommend DSLRs/mirrorless cameras because they provide phenomenal picture quality for their price, have large sensors (ie the same size used in high-end cinema cameras, and larger) and have interchangeable lenses.In contrast, consumer camcorders often have much smaller sensors and a fixed lens.>STICKY - https://text.is/QZ1J>Helpful guide, additional books and more in-depth FAQs - https://web.archive.org/web/20200926115310/https://pastebin.com/kG0gRmTZ>NO ONE CARES WHAT AN EXPERT YOU THINK YOU ARE. IF YOU’RE ASKING BASIC-AS-SHIT QUESTIONS, YOU CAN’T BE ALL THAT GREAT. SEE ABOVEPrevious thread >>4499500Quick FAQS>what’s the best camera available on a “budget”?The blackmagic pocket cinema camera 4k, or the Panasonic gh5 (can pick one up for like 500 bucks atm)>what’s a good beginner video camera?Anything that works, shoots at least 1080p and preferably has interchangeable lenses. Any recommendation beyond that will cause arguments so read the fucking sticky if that isn't satisfactory.>What's a good sound solution that won't break the bank?Zoom h1>Can I use a zoom lens for video?Yes>Do I need cine lenses?No>Do I need 4k?No. 1080 looks great on a cinema screen. 4k looks better.>Can someone tell me if my video is any good?Yes, but be prepared to receive harsh criticism. If you're going to waste 5 minutes of our time with a shitty out-of-focus montage of nothing then we'll tell you that it's crap>Is it okay to dox myself?...Personally I wouldn't but what do I know?
There are three things you need to accept as a filmmaker.1. No one is gonna watch your stuff.2. You are gonna lose money not make money.3. Everyone will call your work a piece of shit.Now why do you make films despite that? Because it feels natural to you. If you can't make films because it feels natural to you, you are not destined to be a filmmaker.
>>4514487It absolutely does not “feel natural” to me. What is natural about filmmaking? A tortured, painful process at nearly every step. A constant kick in the teeth, things going wrong, not turning out how you planned (even with backup plan ZZ), rising costs every year, decks stacked against you getting higher every year. A facade from every point of view, either completely unnatural fictional narratives or manipulated biased “documentary”, then shoved into an editing bay where every frame is extremely manipulated so it can attempt to manipulate the viewer. Filmmaking is the most unnatural thing to partake in, delusional “destiny” be damned.So why do I keep doing it? Because I’m fucking compelled to do so, a constant desire for more suffering that never ends. Sometimes I wish it would.
finally got a used gh5 after all these years of drooling, there was some crusty gunk on the jog wheel but it seems ok otherwiseI found out I don't have a single memory card that can do the 400 m/bit, kind of scared to even try loading it in resolve (been using 100 mbit from a g85 so far)It's so fucking hefty.For tests I'm thinking cap-on photo and idk nighttime low light video check for hot pixels? Anything else I should check to make sure I don't have to return it? Sensor looks clean.>>4514510as I'm getting more used to editing and feeling what's missing or what I need to cut out, I realize it's really a language that most people only listen and never speak in. It does feel natural now. You have to build it piece by piece but you can imagine it in your head beforehand.
>>4514487>No one is gonna watch your stuff.I have no intention of anyone ever seeing it and I've never released any of it anywhere, I make it for my own enjoyment.
>>4514487I just want to make some cinematic meme videos and I don’t care if normies watch my shit.
Fuck all the ai whiners, this shit's saved me hours in scrolling through forums or watching youtubers take 5 minutes to get to the fucking point (only for it to be the wrong point because they advertised it misleadingly).>new resolve update>install>colour grading dots to swap between clip, group and timeline grade gone>replaced with a drop down bar that takes much longer (if you're swapping between them constantly this is a huge amount of extra time)>in seconds ai tells me there's no way to revert it back to the dots but that I can easily get a workaround by assigning the different grading layers to a shortcut>tells me exactly where to find the relevant shortcutThe future is now
>>4514589That’s because most morons don’t know how to properly use ai. It’s meant to be used as a search engine to help you figure shit out. They want to use it as an artificial brain to think for them because they are mouth breathers.
>>4514584This
I’ve said it before I’ll say it again- if it was possible for me to click an AI button that spit out a feature film that was EXACTLY (remember, EXACTLY) how I envisioned it to be, I would do it instantly and would pay the same amount of money I’d spend on a feature budget to do so.But we’re not there yet. Maybe one day.
>>4514598> I want to use an AI that makes “good” films.When that ai gets built it will only generate woke cape-shit—be careful what you wish for.
>>4514589holy thissometimes I feel I'm relying on AI too much when it comes to problem solving Linux stuff, then I go searching for the solution to my problems in user-written FAQs and guides, forum threads and Reddit posts, etc., and it just never gets me to an answer. AI is just too good at putting an answer together for my problem.
>>4514629Then it won’t be exactly how I want it, and therefore I won’t use itCapeshit Hollywood has no relevance to the type of filmmaking Im a part of
