Alan Lloyd
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Total agreement – TLA’s are an abomination.
But seriously, folks…
Why can’t people spell any more?
And what is it with people who use “u” to say “you” in any form of communication?
If you don’t want to be taken seriously, go ahead…
Damn kids. Get off my lawn!
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Using OnLocation is a very good idea for the recording. Roll tape as a backup, too. Belt and suspenders is the order of the day.
Here’s a tip: Before you begin shooting, check your greenscreen on the waveform. You should see a fairly flat line. The luminance line ought to be within 5 IRE or so side-to-side. The thicker chrominance line should be even as well.
Ideally, you want your greenscreen light levels in the 40-50 IRE range. A good balance between exposure and saturation.
And just because it may prove useful, roll some on the empty greenscreen using the same focal length and lens settings. When you’re setting up your key, you may find it helps. I’ve even done this and used the empty greenscreen to do a “difference matte” key, just to see if that worked. It did – well.
Maybe some time later I’ll dig the materials out and put up some screen grabs. It was a fun experiment.
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Can you not rent a hybrid for the day from a local vendor?
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There is a free converter available for download on this page:
https://www.adobe.com/products/dng/
DNG is Adobe’s open digital negative format. It is supported by Photoshop CS2, according to their list of supported applications on the page.
It preserves the raw flexibility in the conversion.
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I feel ya, Grin. People ask me “What’s (insert city name here) like?” and they look puzzled when I tell them “Well, it looked like an airport, the inside of a cab, and a hotel room, and then the same stuff in reverse order!”
(They really don’t seem to like you over at B-Roll, do they?)
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I second this. It’s a good stick mic, maybe a little less low end than the RE-50 (“B” or not) and very little handling noise. The “teardrop” foam windball is a bit less odd-looking than the same thing on an RE-50 as well.
It’s also got a long handle, which helps both the look and practical interviewing.
I have a Sennheiser e835 as a backup – it’s also nice but I prefer the Beyerdynamic.
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Most Manfrotto heads are flat-out awful. Far too many of them put the tilt lock on the tilt axis, which is incredibly bad mechanical design.
I have a client who uses Canon XL’s and they are nose-heavy. They have Manfrotto heads. It’s a bad mix, trust me.
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A bit of both, Mark.
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Mark wins the thread.
Love the bicycle idea. I’m stealing it, of course, just in case I ever need anything like that.
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Agreed, Bill.
Let people opt in. Otherwise, well, that’s what killfiles are for, isn’t it?