Practical DV FilmMaking
The difference for today's filmmakers is that you can go further. Not only can you get hold of good cameras capable of broadcast quality images, but you can edit these films at home without having to endure the budget-crippling prices of the rent-by-the-hour edit unit. When it's finished you can show it on one of the many web cinemas, short film festivals or TV access slots. The potential is there to place your short movies in millions of homes around the world.
Digital video has affected the independent, low-budget filmmaker more than any other part of the film industry. These self-financing, ultra-resourceful people would make movies whatever it cost them and however long it takes. But it is now a realistic aim to say that you want to make movies and do so without mortgaging your soul. All you need is a camcorder, a computer, a limitless imagination and the desire to tell it your way.
