which camera should i use?

[Ben Wheele]

for the film im working on, im skint but my dad has an 8mm handy cam and we have an old vhs camera, how would i edit either the film on these easyest and if my film was brilliant would it be acceptable to be filmed on these cameras?

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[Mods]

Both should be fine, but i'd use the 8mm one.


Mods

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Mark "Mods" Lovegrove

[shirt]

transfer it all on to your computer... go out and buy yourself a cheap analog video capture card... or go from camera to vcr... and do it the old fashioned way... the quality will be shiat though...

Good luck with your video.

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[Mods]

That's one way of doing it.

Up until now, I've been using an 8mm camera and there are many ways to manipulate it so it's easy to work and edit.

I can't remember what its called, something like direct or on the spot editing. That's what I do. This will cancel out the need for a computer and lots of expensive equipment.

Basically, when you film, you edit. Therefore, you do scene 1 first, scene 2 second, scene 3 third. It may take a little longer but if its only a 15 minute short then its no real hassle.

Then just hook your PC up to a mixer or whatever and simply play music off your PC, or CD player or tape recorder whilst you let the pre-edited movie roll onto VHS.

Simple shit!


Mods

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Mark "Mods" Lovegrove

[Ben Wheele]

but like, how on earth would i edit out scenes, put in music and stuff?

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