Really tried to make a dialog scene look good.

[Final Design Studios]

Hey all,

I figured I'd share the technical side of this short. Shot on a GH1 with nikon primes.

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I AGREE

I really tried to make a dialog scene work, and I'm pretty happy with the result. For a mic I use a sennheiser lav system taped to a chair, which is why it's as echoey as it is.

Let me know what you guys think!

 

[Chris Light]

what exactly do you want feedback on? i'll take a shot anyway...yeah, you couldve had better mic placement, but the dialog was clear. not bad. the look of the scene, very good! my main issue is with the pace of the actors' delivery of the lines as well as the editing of the scene. rushed, rushed, rushed. have your actors breathe, and slow down, even have them, do something like sip a drink before saying their line. when editing, you don't need to rush-cut to the response. so without getting redundant....pacing, beats, timing. if you got enough coverage when shooting, you shouldnt have a problem with re-editing. but in the future, try having your actors slow it down a bit.

 

[j1clark@ucsd.edu]

Hey all,

I figured I'd share the technical side of this short. Shot on a GH1 with nikon primes.

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I really tried to make a dialog scene work, and I'm pretty happy with the result. For a mic I use a sennheiser lav system taped to a chair, which is why it's as echoey as it is.

Let me know what you guys think!

I'll 'listen' to the clip later, as the system I'm on right now it is not convenient to have sound...

In terms of the shot, there are a couple of things. I would have tried some sort of 'bounce' to lessen the shadows on both actors. The one actor, getting the 'main' light had dark creases in his face, and the second actor, with his back to the 'main' light, has mostly 'shaded' light.

The problem with the 'natural' light set up is that on the one hand the actor in bright light has bright in back of him as well, and so there is this contrast shift, when you alternate between the two over the shoulder shots.

I also didn't like the close crop on the fellow who sits down, and the little tilt up on the first shot of already seated actor.

I think if you had done a more 'master shot' of the fellow as he takes his seat, cut perhaps as his face gets in the frame, as he settles down into the chair, it would have been better. Or, 'master shot' and before the actor takes his seat, do the little close up on the seated actor, then cut back to the first actor as he settles down into the chair.