Joseph W. bourke
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Benjamin –
The moving effect is called Gate Weave, a result of film moving through the camera. There was always a certain amount of movement, due to loose tolerances and wear and tear on the hardware.
Most film looks have this as an option – I use Red Giant MisFire:
https://www.redgiant.com/blog/tag/misfire/
I’m sure there are other film plugins which do the same thing. You could do it without a plugin, by just introducing a slight amount of side to side motion over time using the Wiggle settings. This tutorial could prove useful for constraining Wiggle to a single axis:
https://lesterbanks.com/2011/09/using-after-effects-wiggle-expression-on-one-axis/
Joe Bourke
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I don’t think it’s the brightness of the light that’s the issue, it’s the controllability of the light. I would think that you want to use a directional light with barn doors (and maybe a diffuser). LED panels are like shotguns – they light goes where it will – even with barn doors, you often get stepped shadows because you’re dealing with many point lights with LEDs. I would think that a small, focusable fixture would be the trick for the hair light. What you want with a hair light is a small rim of light which helps define the contours of the subject, and kicks them out from the background. As for bald heads, just remember “angle of incidence equals angle of reflection”, and adjust that as needed. You may also need some light powder on the offending head.
Joe Bourke
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Yeah – it’s called Promotional Giveaways – pretty much a standard thing. I would think that given the CC setup now, it would make sense to give away a few time limited subscriptions (or even a few hundred) to help get people on board. If they were giving away the full DVD set of the Master Collection, it might actually be worth paying attention to…
Joe Bourke
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Nakul –
Have you provided any demo versions of your products to people/companies who could give you high profile reviews or testimonials? That’s one thought. Another would be to make your Blog posts more concise, and market based on how your products are better – I’m the type that reads an entire blog post, regardless of length – but most readers on the web are looking for short features and benefits to help differentiate your products from the competition’s.
There are lots of similar products out there, although yours look to be innovative and high quality – you have to quickly get the competitive advantage points of your product across to a reader who is probably looking at ten different sites. Have you managed to get a review of your products on CheesyCam.com? That seems to be a site which generates a lot of sales from reviews – that said, some of the products reviewed tend to be in the lower price brackets, so your equipment might not fall into that category. But it’s worth a try. Good luck!
Joe Bourke
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Here are some good tips for using Twixtor:
https://philipbloom.net/2011/09/13/twixtor/
Joe Bourke
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You may not need to worry about little kids tripping over cables in a nursing home, but watch out for the old folks tripping. What I generally do on location is gaffers tape the cables to the floor with multiple passes of tape, especially where there is any possibility of someone trying to step over it (doorways, hallways, between chairs, etc.). Also sandbag your lights in case someone tries to steady their self with a light stand, and brings the whole thing down on their head.
There are also all sorts of portable cable protectors that you can purchase to keep things safe on location:
https://www.electriduct.com/drop-overs.html
Joe Bourke
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Chuck –
I think that you’d better run away from this one fast! That’s a perfect setup for a lawsuit – nothing in writing – but it’s “ok” to use it if you’re not making any money. Well, just the fact that it’s appearing on a Jumbotron in a venue where people pay to get in would assume there’s some money changing hands.
Joe Bourke
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It all depends – is the Editor also the owner of the production house, or is he an employee of it? It’s all a slippery slope, and the less prepared anyone is for the possibility of a lawsuit, the better the odds are that it will happen.
Generally, the producer or videographer is responsible for obtaining releases from the talent, but that varies widely, depending on who’s running the shoot. As long as the releases are on file, it doesn’t much matter who gets them. The same with music releases – just get the license, or buy copyright free library music – then there’s no need to worry about it.
I would think that someone bent on suing another party for copyright infringement will go after anyone they feel the need to. The excuse that “I was told to use the music by the ____.” doesn’t much work. It’s the oldest excuse in the book. Look how it worked out for Adolf Eichmann, when he said “I was just following orders”.
Joe Bourke
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I’m with Todd on this – when a lawsuit does happen, the lawyers go after the party with the most potential money to lose. If I were the lawyer, and the choice were between an average citizen and a post-production company, who do you think I would go after?
I worked for a small cable TV production company many years ago – we had licensed an acoustic guitar piece from a local musician to use for a show open. Licensed, mind you – in writing. He decided sometime later that the cut was worth much more, and sued us for a hundred thousand dollars. We won in court, but the legal fees we had to pay to win were very large. You never know where it’s going to come from, so dot all your i’s and cross your t’s when it comes to licensing. Sometimes even licensed stuff will have repercussions…
Joe Bourke
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And I’ll just bet that the award is going to be made from Solid Virgin Vinyl! Oooh…just the thought of it…
Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
http://www.bourkemedia.com