Freddy Thunder

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Making Movies

I remember when I was in High School, looking at this ginourmous Panasonic over-the-shoulder video camera, VHS to boot, with a built in graphic text generator, in numerous available colors. It was the cheapest one that I could find anywhere in some magazine written half in Chinese for $799. I wanted that thing so bad to make movies. I was mostly interested in making skateboarding videos for myself and my friends. I remember all the ideas I had to this day of the jump ramp tricks I would do while Just Like Heaven by The Cure played in the background. Without having to worry about any kind of sync license! I never did get that camera but a couple decades later, I find myself the proud owner of an entry level DSLR which is the little brother of DSLRs that are now used to make movies and TV shows in the real! Now I have to build special gear just so I can hold the tiny thing on my shoulder… And also hold the LCD monitor, shotgun mic, extra lighting, follow focus, and that thing in the front that blocks out extra light (why can’t I think of the name of that thing?).. I'll have to edit that later – let's see if I remember. This blog section will be how I come to make the videos I make. It will mostly be DIY tutorials on how to build gear for 3% of the cost. I will also post different techniques I've either come up with or found on the interweb. Though not as great as pro stuff, 3% of the cost. I'm not cheap, just poor. Actually I'm both, cheap and poor.

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