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Lighting Interiors for Video
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[Bob Cole] “In your situation, since you’re an ace photographer, I’d still recommend that you leverage your still photography skills and the flexibility of still photography to the hilt. Buy a slider, and shoot some video that is obviously a “moving picture” because you’re moving past a tree or down a hallway; and then cut to a still that you’ve animated with After Effects (or even inside your NLE) to create a zoom, tilt, or pan – or all three.”
To take it to the next level, you can use the Vanishing Point in Photoshop on select photos; create 3D geometry and import the VPE into After Effects and do some sweet virtual camera moves. Once you get the hang of it, it’s not hard to do and can produce stunning results.
Jason Jenkins
Flowmotion Media
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My only suggestion is that when your still clients come to you because you’re also offering them video – you’re in for a significant uphill battle to educate them that what you can do on ONE image for their brochure is wildly impractical to do on 30 frames a second of ever changing motion content.
One thing important in business these days is not to over promise and under deliver. And for still shooters moving into video work – that’s going to be a HUGE problem.
Having made somewhat a transition in the other direction, (I’m shooting a LOT more stills these days!) it all to easy to fool yourself into thinking that because you can do great work in one imaging area that it means you can also do equal work in another.
Remember how well that worked out for Michael Jordan when he moved from basketball to baseball?
Same thing.
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Davinci Resolve comes with the Blackmagic camera. Shooting RAW you’ll have 13 stops of latitude. Using Resolve you can automstically track as many objects in the frame as you like and have unique grades for each. This involves post production time, but gives you tremendous creative freedom.
John
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This is a fabulous capability for sure. I just worry about the hassle of perfecting 13 moving mattes to “re- light” in post. Reminds me of 3D modeling. Everyone loves it. But nobody outside Blockbuster Hollywood wants to PAY for the time it takes to do it well!
Know someone who teaches video editing in elementary school, high school or college? Tell them to check out http://www.StartEditingNow.com – video editing curriculum complete with licensed practice content.
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Is BlackMagic selling the darn things yet? I haven’t checked in a while to see if their long-promised but much-delayed deliveries have even started.
T2
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Todd Terry
Creative Director
Fantastic Plastic Entertainment, Inc.
fantasticplastic.com
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