Are there busy and quiet periods during the year A lot of people ask me, is the job seasonal in anyway? Do I have busy times and quiet times? I’m very, very lucky, I’m always working. But there aren’t particularly busy times and quiet times. Hopefully the phone goes, the job come in and we...
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What does a casting director do A casting director has to find a selection of people that are right for specific parts, and introduce them to the director and producer. At the same time, we have budgets. So we have to find people who are an appropriate person for that budget. There’s no point bringing...
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Do you work for a company I work for, fortunately, lots of different companies. The brilliant thing about being in England, we have such a fantastic selection of actors that companies from all over the world what to use actors in this country, therefore they use the casting directors over here. I work, purely on...
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What kind of sound quality can I expect from my camcorder Probably pretty good sound quality, but what you need to ask is where the manufacturer placed the microphone. is it faced forward? is it faced up? Some of these smaller cameras have microphones mounted in some of the strangest places. So, look for where...
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What does a “head-cleaning tape” do and how do I use it One of the things you want to consider buying to keep in your camera case is a head cleaning tape. These are little tapes the same size as the cassette if your shooting in a mini DV environment or even a HDV environment...
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What is a “tripod”, and why would I want one for my camcorder One of the most common accessories you would ever buy whether it’s for a camcorder or a still is a called a tripod. It’s something that holds the camera stable on three legs. That’s where the term tripod comes from. In the...
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What is the difference between “Standard Definition” and “High Definition” If you haven’t purchased a camcorder for a while, you’re going to find that there’s another new format of camcorder in town called high definition. So you’ve got to decide whether or not you want to shoot in standard definition or high definition. Let’s talk...
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How do types of camcorders differ There’s a lot of terms out there that you’re going to read about when you’re looking a magazines that talk about camcorders. Some of those terms are professional camera, consumer camera, or the newest term which is called prosumer, which is kind of a combination of professional use and...
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Should I get an extra battery for my camcorder One of the things you need to think about when purchasing a camcorder, or even when using a camcorder, is battery life. Some camcorders come with a battery that may not last too long, though some have longer ones. Almost all camcorders offer different batteries as...
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What does the “backlight” function on my camcorder do You may find that you have a button called BLC on your camcorder. Essentially what that means is backlight control. Backlight control is really for when the lighting behind the subject is brighter than the light on the subject and your subject ends up being silhouetted...
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