I am new to videography, I was a realtor for years and now a year into my video business I’m full time with multiple agents and a permanent position with a luxury realtor. I bought a ZVE10ii in Jan and I do talking head/ educational/ testimonial on tripod and walking, as well as events, house tours, and b roll. Lil bit of everything for an agents content. I am ready for full frame and want to stay Sony. Really just want an upgrade in quality/ 60fps max/ good stabilization and great low light, so many options and idk what I should consider - I’m thinking ZVE1, A75, or A7S3, FX3, would really love some insight, recs! Thanks!

I’m a documentary director wanting to start filming some stuff myself, and I have a budget of around 1000euro. I need something portable and easy to run and gun, autofocus, zoomlens and usable audio is necessary.
I thought of getting an A7something or an fx30 or smth but it quickly gets out of budget with all the addons I’ll have to buy to make it work.
An FS7 is too big and heavy. That’s what landed me on the FS5. And when I saw that John Wilson uses one, I thought ok great. I can get a secondhand FS5 II with 18-105mm, zacuto and mic for 1000eu.

Though my dop friend advices me towards an A7something or FS7.

Any thoughts on the matter? Is it too old? Is there anything better that fits the budget?

Hey guys,
I've been into cameras for a while, I have a boom mic, and now I wanted to buy a wireless mic setup.

I was thinking of buying a dji one (unless someone has better suggestions).

My problem is that I can only find:

1. Mini 2 at a very good price

2. Mic 2, also at a very good price, but only 1 transmitter with no option to buy a second one separately

3. Mic 3, at almost 3 times the price of he mini 2.

The main difference for me (from what I understand) would be internal recording. The 8gb of the mic 2 would be more than enough for me, but I do really want a second transmitter or there is no point in having a wireless setup. I'm not sure I see myself ever using more than 2 transmitters, though.

Should I eat the cost and go for the mic 3, or stay with the mini 2 for now? How often have you found yourself regretting not having it (I assume mostly for redundancy)?

I don't do this professionally, but I would like to get into it more, and I already have a professional full frame setup and lens.

PS: I understand tat buying advices are not accepted. My question is about internal recording, and I will use it to inform my purchase myself.

needing to buy a 4k 60fps camera to record calculus lectures to post on Youtube, not sure what to buy, my budget is 1500$

I’m considering going into cinematography and I’m curious what the job is actually like from people who do it for a living.
Do you enjoy it? What do you like and dislike about it?
How much do you usually make, and is the work/income fairly consistent or does it depend heavily on projects?
Would you recommend cinematography as a career? If you could go back and choose again, would you still do it?
Also, how did you get your first job in the industry, and is film school worth it?
I’d be interested to hear both the good and bad sides of the job, and anything you wish you knew before getting into it.

I recently saw The Odyssey in IMAX 70mm. Had to buy the tickets 3 weeks out but had some thoughts on the format as well as the way they’re trying to release more movies in the 70mm format.

Social media has shown us that attention can be captured with potato quality and terrible filmmaking as long as the subject matter is interesting enough. Think those old school fight videos, shaky blurry camera, action is 50% not in frame, etc…

The Odyssey is about as far away as you can get from that. The subject matter is a story from ancient folklore vs unscripted chaos, and the production value is a benchmark for modern movies.

At a point in my videography career I started to lean into my cameras abilities to differentiate from phone creators or brands doing in house intern style content. As I leveled up from being a glorified social media intern, I got a better body and really started leaning into the colors, resolution and high frame rates (240). I also started using lights much more, often debating with clients and partners whether it was needed. I was going for max polish.

Then for a while I realized I may be missing out on the story and the relational aspects of video so I worked on that and let up a bit on the production quality.

What I took away from the Odyssey is that polish is ok, and it isn’t a sin to add shots just because they’re cool! Of course the story was there with the Odyssey and the acting was great but everyone already knows the story. I also feel like Nolan’s whole shtick about the IMAX cameras is part of it. Why does he do all that? Definitely not to hit budget goals lol. I’m going to go back (in some ways) to doing stuff just because it’s cool! Even if it doesn’t 100% serve the story or narrative, gotta add a little spice.

I generally shoot for a horizontal edit, but am more frequently asked to produce vertical edits for social. I’m interested to hear how this subreddit approaches it. I have some go-to methods that are getting stale. How do you incorporate horizontal clips, multiple clips, or transitions to maximize the space on a 9:16 vertical edit?

Hi all,

I'm the in-house videographer for a B2B tech company with offices and showrooms worldwide. We're producing a corporate video showcasing our offices and showrooms around the world.I'll be filming our Barcelona HQ myself but I need local videographers for the rest.

Locations:

• London
• Frankfurt
• Dubai
• Shenzhen / Huizhou
• Bogotá
• Los Angeles
• Chicago
• São Paulo

The job:

• ~4 hours on-site, mostly b-roll: employees at work, office/showroom spaces, some product/LED-screen close-ups
• Bring your own camera and lenses. Something small is preferable (fx3, BMPC, FX6... something like that)
• A car may be needed in some cities to get to the location
• English fluency is required to communicate with me
• I plan on shooting this in September
• Deliverables: raw footage handed off, i'll specify the technical requirements along with a proper briefing once you've been hired
• Since local rate varies so much between locations i can't specify any price range, but we're willing to pay a fair local market rate

To apply: Please DM me with:

• Your city/base
• A link to relevant corporate/b-roll work
• A day-rate quote for a 4-hour shoot

I'll follow up on September 2nd with next steps.

Thanks!

Beige Media / Beige IO / Beige Corporation is an on-demand production company that contracts local creatives (usually at ridiculously low pay) and then outsources the post production work overseas. The problem... Beige is notorious for never paying on time.

Beige usually has the same generic posts on Craigslist that read in part like:

"1x dedicated professional videographer
Professional 4K camera
Gimbal & tripod required
Horizontal 4K recording
All unedited RAW footage required (no editing needed)"

For Videographers / Creatives considering shooting for Beige:

- Do NOT send them any footage until you get the full payment. Make sure this is noted in the contract. If they ask for proof of work, send them very low resolution watermarked versions. If you send them the footage before payment, the burden will be on you to get them to pay you, and they always have endless excuses as to why the payment is delayed.

- Require a timeframe in the contract for getting payment (like NET 30)... though the probability is high that Beige will NEVER pay you in time. 

For Clients thinking of hiring Beige Media:

- Do NOT pay them in full until you receive all the deliverables. Beige might ask you to pay upfront in full, but you'll need leverage in the future to get them to deliver.

- Require a timeframe in the contract for deliverables.

- Get the videographers' contact information. If you haven't received the deliverables in time, reach out to the videographer to inquire about the situation (always crosscheck with the videographer any excuses that Beige gives you regarding delay of deliverables.)

  If the videographer is still holding onto the footage because they haven't been paid, and you are not making any progress with Beige, you might end up having to pay the videographer the balance to deliver and maybe even edit your content. This is why you don't pay Beige in full upfront.

*** Edit / update: some commenters have been warning me about Beige suing me for defamation. While I have receipts, this post is merely a review about Beige's habit of not paying their contractors in time and what said contractors can do to get paid. It is not about Beige's quality of work or anything else about their business. But if they would like to sue me, I have no problem proving everything in court and making everything official.

Hi, yes there are other posts on this, i get that.

no, i dont have 3000 dollars to spend on a sachtler tripod

im thinking about 500 aud (350 usd)

what are everyones thoughts?