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P Kaos2 weeks ago (edited)
Hi Sir, I did a Mix of your Audio you attached to your latest Audio video. I have a bachelor's Degree in Audio Engineering and Sound Production at SAE Melbourne Australia, also 15 years experience with Audio/Sound. I have done Post Audio Production work for a Company by the name of the WoolShed Company, I have done sound design, Post Mixing and Location Sound Recordist for them. Here are 2 files of your video's Mixed Audio, one with a Limiter which brings the overall level up near to 0dBFS without Clipping, the other is somewhat around the original level but I didn't level match as I did this fairly quickly. Cheers Limiter: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/28244147/Basic%20Filmmaker%20%28WITH%20LIMITER%29.wav No Limiter: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/28244147/Basic%20Filmmaker%20%28NO%20LIMITER%29.wav Let me know if you like what I have done and if Curtis Judd isn't able to be your Post Audio guy I would love the opportunity, that is if you like my work, I can always tailor more towards your needs if you want things changed. Thanks Michael

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P Kaos2 weeks ago
No worries, thank you.

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Basic Filmmaker2 weeks ago
Nice. I'll include these in the next episode. Thank you!

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Sam Zed1 month ago
Hi , i really like the lightning that you using for your videos , is it possible to build good lightning equipments at home for a low budget project ?

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Basic Filmmaker1 month ago
Yep. Not hard at all, although I think you could get a nice 3-point lighting kid for under a $100.

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Fareed Fakhro (Cine Man Pro)2 months ago
You are my master ...... I learned many things from your channel I'll contact you soon.... I have some ideas for you. I want to share it with you. Thank you

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Basic Filmmaker2 months ago
Thank you Fareed!

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Reel Word Films4 months ago
Love your stuff, I teach guerrilla filmmaking here at Union College in Lincoln, NE and I have my students watch your videos in class.

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Basic Filmmaker4 months ago
Thanks and Wow! That's cool. Would love it if I could get a photo of them watching an episode in class (maybe the backs of their heads so no legal stuff - or whatever and to heck with lawyers) and maybe I could do a surprise shout out in a couple weeks to them. Just a cute thought. :)

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Ray Davies2 months ago
Dear Basic Filmmaker, firstly, thank you for the effort you put into your videos. We really appreciate every video you post. My question is this. I have an up and coming team meeting somewhere in the US in November, possibly Florida or Vegas. I would like to propose to our team of around 150 that we do some one on one interviews and group interviews through the days in a friendly documentary style to add to our internal web sites and publish some on our external web sites. I will get "probed" if I lug all my Panasonic M 4/3 gear through customs so I have two important questions. For rough budgetary estimates, considering that I am not familiar with the US Camera rental market, what can I expect to pay for 4 days worth of use of at least 3 GH4's with 35-100 F2.8 lenses, one or two Zoom 8 recorders, two boom mics and a few remote lapel mics and some LED lights. Some of the footage will be in 4K but the majority will be in HD. If I left anything out please let me know but this will not be a professional setup as that is not the expectation. My key concerns are how to get the equipment to site and return the equipment as I have no experience in the rental market. The second question is should I stick with what I know and insist on Panasonic M 4/3 gear or be open minded and take whatever gear is on offer for the most cost effective price? Also, would you consider a video on best practices for an informal interview style video? Thanks again and keep posting as we will keep watching!

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Basic Filmmaker1 month ago
Thanks for the info Paul/Ray!

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Ray Davies1 month ago
Hi Paul, thanks for the advice and thank you for reminding me regarding work permits. I have been practicing my interview workflow in Premiere Pro and I am traveling light with a GX80 with a 1.4 SMC Pentax manual lens and a 14-42 and 12-32 Panasonic lens with 3 tiny mobius camera's for B roll. I have a Tascam DR70D for sound and two travel Monfrotto tripods. I also have a few industrial suction cup and other mounts. I have 3 portable LED units and two 3x3m green screens. It's been a learning experience, that's for sure. Mr Basic Filmmaker makes it all looks so easy until it's your turn. Good fun though and I started this journey less than a year ago after finding this channel. :-)

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Kerri O'Connor10 months ago
Just felt that I had to let you know what a WICKED, AWESOME job you have done and continue to do for this YouTube community. Your skill set and patience are GREATLY valued and appreciated by myself as well as I'm sure all the others! So, instead of bombarding you with questions, I just wanted to tell you THANK YOU. Thank you for being AWESOME and open with your knowledge!

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Basic Filmmaker10 months ago
+Kerri O'Connor Thank you Kerri!

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bokeflo2 years ago (edited)
Great Channel, I've Subscribed. I was wondering if you would visit my channel, watch a few videos, and let me know what you think. If you see anything you like, Subscribe. Thanks and Enjoy the Rest of the Week!

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Emmanuel Ogbeide10 months ago
Hello Sir.. plz I will like to get ur Email address I wt to mail u privately.. if u don't mind.. thanks

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Basic Filmmaker9 months ago
+Emmanuel Ogbeide I don't remember getting an email from you. Did you send it to thebasicfilmmaker@gmail.com?

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Emmanuel Ogbeide9 months ago
hello Sir did u get my mail?

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David Prata2 years ago
Consider submitting one or more of your films to our upcoming festival if you'd like: http://www.filmfestivallife.com/Incredibly-Short-Film-Festival/

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Directed by Charlie Bell7 months ago
Fantastic channel!

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Basic Filmmaker7 months ago
+Charlie Bell Thanks Charlie!

