Colorado Screening! Broomfield film series

I will be screening La Quinceañera at the Broomfield Film Series on Sept. 12th 2007. Doors open at 6:30 and film starts at 7. I am so excited because a number of people who helped on the film will be present. My mom, who is executive producer of the project will be present. She supported the project in so many ways, emotionally , with ideas, and financially. Others in attendence will be Matt Thomas, my friend who gave me valuable feedback on the edit from the very beginning, my grandma, my cousin Eric and I hope many more. More than anything I want to have a screening for those that helped with the project so that I can thank them for their support.

http://www.broomfieldfilm.org/Welcome.html

www.laquinceaneradocumentary.com

Type of Camera and Mic used in documentary

For this post I thought I would discuss the camera I used to shoot La Quinceañera. When I first considered creating a documentary on Ana Maria's Quince Años celebration in 2003, my dream camera was the Sony PD 150. It was out of may price range so instead I bought the Sony PDx10 from Denver film/video. It had the ability to shoot DVCAM and 16:9 (although the CCDs are not true 16:9) which I liked. It also had XLR audio inputs so I was able to use a Sennheiser ME-66 shotgun mic for sound. That was it! I shot the story over the course of 2 months with 1 camera, 1 mic and about 70 tapes. I was shooting DVCAM so I got 42 minutes per tape. I really liked the little camera. It's tough! It is 4 years old and has never needed a repair despite months in TJ, the dominican republic and use as my deck. The image is good and it is small and mobile enough to shoot in a lot of places without standing out to people. Actually the shotgun mic mounted is what makes the camera stand out to people. I was also happy with the sound considering I only had one camera mounted mic. I am currently preparing to go to the Domincan Republic for preproduction on another documentary and will take the PDx10 with me during the initial trip. Best wishes shooting stories!