hunting movie help????

[CGGooseSlayer]

I was wondering if anyone knows of any "kits" for a video set-up for filming my own hunting movie?
I have heard of kits they sell on TV, but I have yet to see a commercial for one.
I don't want to pay an arm and a leg for something, but I want to be able to start filming hunts, and make them look somewhat professional.
And I was also wondering if anybody knew if I could do my own editing on my own home computer?
thanks.

[Andrew O'Neill]

http://www.campbelloutdoorchallenge....eras&name=kits

This is a good kit to get you started, it is a bit pricey, but it comes with everything you need to start filming at professional quality.

As for editing if you are using a PC you should already have Windows Movie Maker on your computer, but if you want something a little more powerful you could look into the Sony Vegas Programs. Before I switched to a Mac I bought the Sony Vegas Studio for about $80 and it came with everything I needed to edit my videos and burn them to a DVD. If you want very high quality videos you can spend as much $500 on an editing program, but for just getting started the Vegas programs will get everything you need done. You may also have to get a firewire port installed on your computer and you will need a firewire cable to upload video to your computer.

Hope this helps,

[CGGooseSlayer]

ok i will check it all out.
thanks!

[Curt Wilson]

That is actually a pretty cheap way to get started. If you talk to any of the guys that make the videos, they will tell you that they have a lot more money invested in equipment than that. The editing equipment can be expensive as well, when you start looking at linking monitors together and making it easier on yourself to get the editing done and look professional when it is finished.

[hoosierhunter2]

That's price is actually kind of high for what you get. You can buy them new from ebay powersellers all day for around $2,000-2,200 and they will come with a "kit" with filters, batteries, etc. The only thing you are getting in this kit is the shoulder mount and the mic. That mic sells new for around $130 and the shoulder mounts are around $200 or so and sometimes cheaper, so overall would be around $2550 or so. Now the thing to do is look for a good used one on ebay to start out, if you shop hard enough you should get a good one for $1300-$1500 used, you can buy the mic new for $130, and I personally wouldn't worry with the shoulder mount, it is too bulky for waterfowl, in a tree get a good mount like the HunterCradle, and for turkey use a tripod. So look to spend $200-250 for the tree mount, and $100-$150 on a decent tripod. As far as the editing part, that's a whole different thing, it all depends on the level you want to get to. Vegas is fine, but for the real deal, Adobe Premiere Pro or Mac's Final Cut Pro are the standards, and for graphics use Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator, for effects Adobe's After Effects is great. For a home pc to edit on, I would suggest a minimum of a 1.4-1.6 GHZ processor and a minimum of 1GB of RAM, these are minimums, obviously the more computer you get the easier it will be. The dual monitors are not a necessity, but it sure does make it alot easier instead of switching constantly from the editing and timeline. It's a big endeavor, not an easy road to make a quality video, there is going to be alot of learning and trial and error, I would say give yourself a season where you just learn what you are doing with the camera and editing and you should do just fine. Good luck.

[CGGooseSlayer]

thanks for all the help.
i will give it all a try, and hope something works out.