We had a quick video shoot yesterday, and I thought I’d post a few thoughts on it, and provide a little behind the scenes perspective on how we do things.
First, I made a quick sketch in Keynote of how I wanted the set arranged and lighted. I gave this to one of our staff for them to rough in the lighting, set up the teleprompter, etc. The next two pictures show how the set looked, then finally, a short video showing the final product.
I forgot to tell our talent what to wear, and a couple of them showed up in white shirts. It wasn’t too bad, though. I did include videos showing a subtle difference in how the background is afected with the different color shirts.
March 3, 2008 at 12:16 PM |
Very cool! I need to do some videos this week. I’ve been trying to look into lighting. Want to get some decent lighting but also don’t want to pay a fortune. Have any suggestions? I’ve tried using just some shop lights but that only gets me so far. I really like the backdrop. Never would have guessed it was just a decorated board.
March 6, 2008 at 9:38 AM |
Jonathan:
The Lowell Element Kit is very reasonably priced (just under $1K), and offers good lighting choices. We have two of them, and use them on ALL of our field stuff. The kit comes with 2 Omnis and a Tota. The Omnis are 500W (and I think you can use a 250W lamp also), and they have barn doors and an place to mount the included frame for gels & diffusion (and an umbrella). The Tota is an open-face halogen (500W) with the same frame attachment. Plus, the whole thing comes in a suitcase-sized plastic case.
The down side is hat the stands aren’t that rugged. But it is still the best value out there. You can check it out here:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?shs=lowell+elemental+kit&ci=0&sb=ps&pn=1&sq=desc&InitialSearch=yes&O=RootPage.jsp&A=search&Q=*&bhs=t