Rob Mcwilliams
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What type of tape stock?
Has it been black balanced?
Does it do it in 24p? Are you in any of the P modes or just plain?
Also, I would do my tests in NTSC standard 7.5! Do you have another DVX where you can do a side by side?
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I would not use the HVR. I own one and whenever I use it to shoot with white backgrounds it drives me crazy. I still haven’t figured it out yet, but when I shoot say a talking head in front of a white seamless, the gammas go go goofy. The camera sensors see all the white and clmap the gammas so I cannot get a proper exposure or black to white spread. Enven when I use manual iris.
I would go with Panasonic 200.
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Teach them to use flexfills and Whitecards!
Teach the value of looking at natrual light and ways to use it. It will help them out in the long run. They will learn how to use time of day and sun angles!
Of course when they need light you have it.
One thing I would by, is a good assortment of correction gels and diffusion. 32 to 56k. ETc. And of course the white foam core.
Congrats for doing what you do. I consult at my kids High School Video Classes! I love doing it.
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Doug:
First off are you going travel? Need to take weight into consideration. And durability! Any time I see a wheeled case, it tells me heavy and bulky. Two things I stay away from.
What type of shooting? ENG, EFP, Indoors, Outdoors? What kind of ratio do you like between key, fill, hair and BG? What type of camera? Is it good in low light?
I am not a big fan of soft boxes for field production. Too hot and too bulky. I like Chimeras. Lightweight, cooler and they throw really nice light. Not Kino’s but nice!
I have been shooting for 26 years and have always used ARRI. They have a name for a reason. They make good lights. I have ARRI’s that I have had since 1986 and I haven’t had to do a thing to them except re-lamp.
Rob
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If what John says is out of your budget.
Then another alternative is to find an area in diffuse light, not direct sun. Then you can fill instead having do what John said which is right way. BUt there are way to many variables without know about the project.
How big is the set? How many Talent? What time of day? What is the exposure. facing E, W, N, S. Whats the background? What medium are you using, where is it airing? etc.
Rob
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Just my 10 cents.
I would use Foamcore just for the reason that it is flamable.
If your using source 4’s get some tin and create your own, or buy them premade.
If your using say an ARRI 300 Fresnel, what I do is use heavy duty blackwrap. Then using an exacto or sharp leatherman, I cut my own patterns. You’ll have to make it big enough (about the size of a quartered full gel sheet) to fit on the barn doors away from the element. If you add color make sure to put the color in fromnt of the blackwrap pattern. Putting the blackwrap in front of gel makes the blackwrap get way to hot and can fade the gel.
I have been doing this for years. Saves money, is quick, and best of all you’ll have patterns no-one else does.
Think safety!!!
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Are you packingthem in a double case? I.E. two 400’s in one case!
What I do i put my heads face down. Before doing so a I put foam from like a Pelican tear away into the socket to secure the beaker. Then pak around the head woth cables, chimeras; whatever to tighten things up.
Then when I get to my hotel, I check that the bulbs are seated properly. You don’t wanty to be firing JOKERS with the bulbs not seated as it causes corrosion in the sockets. And pits the lamp contacts.
I can’t tell you how many times I have been sitting on a flight over the luggage door and felt the plane shake as my cases are thrown on-board.
Knock on wood but I haven’t had any breakage with my JOKERS. Now my monitors and stands are another story.
Rob
http://www.mcwilliamsproductions.com
Good luck