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Post by leatherface814 on Oct 11, 2005 18:14:22 GMT -5
I plan on making movie the rest of my life. Which brings me to my question should I go ahead and buy all of the necessary equipment (camcorder, lights, sound, etc..) and go that way or just hire the appropriate people (DP, Sound, Gaffer, etc..) who already own there own equipment. Do you think buying my own equipment would be cheaper and allow me to do more movies over the long run?
Thanks in advance.
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Post by nigel on Oct 12, 2005 17:06:30 GMT -5
There are a lot of answers to this question. I think by buying all the equipment would make you a good films renting company if you wanted money. What equipments great now will be obsolet in 18months so that would cost you a bomb to buy everything inless your rich. Coming from me i'd prefer a skilled/well equipt sound man/dp to a ok gaffer & DP & etc (jack of all trades). Depending on how gd you are people will pay through the nose for someone whos well skill imagine Alien if James hired a guy who did SFX and lighting and lighting it wouldnt have been as gd of a film, so i'd stick to one that you enjoy. If your making a film people with equipment will come so you dont even need to hire. Ive had loads of people with the latest 3CCD to DAT records thousends of pounds worth of equipment and all they wanted was a credit, a meal (beans), a bed (floor), and a tenner (fiver). LOL. So advertise and they will come. Keep the money. All the best Nigel.
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Post by leatherface814 on Oct 13, 2005 0:42:54 GMT -5
Thanks for replying Nigel.
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