[Kristen Maxwell]

thanks for the workaround, was having the exact same issue on my OWC Thunderbolt RAID drive.

[Kristen Maxwell]

thanks for the good ideas, Carlos and John. I think we will try and get some wall spreaders and other aids in lighting “invisibly” as much as possible. Our director really wants to capture the actual exchanges between the actors (and have them synched in split-screens), so this is really the way we want to go. Also, being students, we’re always looking for a good chance to try something that we’re likely to make a mess of as a learning experience (we are, after all, paying for this privilege!).

One more quick newbie question on this topic – do you have any recommendations about setting up “eye lights” with such a scenario?

thanks again,

kris

[Kristen Maxwell]

excellent information, thanks for sharing. I have passed this along to our camera and editorial crew!

kris

[Kristen Maxwell]

Awesome, thanks for all the useful tips. I am actually the AD on this shoot, but we have some people with more time on the Varicam on our camera crew, so I hope they will bring some of the expertise you recommend to the shoot.

Just for clarification, though – does the Varicam shoot 48P / 60P without the external box? Is that only needed for playback? As this is an all-student production, I will be budgeting more time for this shot so we can experiment a bit!

thanks again,

kris

[Kristen Maxwell]

Todd, thanks for the tips! i look forward to trying these out.