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The promise of the HDSLR is the\u00a0democratization\u00a0of video and filmmaking. The idea is that, that new DSLR you just bought for stills can make amazing HD video files so why don’t you just start making a movie?<\/p>\nThe promise of the HDSLR is the\u00a0democratization\u00a0of video and filmmaking. The idea is that, that new DSLR you just bought for stills can make amazing HD video files so why don’t you just start making a movie?<\/p>\n
The reality is, before you begin you need to buy a new tripod and head, rail system, matte box, follow focus, video monitor, viewfinder, shoulder mount, sound recorder, microphones, lights, computer and software if you want to take it seriously. And that’s just the gear: there are new technical skills to learn and you can’t man all that gear yourself so you need help, plus you need something to work on worthy of all that expense and hassle and suddenly that promise of anyone being able to make a movie get’s\u00a0paralyzed by the work and expense involved.<\/p>\n
Which is why I was inspired when a friend suggested I listen to a\u00a0BBC radio program on Pocket Cinema<\/a>. Sadly the show isn’t available for you to listen to anymore but the nub of the show is what creative filmmaking people are achieving with the the most modest of gear; a Flip or their cell phone or, at the very most, a consumer camcorder. Little in the way of crew or gear or hassle – filmmaking in its\u00a0loosest, cheapest most\u00a0accessible\u00a0form.<\/p>\n Visiting the French Pocket Film Festival mentioned in the BBC Radio piece shows a diverse\u00a0representation\u00a0of what Pocket Cinema is.\u00a0Viewing the prize winners, Pocket Films are pretty\u00a0avant-garde but I wouldn’t expect any less from the French. A couple worth viewing as a taster are\u00a0Turbo 2008,\u00a0Home\u00a0and\u00a0Much Ado\u00a0but you can loose a lot of time exploring the entries. This led me to The\u00a0Disposable Film Festival<\/a>\u00a0for an American point of view. Again, exploring the entries and winners is inspiring and redefines what filmmaking is.<\/p>\n We live in interesting times. Blockbusters cost more than ever to make. More ‘films’ than ever are being made as the cost of making an indie comes down. The opportunities to make a living making film or video are fewer and harder than ever to break in to.\u00a0We watch fewer movies in a theater, we watch less live TV but we spend more screen time than ever before. Video on demand is almost ready for prime time. We can watch more stuff for free. We watch ‘movies’ on our phones although the average maximum time anyone one can concentrate on a phone movie is 9 minutes. The short of it is, times for low\/no budget filmmakers are changing at a rapid pace.<\/p>\n![\"It's](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/corporateguerrillavideo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/rig.png?resize=300%2C300\")
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