Couple of questions for aspiring/independent filmmakers ! - General

Heyoooooo ya wanks. I know there is a filmmaking thread somewhere in the GD but it died a while back. Just started film school and I'm fucking AMPED to start working on some new films. I thought that investing in some new software and props was long overdue so I've been looking around. First thing, who in the bloody [I][B]fuck[/B][/I] is rich enough to afford any Adobe product? 60 USD/month for After Effects and Premiere Pro is just mental. Anyway, what editing software do you use/would you recommend? Are there any credible visual FX softwares that don't cost an arm and a leg? What rigs do you have? What would you recommend? [sp]itt we talk about general indie filmmaking[/sp]

welcome to hell i recommend you bite the bullet and get creative cloud for one thing, and try to get final draft if you can. if you're doing editorial stuff avid is a fucking lifesaver for organization. what specific roll are you looking to get into? there's a huge difference between what a director does and what a production designer does, us film losers can help you out better if you tell us your specialty

I use Premier Pro primarily. If you have a student email you can use that to get the Creative Cloud for half off. And if you are at a film school, chances are there will be some computer labs with editing software on them at your disposal or an editing suite somewhere. Ask around, it would be pretty shitty if they do expect you to shell out that much on top of all your regular tuition payments and textbooks and things.

[QUOTE=Mining Bill;51345375]welcome to hell i recommend you bite the bullet and get creative cloud for one thing, and try to get final draft if you can. if you're doing editorial stuff avid is a fucking lifesaver for organization. what specific roll are you looking to get into? there's a huge difference between what a director does and what a production designer does, us film losers can help you out better if you tell us your specialty[/QUOTE] Well I'd like to specialize in direction, but that may change over the year. In any case I'd like to work on my own personal projects, so that means me doing most of the post and pre production on my own. [editline]10th November 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=The_J_Hat;51345834]I use Premier Pro primarily. If you have a student email you can use that to get the Creative Cloud for half off. And if you are at a film school, chances are there will be some computer labs with editing software on them at your disposal or an editing suite somewhere. Ask around, it would be pretty shitty if they do expect you to shell out that much on top of all your regular tuition payments and textbooks and things.[/QUOTE] My school does have computer labs with Premiere Pro but no After Effects or any visual FX editing softwares from what I've seen/heard. I can definitely use PrePro whenever the school is open but I was looking for something I could use at my own leisure, since I've got a few projects lined up for the summer holidays.

Adobe products are used in the industry and so they charge appropriately, although who uses what software largely depends on the production company. I mostly used Final Cut Pro back in my Uni days as a film student. In terms of VFX programs I've never needed anything other than After Effects and one other Composition program that I've since forgotten the name of. [editline]11th November 2016[/editline] Also there isn't much that's more miserable than extended periods shooting on location. [editline]11th November 2016[/editline] Don't let anyone that isn't insured touch your camera. [editline]11th November 2016[/editline] On the subject of cameras, I mostly used one of the Panasonic DVX (I think it was the DVX100) and it was pretty sweet. A good, reliable all-round camera.

depending on how big your school is they might even offer free creative cloud

[QUOTE=RearAdmiral;51354995]Also there isn't much that's more miserable than extended periods shooting on location.[/QUOTE] I'd agree, but it depends on the location and who you're working with. Last week I had to shoot two days on a beach with a group from class and it was pretty enjoyable (except for a part where I spider was crawling on my neck while I was booming so I couldn't brush it off). The only time shooting on location sucked for me was a short film for our cinematography class where I had to play a murder victim in this torture dungeon. It was the middle of winter, shooting in a basement with no heat, and I had to crawl around on this nasty floor while covered in blood. [t]http://i.imgur.com/GhnZHF6.jpg[/t] The only other shoot that kind of sucked was this one: [video=youtube;_ncAFn__7p8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ncAFn__7p8&t=247s[/video] Shooting at night in the winter wasn't that fun either, but it warmed up to about 30 degrees Farenheit, so it wasn't too miserable.