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Make a Digital Film for a Few Hundred Bucks

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by vancouverfilmschool

Make a Digital Film for a Few Hundred Bucks

Now that the cost of prosumer and consumer electronics has fallen, most people can now afford to make their own home or independent film movies. Whether you just intend to post to a popular video hosting site such as U-Tube, Myspace or Google Video or want to get involved in making short film and enter a short film art festival. It is important to know a few very low budget ways on how to get started.

If you have a PC already you won’t even have to purchase editing software. Windows movie maker is installed on most operating systems if you bought your home computer in the last few years. I recently purchased a Panasonic 3ccd camcorder for 430 bucks that is compact and offers a great picture. But you don’t even need that. Whether you go to the online classifieds or buy a new camcorder you should be able to get a decent camcorder for

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