Vintage Sawmill Interview

Roger Shealy · September 19th, 2010, 06:30 AM

I took the following interview at a Farm Festival in Inman, Georgia and took the following interview. It was a VERY loud environment to work in!

Please critique.

Tom Majeski · September 22nd, 2010, 11:22 AM

I loved it. I like the subject matter, I like old codgers who can tell stories.

In the first two minutes, the cutaways of the machinery were too short for me. I would have stayed on them for 6-7 seconds or so. The 2nd half was better, showing details of the saw, carriage, belts...

I don't know if this was a one ot two camera job, but if I had 2 cameras I'd have done a wide alternate angle shot of the gentleman talking and mixed it with the head-on interview.

The noise was no distraction at all...It's a sawmill.

Very well put together.

Tom

Roger Shealy · September 22nd, 2010, 08:02 PM

Thanks Tom. I've made a few changes already based on some other feedback. Titles have changed to more time-period-appropriate and a few of the cuts were jumpy as you suggested. I only took one camera but had to pull this off solo with about 2 minutes to mic the subject and set up the camera and start shooting between demonstrations. 90% of the B-Roll was taken prior to the interview.

I appreciate the feedback!

Doug Bailey · September 26th, 2010, 02:58 PM

Hi Roger,
Very engaging movie. Maybe some of the older machinery shots could be in B&W with a bit of grain added? The sawmill noise was not a distraction. Be interested to know what gear was used, especially the mic. Great job a and love to see more.
Regards,
Doug.

Roger Shealy · September 26th, 2010, 05:17 PM

Doug,

Shot with a t2i and Canon kit 18-135mm lens, which works well if you have plenty of light and need lots of zoom range. Sound was with a Sennheiser G2 wireless piped directly into the t2i - AGC and all. With this much background noise and working solo, I didn't see much sense going to the Zoom and syncing during post.

Doug Bailey · September 27th, 2010, 07:02 AM

Hi Roger,
Thanks for the tech info, that really helps.
Regards,
Doug.

September 19th, 2010, 06:30 AM	#1
Roger Shealy Major Player Join Date: May 2007 Location: Fayetteville, GA Posts: 772	Vintage Sawmill Interview - Critique I took the following interview at a Farm Festival in Inman, Georgia and took the following interview. It was a VERY loud environment to work in! Zane Bristol's Sawmill on Vimeo Please critique.

September 26th, 2010, 05:17 PM	#5
Roger Shealy Major Player Join Date: May 2007 Location: Fayetteville, GA Posts: 772	Doug, Shot with a t2i and Canon kit 18-135mm lens, which works well if you have plenty of light and need lots of zoom range. Sound was with a Sennheiser G2 wireless piped directly into the t2i - AGC and all. With this much background noise and working solo, I didn't see much sense going to the Zoom and syncing during post. Last edited by Roger Shealy; September 26th, 2010 at 06:05 PM.

September 27th, 2010, 07:02 AM	#6
Doug Bailey Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Jupiter, FL Posts: 164	Hi Roger, Thanks for the tech info, that really helps. Regards, Doug. Last edited by Doug Bailey; September 27th, 2010 at 11:54 AM.

September 22nd, 2010, 11:22 AM	#2
Tom Majeski Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: State College PA Posts: 45	I loved it. I like the subject matter, I like old codgers who can tell stories. In the first two minutes, the cutaways of the machinery were too short for me. I would have stayed on them for 6-7 seconds or so. The 2nd half was better, showing details of the saw, carriage, belts... I don't know if this was a one ot two camera job, but if I had 2 cameras I'd have done a wide alternate angle shot of the gentleman talking and mixed it with the head-on interview. The noise was no distraction at all...It's a sawmill. Very well put together. Tom

September 22nd, 2010, 08:02 PM	#3
Roger Shealy Major Player Join Date: May 2007 Location: Fayetteville, GA Posts: 772	Thanks Tom. I've made a few changes already based on some other feedback. Titles have changed to more time-period-appropriate and a few of the cuts were jumpy as you suggested. I only took one camera but had to pull this off solo with about 2 minutes to mic the subject and set up the camera and start shooting between demonstrations. 90% of the B-Roll was taken prior to the interview. I appreciate the feedback!

September 26th, 2010, 02:58 PM	#4
Doug Bailey Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Jupiter, FL Posts: 164	Hi Roger, Very engaging movie. Maybe some of the older machinery shots could be in B&W with a bit of grain added? The sawmill noise was not a distraction. Be interested to know what gear was used, especially the mic. Great job a and love to see more. Regards, Doug.