Diane Reid
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Hello, Graham. I don’t know if this will answer your questions but there’s a great article (many, actually) from the archives of American Cinematographer magazine: Visions of Wonder It’s worth subscribing to and the websites are great.
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Ty and Larry, thanks for your responses and I apologize for my delay in responding.
Ty, the Altecs were plug and play computer speakers with two (color-coded) 3.5 jacks into my computer. The community TV station played the video and the audio was muffled and then I checked the master in my own TV, which is configured for SS, and I heard all the audio from the rear channels. But when played in my computer, the sound played in the front channels. Not a big deal anymore, as I changed the audio settings in the video camera that recorded those messages so that it records two-channel audio and I’ve ditched the computer SS.
Larry, I appreciate the additional education on having speakers to match the output environment. I will work on getting a better pair of speakers for my editing. Thanks, all, for the great advice you dish on these forums. You guys are a godsend!
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Thanks for the explanation and the advice! Have a great day!
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Milton,
If you are able to record the interviews with the subjects before you gather your B-roll, this will help you in deciding what to shoot and why. The most basic shots to cover the message are the wide shot (establishing), the medium shot (smaller, related areas of the larger group) and the close-ups. Your wide shot could be the rec center sign with the building in the background. Your medium shots could be the different departments of the rec center. Having people using the equipment or walking through the shot can add life to the sequence. You will want lots of related cutaway shots or a different angle of the same room to link up sequences. It’s in the close-ups and the cutaways where you can experiment more freely with angles and focal lengths. If the interviewee mentions the wide variety of activities available, try to capture that in one shot by framing one activity close up, with something else off to the side. You can make that either a rack focus shot or a softer focus view. And remember your rule of thirds. Good luck!
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I was at a photography seminar about 10 years ago and one of the participants asked the same question. The answer was that the inventor of the egg crates demanded a royalty fee for every piece sold and so the mark-up makes the egg crates more expensive than they need to be. The photographer running the seminar recommended that people find whatever workaround they could to avoid the ridiculous price.
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I would suggest signing up with the Film Office’s directory of crew and talent. https://nc.reel-scout.com/crew_login.aspx
Most states now have film offices and many have links to their crew directories. https://www.film.virginia.org/
Also, the media communications association https://www.mca-i.org/
If there’s a local chapter for your area, networking with other pros may be an option. Best of luck and God bless all of you who contribute to these forums. I’m learning a lot.
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Excellent suggestions, Mark.
I’d also like to add that along with the rule of thirds, you explain the proper framing of a person in a CU, MS, LS and the emotional depth and reasons for framing a person in a MS versus a CU.
Also, leading the action: giving lead space to a character who is moving in the frame. And a simple tip for going hand-held, without stabilizing equipment is to zoom out all the way but stand closer to your subject to minimize camera shaking.
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Thanks again, for the information, guys. I found Vision dealer in Indiana that I’ll contact. https://www.bigvisionimaging.com/ Take care!
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Todd and Rick,
Thanks for the responses. No, it does not have to be shot in HD and I’m still unsure of the frame rate but somewhere between 600 and 1,000fps should be sufficient.
And to save costs, I would want a camera that I could operate myself; I’m a corporate videographer and a still photographer.