New Testingstan

So if Google isn't lying to me driving times might be better than I thought. Only 2 hours to drive from Portland to Astoria, so the rest shouldn't take more than a couple hours a leg. Woo.

Map everything out before beginning the Kickstarter stuff.

Knubble tov wrote:Map everything out before beginning the Kickstarter stuff.

Naturally, but I've still got a few months to do that. I don't need to hammer out everything in one go.

A sample itinerary so far, subject to potential stories and other changes. Travel time clocked in at under 4 hours.

Astoria
Seaside
Rockaway Beach
Garibaldi
Bay City
Sandlake Country Inn
Pacific City
Lincoln City
Inn at Arch Rock

I think I'm going to step up the timetable on this for better marketing. If I manage to exceed my funding goals, I could actually quit my job and dedicate my full attention to filming this thing by Halloween. I figure spooky mini series released by Halloween means way more attention. (Yeah yeah, counting my chickens etc.)

Dude. Japanese tsunami shit is still washing up on the Oregon coast, too.

Not really in the scope of what I want to do, but I think I've got a few new angles to spice it up a bit from a typically stale documentary. How many haunted ghost documentaries have their show hosted by a masked warlock?

christ

Phantasee wrote:christ

i figure if i'm doing a ghost-umentary i might as well crank the ridiculous bullshit up to 11

Hmm, okay, maybe not hosted by. But I'm thinking I could get some mileage out of the warlock idea for advertising and hype-building.

Zod wrote:How many haunted ghost documentaries have their show hosted by a masked warlock?

do not do this

Losonti Tokash wrote:

Zod wrote:How many haunted ghost documentaries have their show hosted by a masked warlock?

do not do this

i've settled against it after about a few hours of thought because it would take too much work

i'm fickle

Okay, so no more warlock idea, but what about trolling the shit out of the audience? A reverse blair-witch, as it were, in the last part of the miniseries. (Have something seem to happen then show everyone involved totally fine after the credits with a big "Gotcha" at the end.)

Zod, cheek out the Canon EOS 5D Mark III camera.

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canon-eos-5d-mark-iii

Knubble tov wrote:Zod, cheek out the Canon EOS 5D Mark III camera.

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canon-eos-5d-mark-iii

Way too expensive.

Especially since I've done some more maths and calculated my new minimum budget at $20,000 with fewer filming locations.

Are there any cameras you're looking at?

Knubble tov wrote:Are there any cameras you're looking at?

I don't have anything specific in mind yet, but I'm a ways off from being fussy about hardware. I figure I'll be launching this thing after I get back from San Francisco next month, when I'll have the cash to actually pay for a few ads. (I've got a total camera budget of about $2,500-3,000 for camcorders and a DSLR.)

I'll probably wind up going with an entry Canon or Nikkon with a few lenses for the still pictures.

Will you use an external sound source? I've been looking at the Zoom H4N. If you can get a boom mic for a reasonable price, have an assistant help you.

Knubble tov wrote:Will you use an external sound source? I've been looking at the Zoom H4N. If you can get a boom mic for a reasonable price, have an assistant help you.

Maybe. A shotgun mic at the minimum. I'd have to do some test shots with the camcorder I get before I decide on sound hardware. I'm assuming I'll have a bare minimum of people helping out, so I can't really afford to get extravagant with my hardware.

DSLR's are nice, but they do have some limitations. I would not recommend using a DSLR you've never used before to film a documentary. Also, the onboard mics are universally horrible. If you're looking for something where you can buy lenses for both, take a look at the Sony NEX range. I think Canon may have a comparable range as well.

I wouldn't be using a DSLR for filming, just taking stills.

I was going off of the exorbitant cameras some were suggesting.

Questor wrote:I was going off of the exorbitant cameras some were suggesting.

Nah, like I already said I plan on keeping the cameras relatively low end.

Shouldn't you be loaded from your 3d printing post scarcity machine?

zhaktronz wrote:Shouldn't you be loaded from your 3d printing post scarcity machine?

I wrote that off after the hardware ate itself.