What would you call essential kit?

[Noah Kadner]

Well again- it really depends on a- your budget, b- your needs. Personally I’d say the first 3 items on that list are essential to any shoot and the other 2 are more options depending on what you want to produce.

Noah

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[Matt Surf]

Appreciate your time and thoughts Noah.

[Chip Thome]

The slider might come more into play for you, if what you are doing is more “choreographed” than say, a live event would be. In those cases, IMO, a slider could add more “value” to what you create, giving you a payback because of it. For “one take” live events though, I think a slider basically adds “fluff” but not “value”.

So what is it you are shooting, seminars or other “one take” events, or something along the lines of “product” promotion demos etc ??? If it is more “product” based stuff, I would shove the slider toward the top and back down something else.

[Matt Surf]

Cheers Chip – well so far, I have been doing mostly corporate case studies, video diary, documentary type stuff; not so much product promo or suchlike.

I guess I may be best suited to a ‘little bit of this, little bit of that approach’?

[Matt Surf]

Thanks for the pointers Steve – will check out your blog (apologies about slow reply, been on hols)