Working on my third script and suffering through a crippling case of dum-da-dum-dum writer's block. Never been this big of a problem for me in the past. What's more aggravating is that I'm really happy with the outline; it's the minutiae that's pinning me down. The characters just aren't speaking to...
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Hey everyone! If you're a DSLR shooter I want to hear about your audio set up. Do you use a field recorder/lav combo or DSLR mounted shotgun microphone?
I use a wireless sennheiser mic and a lapel plus Rode NT2 boom set up with XLR to mini jack.
i use a boom and wireless lav to record to an app on my iPhone that has a built in mixer which I can use to clean up the sound. Easy for a one man operation because I can operate my sound equipment and camera myself
It really depends on what you're shooting. If you're doing run-n-gun, or really anything other than a film I would much rather use in-camera audio. It would be a waste of money to hire a sound guy for...
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I use my 550D with magic lantern and a rode video mic either on-camera or on a boom.
99p Low cost mic option for DSLR's with manual audio control - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnxYXWjvJQU
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I sometimes find writing about my characters in a completely different situation helps....I have two scripts with exactly the same characters, when I'm struggling I take my characters on holiday to the other script where anything can happen :)
If it's the blank page, just write something so there will be something to change. If it's that you don't want to change something you've already written, you're over thinking the problem. So, I would...
Expand commentIf it's the blank page, just write something so there will be something to change. If it's that you don't want to change something you've already written, you're over thinking the problem. So, I would go with, move some scenes around, and delete your favorite. See if that works. Emphasize the word 'play' instead of screen.
I like Sarah's suggestion. Another approach I take is to simply motor though it. Make the characters say just anything, even if they resist you. Make a plan to go back to it in a rewrite and get the dialog right. Often times I find that I don't have to fix it much.
I used to overthink things until I learned what works for me. I sit in the bathtub until I get a new idea. The longest I have had to wait was 47 minutes. I was very clean and got a totally new idea which saved the whole damn thing from going down the drain (pun lame but intended).
Try writing out of order. If you have other scenes that are clear to you (or more fun) from the outline, maybe that will inform where you're stuck.