Here's one of mine for creating a sound booth in your hotel room. I think the photo says it all: https://picasaweb.google.com/noddydog1/GorillaProduction?authkey=Gv1sRgCKqhjbH3kK6wTw#5582462568027941522
Top tips eh?
I've got three that spring to mind immediately...
1. If you're shooting on location, carry backups for everything, and backups for the backups if at all possible. This especially applies to batteries & media (whatever medium). Don't get caught out, especially in front of a client.
2. If organising a shoot on location, plan carefully, then go over the plan carefully, then plan some more. Then expect the plan to change at any time whilst on location due to unexpected events/requests etc. If you've ever played 'Military Commander' style games (or been in the military) then this will help.
3. Never expect a 'celebrity' to turn up on time, especially if they're travelling to the shoot on their own. :D
Always ask the question at the end of any interview "is there anything you'd like to say that we haven't covered?"
1. If you're determined to shoot progressive, DON'T WAVE THE DAMNED CAMERA AROUND.
2. When in doubt follow tip #1.
1: Turn the camera on!
2: Take the lens cap off!
If it is possible to go wrong it will
Never leave a tripod plate on a camera... unless you have one tripod and one camera.
Make sure the record light is on after you've hit the record button.
Lock off the camera before you walk away.
Never leave a tripod plate on a camera... unless you have one tripod and one camera.
Or:
Standardise on one type of tripod and have a tripod plate for every camera (so you never lose a plate because they are never removed from the cameras).
and
If you even think about taking a toolkit, then you aren't taking enough spares.
and
Don't travel without: Red/white stripe tape (to mark off technical areas), Gaffer tape (marked with company name to encourage return after the inevitable loans), Head-mounted torch (to leave hands free), Ball-point pen, Marker pen, Identity badge, Business cards.
Ray
1) Keep the camera steady
2) Lock down the exposure
3) Constantly vary your POV and focal length
4) Think of the audio
5) Check and double check.
Don't wipe yer bum on cement bags . . . I'll get mi coat :)
Don't wipe yer bum on cement bags . . . I'll get mi coat :)
thanks Branny, think I may have just wet myself :)
For those using DV Tape:
1. Always have at least one spare in your pocket
2. Take the wrappers off the spares
3. Take out the sticky label and single paper sheet from inside the case - they have a habit of hanging on to the cassette.
Don't put PP3 batteries in the same pocket as your house keys without a rubber cap on the terminal - you've been warned!!!
robo
Always carry an identity card and blood group if possible if you do location shoots.
1. If you're determined to shoot progressive, DON'T WAVE THE DAMNED CAMERA AROUND.2. When in doubt follow tip #1.
*two thumbs up*
Use the blasted tripod.
Avoid the trendy wobblecam lest you supply the vomit bags.
Blimey...my old password works!
My top tip is... if you are shootiing on a tripod, turn the auto stabilisation off.... otherwise it will 'compensate' every time the subject moves!
Use the blasted tripod.
Avoid the trendy wobblecam lest you supply the vomit bags.
I have been arguing this point with Alan for over 10 years.
"Wobblecam" is not a bad thing...it's just in the UK we don't know how to use it.
In the US they use it as a 'soft cut'....beyond the wit of us Blighties apparently.....
if you are shootiing on a tripod, turn the auto stabilisation off.... otherwise it will 'compensate' every time the subject moves!
That might have been so with the very early EIS versions Richard, but it was never so with OIS and hasn't been a problem with image stabilisation systems for some time.
tom.