[Janet Turner]

I tried to find a way to download this effect but could find it. Could you post the link.

Thank you in advance for your help.

Grasshopper

[Janet Turner]

DSE –

I would probably still be in the stone age without all this support. I learn so much here and try to put in my 2 cents when I feel qualified to do so. It seems I’m always answering font questions – must be due to my many years of administrative support.

Have a great day.

Grasshopper

[Janet Turner]

DSE –

You know I’m one of your best fans. Glad to see you back.

Grasshopper

[Janet Turner]

DSE –

Thank you for the additional input. I bet those maxi-pads look pretty strange to folks passing on the street! I can see how they would work though. The shoot is Tuesday and I have printed out all your responses so I have them to refer to as I set things up. I’ll post back on the end result.

Grasshopper

[Janet Turner]

Rick –

Thank you for all the advice. I think I will take both microphones. Unfortunately, I do not have a boom mike but I can set up the ME66 pretty close to the talent.

I wish I could get the blankets on the windows. They are BIG and very high up. If all else fails, I’ll just have the talent come to my place and do a voice over but I would really rather not have to do that.

I’ll let you know how the shoot went. I appreciate your interest.

Grasshopper

[Janet Turner]

Rick –

Thank you for the heads up on the Senneheiser ME66. Since it was directional, I thought it might be a good idea to put the wireless on one channel and the ME66 on another one. It sounds like I was way off base with that idea.

You probably saw that I do not have any type of stands, etc. to hold blankets. I have been running around the house trying to solve the problem. What I finally came up with is that I am going to try to take along some ladders and put poles across them as high up as I can. I can then hang my blankets from those poles.

I’m with you on the sound. I missed the echo last time though I did hear all the street noises, etc. through my headset. This time I am going to use my nice earbuds with sound cancelling shooting headphones over the top of them. With that outfit on, I could not hear a fire truck if it was blaring behind me unless I picked it up in the microphone.

By the way, for those interested, I’m using DV Rack on the shoot and it was great to be able to go back over the footage when my talents made a mistake in doing their tai chi. They could easily correct their position and move on. Pretty awesome.

Rick – thank you for hanging in there with me. I have been unable to sleep the last couple of nights trying to figure out how to pull this off.

Till later – Grasshopper

[Janet Turner]

Thank you DSE and Rick for getting back to me. After I posted my question this morning, I ran off and checked out the room. It took me all day to do that and complete the rest of my errands so I am just now getting back to you. I can’t believe how bad traffic has gotten up here in Snohomish, Washington.

Anyhow, I have a decent wireless microphone and am happy with the sound. As far as a directional microphones, I have a Senneheiser 66 I believe it is called.

Getting back to the room. It could not be any worse. Dimensions are something like 24′ x 30′, lots of tall windows and tall plaster ceilings. I will be filming a 12′ x 8′ area in the back part of the room against the mirror which is in the center of the back wall. I cannot find any way to hang anything from the ceilings unless I plan to use sheets and tape them up. Even that will require bringing in a tall ladder and strong tape. I do not have any kind of stand to hang blankets on. I had thought about stacking two conference tables up on each side as close as possible to the talents and taping the blankets to the the top conference table. If I hear you correctly, I should plan on putting the blankets against the two side walls as opposed to close to the talent even if they are in the middle of the room. I like the idea of throwing some blankets on the floor out of camera range. Now I’ll have to wrangle blankets before next Tuesday.

DSE, are you talking about only putting the blankets in the corners no matter how far away they are from the talent. I do plan to go back to the room tomorrow with blankets, microphones and cameras in hand to experiment. What have I gotten myself into!

If you have any additional thoughts, I’m all ears! You guys are awesome.

Grasshopper

[Janet Turner]

Allen –

Thank you for responding. If you find the link, let me know. The more access we have to resources that help us produce better films, the better. Have a great day.

Janet

[Janet Turner]

Raymond –

Thank you for the heads up. That is exactly what I want to happen. I only want both the warning and the flying logo to show up when you put the DVD into the player.

I start shooting Tuesday – my first REAL gig where someone is paying me REAL money. Oh happy days! Be watching the theaters for the release of the newest tai chi training video. (Just kidding, the only folks interested in this will be the people taking Master Zhou’s classes.)

Have a great day.

Grasshopper

[Janet Turner]

Thank you guys for responding. I tried searching help in DVDA but since I did not have an easily described name for the technique I wanted to use, I could not find any information on it. I am breathing a sigh of relief that it can be done. I’ll be practicing it today before I really need to do it for real. I like the idea of making up a stock Warning sign.

Again, thank you both for taking the time to help out. I really appreciate it.

Grasshopper