Forum: All Things Audio
July 5th, 2018, 08:34 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,510
Gear recommendation for press announcement?
Hi everyone, wondering if you could help.
The job is to record a bank governor giving an announcement from a lectern. Lots of other news crews will be there. I've never done this sort of shoot...
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Forum: Techniques for Independent Production
June 21st, 2016, 03:13 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 19,222
Re: theatrical Smoke VS. Theatrical Fog?????
Sorry to necro this thread, but it ranked as one of the top hits on Google, so I wanted to add some more info.
This "atmosphere in a can" has been getting some publicity lately: Atmosphere Aerosol...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
August 17th, 2015, 04:01 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,305
Re: Non Essential But Helpful Purchases
Hey Steven, what do you find you use the Swiss army knife for?
I used to carry one... but took it out of my bag for a few plane trips, then never ended up putting it back in. The main use it saw...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
August 17th, 2015, 02:31 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,305
Re: Non Essential But Helpful Purchases
About a light for when it's dark, one thing I've lately taken to is wearing a photographer's jacket. These are specially designed jackets with lots of pockets and lots of buckles whose intended use,...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
August 16th, 2015, 06:52 PM
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Replies: 77
Views: 9,078
Re: Second Shooter Add On
One more thought about "why second shooters?": chaotic weddings.
I'm thinking Indian weddings, and Asian weddings with tea ceremonies conducted at people's houses. In these sorts of situations,...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
August 16th, 2015, 01:42 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 3,030
Re: wide angle lenses for dancing
Hey Noa, is yours a Hero 4 Black?
I met a girl recently, new to video, whose sole business is using a single Hero 4 Black to do promo videos for nightclubs. She uses it inventively as well -- for...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
August 16th, 2015, 12:16 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 3,030
Re: wide angle lenses for dancing
I very often use Canon 14mm and 16-35mm on full frame for steadicam. It is close to fish eye -- you see strange distortion at edges -- though these lenses are supposed to be "rectilinear". But this...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
August 15th, 2015, 02:12 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,305
Re: Non Essential But Helpful Purchases
That's a good tip. My default wet weather options till now have been specialised camera rain jacket or plastic shopping bags with a hole ripped in the bottom.
I'm still going to use the bags for...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
August 13th, 2015, 08:41 PM
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Replies: 77
Views: 9,078
Re: Second Shooter Add On
Hey Chris, even for prep, it depends on logistics. What if bride and groom are getting ready far apart from each other? Or what if bride has traditions at her house just before she leaves for church?...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
August 11th, 2015, 02:31 AM
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Replies: 77
Views: 9,078
Re: Second Shooter Add On
Well, I usually try to book people further than one month in advance. But one trick is that you've got enough names in your little black book -- maybe a dozen, two dozen people -- and you've worked...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
August 11th, 2015, 02:30 AM
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Replies: 77
Views: 9,078
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
August 10th, 2015, 06:58 PM
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Replies: 77
Views: 9,078
Re: Second Shooter Add On
Hey Clive, around here there's plenty of companies that seldom work with fewer than two videographers. And there's other companies, for instance Indian wedding specialists, who need to be able to...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
August 9th, 2015, 06:01 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,305
Re: Non Essential But Helpful Purchases
-- Bags. When I bought my first big wheeled tripod case, it was a "Where have you been all my life?" sort of moment. Wallet hurt, but back hurt less, and it was liberating to reduce a mess of bags...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
August 6th, 2015, 07:00 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,879
Re: American tradition
Hey Noa, I doubt there's a name. So just ask, "Are you guys exchanging letters and gifts in the morning?"
And then ask if they're doing a "first look" before the ceremony.
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
July 26th, 2015, 08:43 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 3,041
Re: Guests smiling for the camera
You're right. Short of wearing a T-shirt with embedded neon lighting (such T-shirts do exist) saying, "I'm doing video, not photo", I don't know if it's easy to communicate in a noisy room. I...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
July 22nd, 2015, 01:55 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,747
Drone near miss
Another article I wanted to share.
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Drone near miss over Poland | Flight Safety Australia (http://www.flightsafetyaustralia.com/2015/07/drone-near-miss-over-poland/)
Drone near miss...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
July 20th, 2015, 12:58 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,214
Restrictions on lithium ion batteries
Found this article interesting, so wanted to share it. Restrictions on weight and batteries are the main things that make me apprehensive any time anyone asks me to travel by plane to a shoot (which...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
July 20th, 2015, 12:03 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,764
Re: ND Fader limitations.
Hey Clive, I'm happy to break the shutter rule, but that's down to my peculiar way of shooting, and also local factors. Pretty much the only time I'm shooting outside is congratulations after church...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
July 14th, 2015, 02:33 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,768
Re: 70-200mm lens
Hi Pete, there's an old idea that it's better to turn IS off when you're on a tripod (or switch the stabiliser mode to mode 2 on the lens), because otherwise it fights you. Well, that's sometimes...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
July 12th, 2015, 09:43 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,852
Re: Embarrassing fall over
Hey Peter, I'm still recovering from a fall from maybe a month ago. Slippery shoes, I was running, wet pavement, ankle twisted under me, down I went.
Pretty sure I broke a finger; it's still...
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Forum: 360 Panoramic / Spherical + AR & VR
July 11th, 2015, 05:24 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 7,323
Re: Next big wedding trend -- VR?
Hey Jim, I know nothing about audio, but the first thought is for a wedding VR video you could either use non-natural but good sound (like lavs on priest and groom) or you could use sound that gives...
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Forum: 360 Panoramic / Spherical + AR & VR
July 9th, 2015, 05:30 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 7,323
Next big wedding trend -- VR?
So, I was really interested in a story on News Shooter about the BBC recording a video in 360 degrees: News Shooter | Will VR hit mainstream news? BBC thinks in 360 degrees to tell the story of...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
July 8th, 2015, 06:49 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 3,166
Re: camera slider
There's nothing wrong with shooting a wedding entirely on a tripod, or entirely handheld. A lot of people do it, and some charge a fortune for it! For instance, if you scroll through the sample clips...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
July 6th, 2015, 06:41 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,868
Re: slippery dancefloor
Apologies for the kind of obvious comment, but I reckon you don't need to move so fast if you spin in the opposite direction to the couple. Ie, contrary motion: couple spins anticlockwise, you go...
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Forum: Wedding & Event Video Sample Clips Gallery
July 6th, 2015, 06:21 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 7,440
Re: Wedding Movie // Matt & Katie
Couple of random comments, in case the video producers Google themselves and stop by:
-- I do think there are some possible Nebula shots in there, but I can't tell for certain. For instance,...
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