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Andrew Embury7 months ago
I absolutely LOVE everything your doing. If there is anything I can do to help you, feel free to reach out on my site: aembury.com I'd love to help on graphics or anything.

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Basic Filmmaker7 months ago
+Andrew Embury Thanks Andrew. A very kind offer indeed. Love your animations.

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Sumit Kumar1 year ago
sir can you help me out that , how do we make film . talk an example hire and tortoise story . tell me from starting . first what we should do. first, Idea then story , script , screenplay , short division and start shooting and then editing . is the order of film making ?

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Basic Filmmaker1 year ago
+Sumit Kumar Basically, that is the order. Start with small (less than 3 minutes) until you get good at it.

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Dream Katari1 year ago
This channel is so awesome. One of the best on youtube. Ive learned so much.

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Basic Filmmaker1 year ago
+Dream Katari Hey Dream! Thanks loads!

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Mike Sparks1 year ago
howdy sir, I was hooking my rode mic up to my 5d mark3 just to get a better 2nd source and it dosent seem to be any different in sound than not using it. I was wondering if theres a setting in the menu I need to change. I changed the setting from the video you made . I also use a zoom h5 for primary audio but I want a good back up "rode mic" to have just incase.

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Basic Filmmaker1 year ago
Well, you need to read the manual t do that, and adjust your input audio on the camera. Try setting the audio input on the camera like to one notch elow nothing, and adjust that. Also make sure to check out the H5 manual on doing this, or visit the Zoom site. I just don't do that, if I get a chance, I'll hook my H6 into m5 Mark III and see what happens.

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Mike Sparks1 year ago
yup, up on the cold shoe, into the camera

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Film It All Productions9 months ago
Very nice page! A question, how do you get your groups of videos to go down your page vertically? All I can manage to do is have the playlists line up horizontally. Thanks!!

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Basic Filmmaker9 months ago
+Film It All Productions Never paid YouTube anything. As I said, send me a screen shot of what you are looking at on yours to thebasicfilmmaker@gmail.com

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Film It All Productions9 months ago
Hmm, I tried, but to no avail. Let me ask you, did you pay the youtube upgrade fee?

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Sebastian Tiplea1 year ago
Hi, I am following your videos from the beginning of your channel and I wonder if I could challenge you to do a special video as I see you as a professional trustworthy person going through all aspects of a subject. Basically I am intrigued by a video I saw where a guy has adapted one of these new "power banks" to charge a DSLR by using a dummy battery. I don't intend to advertise this guy's video but you can find it by searching on YT for "power bank on dslr" by Chris. Apparently these can increase the camera's availability to 10-20 hours, depending on the power of the battery. I got lost in the technical details, what Voltage is necessary to charge my Canon 600D, what exact dummy battery... Would you like to open our brains on how to and should we do this? Thanks,. Sebastian

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Sebastian Tiplea1 year ago
+Basic Filmmaker Thanks and I am looking forward for it.

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Basic Filmmaker1 year ago
+Sebastian Tiplea Hi Sebastian! When I am usually shooting for personal stuff, like this channel, there is no way I need that many hours. I have a battery grip and use Canon batteries and get quite a few hours. For larger longer length stuff, I use very high end gear and don't worry about power. But, you certainly should link the video here so people can see what you are talking about. In fact, I'll do it...Chris has a nice channel and this video is pretty cool. Thanks!!! https://youtu.be/4OXD3ENA_UA

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Maria French6 months ago
hello. I am a highschool film student, and I recently purchased a Rode Videomic rycote lyre microphone. the camera I use is a Canon Rebel T5. the microphone chord does not fit in the audio jack for my camera, but i was planning on using an audio recorder anyway. I have a tascam DR-05 recorder, but I'm not sure if the recorder is picking anything up from the microphone. How could i know for sure if it works?

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Basic Filmmaker6 months ago
+Maria French The Rode should definitely go into the camera. Regardless, press record and watch the level meters on the Tascam.

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michal katare1 year ago
My budget is 3 to 4 million. I want one for my camera professionala Best Short Film will please tell me what that camera. For example, Sony, canon 5d Mark 3/4, 1dx, canon (c) series, Red pricedrops: Scarlet-X,

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Basic Filmmaker1 year ago (edited)
I would rent the gear for this film, if that is your budget. I would never ever consider buying a bunch of camera gear that I didn't have experience on, unless I hire a real DP who knew what he was doing. If I had a real DP, I would ask him what cameras we need for the film we were making.

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U Do It8 months ago
I'm just starting out and I watched Dave Dugdale's 30s commercial and he mentioned you. So, I'm subscribed now!

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Basic Filmmaker8 months ago
+U Do It Contracting Nice. Dave is a really great guy, and has a ton of content to watch.

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Fer Cast2 years ago
Hi BF, I have a Nikon D600 and a Tamron 24-70mm VC lense. What would be your recommendation for the correct AF settings to take a nice video at a church wedding and the reception party. I tryed them all and can't seem to get a nice smooth focused and sharp picture!!! Love your videos, great help!!!!! Thanks.

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Basic Filmmaker2 years ago
+Fer Cast Hey there! Big question. First, I would not use Auto Focus (AF) ever for something important. Are you filming this and behind the camera? If so, you should be setting the ISO, Focus, speed and aperture manually. Do you have some video I can look at? That would help better answer the question, as I may not be totally getting what you are asking here. You can also look at my playlist and check out the focus series. Let me know. :)

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