Hi and welcome to the world of video editing:) I feel that I have to tell you that $2k isn't a lot of money when it comes to equipment nowadays.. If you think you'll be most into music videoes I would delay investing in audio equipment. People on this list may disagree with me but I would spend it all on a good camera. Lighting equipment is something you can borrow/rent on a per project basis. Let the customer pay for extra lights. If you are doing large gigs you need A LOT of lights so it is quite normal to rent..
Look into a sony camera and use Premiere Elements. Hope this helps, Sune from Norway - Dunderfilm // Sune Alexandersen www.dunderfilm.no www.suneworld.com 2009/1/12 stevejhacker <[email protected]> > I was wondering if I could get some advice on how to spend my > carefully saved (approx) $2000, to raise to the next level in my > videography. The "next level" is an interesting label, given that I > have NO video experience worth discussing. I have ALWAYS WANTED to > make great looking videos though, and ultimately want to make good and > believable MUSIC videos. I have thrown a few things up on YouTube, > with my "lovely" $200 Panasonic PV-GS19 camera, and my "also lovely" > Windows Movie Maker; little demos that have managed to land my band > some fairly high-profile gigs with a couple of major Nashville > artists. That being said, I'm wondering what I can do by increasing my > budget ten-fold from $200 to $2000 - to make better music videos for > ME now, and eventually start to provide this service for others. > > I watch carefully, study and take notes on broadcast music videos, and > I think I'm starting to get a sense for lighting techniques, movement, > composition, etc. What I'm coming to realize is that LIGHTING is > everything (I can currently only get good video outside in day > lighting), and that it also really helps to have smooth movements via > jibs and dollies, and a nice editing environment - OTHER than Windows > Movie Maker (lol!). I am also fascinated by the "film look" in many > music videos - that "apparent slow motion effect, even though the > artist's lips are still in sync with the words, and I'm assuming that > is 24fps (as opposed to 30fps) shooting/cameras or software plugins. > > That last paragraph sums up EVERYTHING I know about video! That's all! > SOOO....Should I invest in ONE expensive piece of equipment to > upgrade, or spread it out across several things? What would you buy if > you currently only had Windows Movie Maker and a Panasonic consumer > crud-camera, and I handed you $2000? ...A better camera? Lighting? Go > ahead and spring for Adobe Premiere Pro and some great plugins? > (I have plenty of computing power, and the external Firewire drives, > etc - from plenty of experience with audio), Adobe Prem Elements (isnt > that just a stripped-down version of Prem Pro, that would "get my foot > in the Adobe door") b/c it's cheaper and would allow my to buy other > stuff too? Something else that I'm missing? > > Obviously I'm having to build myself slowly here, but if I'm already > being creative enough to make cool little videos with just what I > have, I could probably do some "cooler" stuff with $2000 more worth of > toys... > > Thanks in advance for any help! > Steve > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
