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Chris Bushman

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I`ve been involved in the technical aspects of the motion picture industry for the past 35 years. In 2007 I received a Scientific/Technical Academy Award for my contribution to archival film preservation.

Brittanie Flegle

U.S.
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Can answer any question on how to make a movie, exporting a feature film for the web or DVD, stream video, find the best telecine company, market your video on the web, optimize your video compression settings, edit professional video, edit 16mm film on a Steinbeck machine, edit sound onto 16mm, create graphic images for 4:3 & 16:9 footage, stylize your video using filters & effects in After Effect/Final Cut Pro/iMovie/Windows Movie Maker, use a green screen, make a green screen, key out green screen, budget for a feature film, produce a short film, find film contests, manage a film .....

José Luis Vázquez Coriano

U.S.
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Video Production, Broadcast Production, Television, Promotions, copywriting, creative and entertainment management. Film Making. Screenwriting & Television production professor.

Alessandro Machi

U.S.
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Have experience in both video and film, plus videotape editing, archiving, and remastering. Experienced in live event cinematography plus interviews. Have provided Video Post Production Services for independent film & video productions that have been distributed both nationwide and worldwide. Not too familiar with all the various Hd formats although I did operate an HD B-roll camera for an HD independent feature. Regional Emmy Winner, also an Emmy Internship Scholarship Winner when I first finished college back in the mid 80's, plus several dozen super-8 filmmaking awards and for video productions as well. I currently offer YouTube uploading tutoring that .....

Troy Smith

U.S.
Available
I can answer questions on professional or amateur filmmaking and questions on Final Cut Pro, video cameras, lighting, sound recording, scriptwriting, storytelling, directing, producing, editing, multi-camera productions, shooting sports, picture to video, using DTE hard drives, using video cameras and editing in a very creative way and some 16mm filmmaking. I can't answer too many questions on 35mm filmmaking.

Hyunjin Jo

U.S.
Available
Questions related to the business and production of movies, especially independent feature and short films, including screenwriting questions. <br>Purely technical questions will be rejected, but possibly passed onto the main question pool.

Brian Alves

On Vacation
returns 11/15/2009
I have an extensive background in video production, broadcasting and digital media. I own a multimedia production house that produces full length corporate productions and commercials including ones for Ducati and Toyota. I am Executive Producer for a Massachusetts program called Jobmass Television and a production trainer for numerous television stations within the New England area.

Recent Answers

2009-11-04 Analog film editing:

Hi Vijay, The project you're working on sounds really hands-on. I'm not as familiar with exposed stock, but I have worked with 16 mm film in school before. We sent our film to a print house in New York

2009-10-26 DV tape transfer:

Hi Jojo, One question: How many hours do you have to capture? If you only have a few tapes, then you could buy and return...But if you're opposed to that, I would look on eBaby and see what is available

2009-10-24 Editing Short Video Clips:

Hi Ken, I know that Final Cut Pro has a Sharpen filter, but I've never used it...and it's not a free program. I'm not very familiar with FREE programs that can do this. Let me know what you find out

2009-10-22 I have a question about using a green screen.:

Hi Kyle, This is easily done by simply adding another layer/video track of the image of the picture you want on top of the first video track. You can accomplish this using a quality non-linear editing

2009-10-21 shooting television and computer screens:

Sorry for the delay. The way that I have always done it (and the TV station that I worked for) is to set the monitor refresh rate to 60 hertz. That cycles the same as the signal in the camera. I have

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