It might be a bit bright and a bit harsh. At a minimum, diffuse it somehow. I've successfully used thick vellum type material (which started to smoke, so don't invite the fire marshall), or bounced it off of a white foam core, or worse a wall.
However, along with brightness/sharpness of the light, the direction is equally as important. There are some great tutorials on the internet for light placement. You may find yourself wanting more than one. Also, be very aware of ambient light. What looks regular to your eyes may read different only camera; such as blue (near a window) or greenish-yellow (office tube lights, I forget what they are called). My response is just the tip of the iceberg. There is really so much to great lighting, I don't even know if my above two paragraphs will really do justice to the art of lighting. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Road Runner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 11:25 AM Subject: Re: [AP] Movie quality... I am new to lighting techniques. In the past I have taken my home camera out only on days when the skies were blue and I had good sunlight. But, now, I want to make a teaching DVD on the new standards put out by the American Heart Association for CPR. This project will take me indoors. Can anyone tell me how well the 500 W work lights that you buy from Home Depot might work out for indoor video projects such as mine. John ----- Original Message ----- From: for_laekker To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 6:52 PM Subject: Re: [AP] Movie quality... Thanks for your reply Glen. I'll check out the camcorder and get back to you. I'm pretty sure it's crap. I've got a couple of other alternatives which I could post too, then maybe you can give a suggestion about which is best? I know I'm not going to make a Hollywood production, but really want people not have the feeling af watching a "home movie". It's not a serious project by any means, but that doesn't mean it has to look like it isn't! I was thinking about using a couple of work lights (approx. 500W) with at sheet in front of it to diffuse the light. Would this be good option for a basic lighting setup? Does anybody know of a tutorial for basic processing, that could improve the image quality? Many thanks OMC --- In [email protected], Glen Tubbesing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The problem is NOT your Firewire transfer, since Firewire is a > digital-to-digital, lossless procedure. The "special box" you mention > would actually give you lower quality than your Firewire transfer. More > than likely, it's either the camcorder or camera skills. If you can > give us the brand and model of your camcorder, we can give you reports > on its quality. > > The reason why professional films have such good quality is that they > spend thousands, sometimes millions, of dollars on lighting, equipment > and materials, so that they get the good, high-quality look. You can't > expect to get the same quality with a $300 camcorder recording on a > miniDV tape. But, with some processing, proper lighting, and good > camera skills, you can look better than "home movies." > > Let us know the brand and model of the camcorder and we'll give you a > report. > > Good luck, > Glen in Vegas > > > for_laekker wrote: > > Hi > > > > I've been a member for a while, but have never posted here before. > > > > I'm a total newbie (from Denmark, so please excuse my english), > > since I have only made one project in Premiere Pro 1.5 > > > > I'm recording with some cheap miniDV camcorder (can't remember the > > brand or model since it's one I borrow). When transfering the shoots > > to my computer over Firewire, I fell like quality is very poor > > (can't really judge if the quality is as poor "inside" the camcorde, > > when look at the LCD). Is this a result from poor camera skills, the > > camcorder quality (guess it's a fairly cheap camcorder) or the > > transfer over Firewire. > > A work where I borrow the camcorder (I've been told) they have > > special PC for transfer/editing, which have a special box through > > which to transfer from camcorder to PC. This should give better > > quality (don't know much about it, since I've only been told about > > it). Is my bad quality simply because of the Firewire transfers? > > After having transfered through Firewire, is it possible to improve > > the quality (in some fairly simple manor)? > > I'm kind of thinking like the improvements you see on professional > > films. When watching unprocessed bonus material, it's pretty bad > > quality (pale colours and grainy), which is kind of like the problem > > I'm having... If someone know a tutorial to "restore" the quality of > > the shoots I would be very thankful. > > > > Many thanks > > OMC > SPONSORED LINKS Video production Video server Video streaming server Adobe premiere training Adobe premiere pro Adobe premiere 6.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS a.. Visit your group "Adobe-Premiere" on the web. b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/KIlPFB/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/ADr1lB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! 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