Alex Huber
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Yes, sound is one of the challenges that I have found with Xena (one of many challenges, I might add).
I’m not 100% sure but I do not think the Xena board will output computer sounds, After Effects sound, or sound from audio production software such as SOundForge or Audition. At least I have not been able to get it to do so. If anyone HAS, would love to hear about it (and how it was done).
I dont exactly have two sets of speakers, but I do have two different channels on my Mackie 1202 VLZ mixer (L and R for Xena, L and R for computer). So yes I suppose if you were not using any kind of mixer at all then yeah you’d need two sets of speakers.
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How big a camera are you trying to sink?
If it is small, Aquapac makes some of those “ziploc bag” type housings that are really inexpensive — models for both palm size and small barrel shaped camcorders, good for 15 feet or so.
If you don’t want to really submerge the camera but rather just break the water surface then an inexpensive glass or plastic aquarium works well.
Aside from that, INEXPENSIVE underwater housings are pretty tough. They still take some relatively expensive parts — especially for bigger camera — and some fairly precise machining to make them watertight.
Here is a pretty big one, but as you can see it was a lot of work….
https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/personal/pdh/housing/
And on the other end of the spectrum is this…
https://web.media.mit.edu/~tim/pix/waterproofcamera.html
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[Dennis Size] “I was in suggesting a product as he asked for — on a PROFESSIONAL Lighting Forum.”
Have ya READ most of the questions asked on this forum? 🙂
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My point exactly. I think this guy was looking for more affordable practical advice
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Sure, that’s ideal… but lets be a little realistic…
An Arri 12/18 would be great… but do you honestly think that somewho who is asking a fairly basic photographic question like that (no offense intended at all, Brian) just happens to have a $28,000 HMI laying around? Possible, but doubtful.
I’m betting Brian would benefit from a bit more practical (and less expensive) advice.
Brian, yes, overheads would work. Wind is an issue always, but people deal with that every day. A couple of sandbags and an assitant should make it workable. If you don’t want to invest in real Hollywood frames, keep in mind that some butterfly frames are basically just electrical conduit and you can make your own spending just a few bucks at Home Depot. And sure you can write a big check to Matthews for silks scrims grifs and such — or you can make your own rags with a variety of cheap materials from a fabric store — everything from translucent curtain material to full solids to everything in between.
My specific advice for this setup: silk overhead with something very light, only a quarter stop or so, very translucent material will do a nice job. Then bounce light back in underneath with a reflector.
Hope this helps.
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Why don’t you just do the project in HD, pump out an HD signal for your high-def screen… and do a live downconversion to pump an SD signal to your standard def screen?
I’m probably missing some detail that makes that not be a good choice… but it seems like it would be by far the easiest route to go, and you wouldn’t have to worry about synching up the same presenttion from multiple sources.
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[Steve Radley] “I edited a PSA about 12 years ago or so that had a line of people handing a gun to each other, pointing it at their head and pulling the trigger. We saw each person do this and hand it to the next. The last person to get it was a 7 year old boy. He held it to his head”
Yikes. There is such a thing as taste and responsibility, above and beyond legality. I’m sure that PSA was powerful. It also sounds pretty damn negligent and quite irresponsible. I’m not sure what the producer and/or writer and/or director was thinking (or smoking). I’d be much more worried about the chance of a copycat kid than the message it was supposed to get across (parents locking up their weapons, or whatever). If that producer worked for me, I would seriously re-evalutate his judgment. And probably his employment.
I guess in this world you can’t dictate good taste.
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Hmmm that just seems like a super SUPER tiny screen for a venue big enough to accommocate that many people. I’ve been to events that utilized screens about that size with, say 300-400 people, but even then there were usually multiple screens (say, 4, one in each room corner). I would think that one screen that size in as big a room as you will need will look like a postage stamp… but then again I don’t know any details, maybe the screen and its content are an extremely minor part of whatever your event is.
Before learning your screen size I was thinking that the only projector that would be good enough for a room big enough for that many people would be one of the really big Christie projectors that are used in movie theaters (but of course those are tens of thousands of dollars). But then inerestingly enough the EIKI project you linked to is also badged as the Christie LX450. If Christie is willing to put their name on it, it’s probably pretty darn good, at least resolution-wise. However, according to its specs it is not very bright.
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Hey Bob…
Do you know who is making the Diva clones or where to locate them?…
Thanks,
Alex
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Kicks butt, man!… even worked in the evil twin thing.
Is that the “real” movie voice over guy? Name escapes me at the moment but he’s the guy from the Geico commercial who does all the trailers. Can’t imagine him doing a local commercial, but if that’s a sound-alike he sounds just like the real guy.
And if you don’t mind me being rude in asking about: Production format (film?)? Budgets? And how long was the shoot and edit?
Alex