If u find “The Frugal Filmmaker group” at Facebook, then you will have top pro’s giving you amazing advice; how to save money, how to not get scammed, how to have that same gizmo, but make it yourself...
GREAT RESOURCE.
A bunch of nice filmmakers w/o tons of dough.
Very active group, a lot like freeps.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/thefrugalfilmmaker/
You can ask point-blank, and they’ll tell you.
The top pro’s there are probably “Nitsan” from London, and then there’s Sean Scarfo from Florida (more an audio guy, but a genius), and then there is another pro genius from Berlin, uh....Lucas.
And whatever you buy keep your eyes peeled for the (tiny but mind-blowing) “Black Magic Pocket Cinema” camera, which is $995 but you can get on the waiting list at B&H Photo, online.
It can be shoved in a pants pocket but has resolution 400% greater than 1080p, m’kay?
Not out yet, but cheap as hell, and it will be out in about 4 months, I think...
You could shoot and project in CINEMA QUALITY on a huge screen a full movie.
I am not that active on FB anymore but I found that group and joined. Thank you. Tomorrow if all goes well I am planning to do some of my first actual greenscreen stuff with an actress for some stock submissions.
There is a guy in another county who rents out makeshift studio space very reasonably where I plan on going. My main handicap is having no real space to do studio work. What times I have rigged a green screen outside anywhere, the wind always causes problems no matter how much I tape and tie down. I have a very large screen and stand from Amazon that was really discounted and have been wanting to use it.