3-point Lighting Footage

[bewillia]

hello fellows.

so a ups truck showed up at my place yesterday with the a1 i'd ordered last week. i played with it for a while and it lived up to everything i'd heard about it. biggest complaint is noisy internal mics. what's up with that?

anyhow, i had a shoot today for a SD project that's been going on for a while. i shot it with the A1 in HDV 24F to cut together with 24P footage from a DVX. i left myself plenty of space around the subject (talking head interview) to re-frame things after the fact.

anyhow, here's the footage. i don't ever typically leave so much empty space around the subject, but like i said, re-framing. also, the compression made the audio go out of sync for some reason, but i'm ready to go to sleep, so i'll fix that later.

VIEW MOVIE (http://www.nkvrd.com/mother.mov) (right click, save as)

i'd be happy to answer any questions. i also have a bunch of action-packed-backyard-dog-chase footage if anyone wants to examine for intraframe compression artifacting.

this is an amazing camera.

oh, and feel free to rip me a new one any way you see fit.

cheers,
blake

[Robert86]

Is that your mom?

[bewillia]

nope.

[ian hunter]

why didn't you light the candles in the background.
also she is a little tooo profile
the eyeline needs to be a little closer to the camera.
but, good job, the pix of the camera are lovely

ian

[bewillia]

the candles won't be in the frame ultimately. but i certainly see what you're saying. the background is anything but dynamic.

and i agree about the profile issue. i re-framed everything at the last minute, and was so concerned with creating a pleasant experience for the interviewee, that i didn't take the time to re-adjust her position.

thanks for the comments ian.

blake

[ian hunter]

your welcome

Ian