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Is it working for you?

I realize most dramatic, comedy, documentary, and news video is largely narrative. Characters and their actions are the core of the work. However, there are a few of us who don't work with narrative. Anybody else out there?

Thanks, David, for pointing out my ignorance. (ooops) :embarasse So if the subject were closer to the screen, the shadow ring would get smaller and the white ring in the key would disappear? One question, though, why is the screen not very green? I see green values close to 1., but red and...

The first thing I see a a shadow around the head and chair. It looks like you lit the talent from the front and he cast a shadow on the screen. Not good! Screen and talent should be lit separately. So the talent should not cast a shadow on the screen. It helps to have the screen far away from...

Hi folks, I just did a little run-and-gun interview with a Lowel blender on my HVX200 and it worked quite well. Here are some notes: Attached it to the camera with a simple hot shoe to 1/4-20 adapter. Worked fine. Bought the Panasonic battery sled and hooked it to my belt. The sled is...

Hi folks, I'm shooting a party with my HVX200, where I'll mostly work on a multicam of the band, but they've also asked me to do some interviews of the guests between sets. I'm thinking about a little setup near our P2 data wrangler, assembling 2-3 guests in front of a wall, and setting up on...

I'm shooting a rock concert with lasers. There are high-powered units that are staying above people's heads, and there are low-powered units pointing straight down at the band, which is pretty much where we'll be. I realize it's a risk. I realize that people take risks all the time, and that's...

I'm shooting a rock concert with HVX200s, wondering if I should worry about lasers.... ....and if there's anything I can do about it. Thanks for your time and experience. Les

I've been asked to shoot a 3-hour concert in 1080 24p. Since I don't have enough P2 memory, I thought I'd Firewire straight into FCP and capture now. It seems to be working. I did notice that FCP does not offer a regular 1080i24p capture option, forcing me to use 24pA, which is easier for FCP...

Hi Windows Friends! I'm editing a bunch of screen captures in FCP, using Snapz Pro to create ProRes422 Quicktime files (1280x720 @ 24fps). Some colleagues would like to contribute screen captures made on Windows machines, and I'm trying to figure out what would be the best exchange format...

Hi Folks, Even when using high-output mics, the HVX200's mic inputs are quite noisy. I'm thinking of using an outboard mixer to get a little clean gain before connecting to the HVX. Anybody tried this? Les

>Ideas I got so far: >- wind effects with a fan >- trampoline + greenscreen (not sure if its going to be possible to edit the footage since dvx doesnt have a a high >frame rate...) >- body movements: walking, arm movement etc >- some breakdancers in front of the greenscreen It sounds like a...

Hi folks, I would like to use a tungsten fresnel pointing downward. Have you had experiences with overheating in this orientation? Do Lowel or Arri or Mole perform better in this situation? Thanks for your time! Les

When shooting the BG footage, take careful note of the sun's azimuth and elevation, and light your models from the same angle. Also note clouds and haze, and light accordingly. Shooting on a bright hazy day may be the easiest to composite. Since you're shooting miniatures, it will be easy to...

Trying to remember how to do a miniDV shoot with my HVX200, with Firewire to FCP on my Mac doing a Capture Now as a real-time backup... My goal would be to have the QuickTime files ready to edit as soon as the shoot is over, so that the DV tapes become the backup. Does it work?