Hi Donna, I do this mostly with action type scenes such as our dogs and cats but for interviews, such as what you are wanting to do, it can be much easier.
If you can, place your phone on a stand that allows it to be straight and vertical. This may require propping it up and anchoring it on both sides. For interviews, I’d do them in profile, the person in profile that is. Position the camera to the side of you and the person forming sort of a triangle. People get nervous looking into a camera lens. They will be much more natural looking at you and telling their stories. I would have someone check to make sure all of a person is in frame. You can use a kitchen table as a nice setting. Try to eliminate as much exterior sound as possible but keep the good things, like a clock and birds outside. If the person has things to show you, like pictures or items, a favorite cup, spoon collection, quilt, etc. then you play to the camera. Unlike the iOS camera, the video doesn’t tell you if there are faces in the shot. That’s why you will most likely need sighted help to position it exactly. Good luck. It sounds like an interesting project. I’ve been wanting to do this with my dad for a while now. You’ve just inspired me. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com > On Mar 13, 2016, at 9:42 AM, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > The recent passing of a close friend's mother has me wanting to create a sort > of video family history. I'd like to use video rather than just recording > audio, because I'd like eventually to make it available to other family > members who are sighted and would I'm sure appreciate having pictures of the > people talking. Has anyone done this? Any pointers on how to actually get > good video, i.e. focus the camera correctly and stuff like that?? > TIA, > Donna > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara > Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
