2. Step one - equipment
One of the most important things about filmmaking is making sure you have
the right equipment for you film. The most important equipment are:
● Camera/Camcorder
● Spare batteries
● Tripod
● Decent editing software
3. Camera/Camcorder
The cheapest cameras (ideally if you are just starting), are camcorders these
can start from £29.99, or cheaper.. Camcorders look like this:
If you are looking for a higher range camera, you may need a ‘Bridge Camera’.
You can get them for about £100 or a bit less. Bridge cameras look like this:
4. Not good enough?
If you are looking for the ‘bad boy’ cameras (the ones that are about
£500.00 for a make like Canon, pentax, fujifilm etc...), with detachable
lenses, you should go for a DSLR. DSLR’s look like this:
5. Still not good enough?
If you are still thinking that you still want something that is much more
professional will be much better quality, then I suggest that you go for a
‘Professional Camcorder’ A ‘professional camcorder’ looks like this:
The one shown here, is £1,198.00 from Amazon.co.uk
6. Spare batteries
One really important thing is having a spare battery(s) on you. These will come
in handy if your current battery has run out and you need another one. I tend
to buy rechargeable ones as they are much cheaper. If you are using a
camcorder, just search the model of your camera and add ‘battery’ on the end
of the search. For example, ‘Canon legria FS200 battery’ and you should get
something that looks a bit like this:
7. Tripod
So you’ve bought your camera. What's next?
The next most important thing is image/video stabilization equipment. You can
fix this by buying a cheap and easy to use ‘tripod’
The one I use for YouTube and short films is the ‘Albott 70” (inch) camera
tripod. That one costs £32.99 from Amazon.co.uk.
8. ‘Wondershare Filmora’ - Editing Sofware
Most of the time, when you research good editing softwares, they always
show ‘Filmora’ Filmora costs roughly £60. When i had it, within 3 weeks, i was
emailing them for a refund because the preview box (top right) is not good.
The video lags which is very distracting when you are trying to edit.
9. A good editing software - ShotCut
Surprisingly, my favourite editing software is 100% free for all Windows/mac
users.
Shotcut is a free, open source, cross-platform video editor for Windows, Mac
and Linux. Major features include support for a wide range of formats; no
import required meaning native timeline editing; Blackmagic Design support
for input and preview monitoring; and resolution support to 4k.