Hi! About lights etc....
Seems to me more and more footage is shot without extra expensive lights. People tend to use the light sources in the place they do the interviews, such as in offices they simply turn the "office light" towards the person, and let the light from lamps in the roof do the overhead lights, and spills from walls do the rest. To me, and customers, this looks pretty good. We used to have lighting crews some years ago, tons of lights, no shadows, white everywhere. At some point I got tired and bored of this. Nowadays I strive to get a natural feeling into the footage, in normal rooms this usually can be achieved with using the rooms normal light plus one extra lamp to brighten up the face of the subject. Have sometimes used an IKEA 10 dollar reading light as the extra lamp.... A cheap way could be to use one good professional lamp and reflectors like sheets of Isopor. This gives indirect light on the subject, makes normally a soft and natural feel. Used to do lots of lights in theatres, that´s a whole different story. Only use techniques from the theatre to make special efx now. Except the rule to try to have light from three angles if I want the footage to be "three dimensional". Anyways: Why be scared to shoot inside? With todays cameras and monitors, it´s just to try, look at the pic you get on the monitor, toss in a lamp or two until it looks OK. With video, my impression is that what looks good on the monitor is...well good. You can even use a decent TV set as monitor. Depends on where the movie will be shown. If it´s an industrial video, I would simply trust what I see. If it´s for broadcasting, they have some rules to follow, but my impression is that they are not so choosy anymore. Some years ago they would measure the signal from our footage and make sure the levels were good before they would broadcast it, nowadays they usually just check if the pics are OK on monitor. When shooting with film cameras it´s a different story, that´s when I would bother to have a lighting pro to measure the temp of the light etc. Well well, anyways this is not my field really, being a sound designer. But what I describe above has worked for me. Cheers, Paal At 02:40 PM 12/7/2005, you wrote: >Badly. They are not continuous spectrum video lights. You will have a >funky color that you will never be able to make right. >Incandescent tungsten video lights are not so expensive (they just eat >electric and are hot -- use a kitchen mitt to adjust them during >operation). mail order from B&H etc. >You want minimum 2; 3 is better (so that you have a overhead fill). >Oh and don't get fingerprints on the bulbs without wiping off clean before >turning them on. > > > >On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, Road Runner wrote: > > > 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 Links > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! 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