PART V - MUED Tech

Lucy Cantrill
Mar 25, 2020
2 min read

Updated: Aug 23, 2020

Zoom and Online Classes Update:

I could seriously get use to this!!!!

<- Self isolation live cam

Multicam filming, live audio recording, and syncing

Soni Alfa 6300 Mirrorless - used for still photography and can shoot 4K

Shooting in 4K takes up a lot of space on your hard drive and will take foreverrrrrrr to load and edit on a slow computer

Schools will have "good" gear but not necessarily production level cameras that you can use for filming. You can also borrow it from the Sydney Con.

Multicam Filming and Framing

* Consider where to put each camera

* How you will frame the person in the shot

* If you are standing on the side of the frame, turn inwards to the empty space so that it looks like the space is meant to be there

Lighting

* Light coming straight down on your face will look rubbish because the contour of your face will create shadows

* Don't film with light behind you

* Try and use natural light near a window or door etc

* Use a light box to illuminate your face.

LIFE HACK: You can get this effect by getting a desk lamp and put tissue paper or a sheet 6 inches in front of the light and it'll soften it

Zoom Recorder and Getting a Nice Audio

* Can change the angle of the recording

* You can plug in XLR cables into pencil condensers (AKG) so that you can get a nice audio

* The XY configuration is important to avoid PHASING (this is confusing but its like a weird digital metallic spooky sound)

* Talk to the people who you get your gear from to see how to assemble them to get the best recording outcome!

* A lapel microphone is good because the power box wirelessly connects to the camera.

* A lapel microphone doesn't always work with body percussion (it doesn't like harsh sounds close up)

* You can drop out the lapel mic and use the room microphones of the zoom recorder to avoid the harsh sounds that body percussion might occur on the lapel

SUMMARY EEK

* Two camera angles (one with a fixed wide shot and another one that moves and zooms)

* descent lighting

* different audio recordings that pick up the content on different platforms

* Make sure you check you LEVELS, ANGLES and LIGHTING before you start anything.

* Sound check with a clap to make sure the visual and the audio are in sync when you are editing

* The director decides whether or not to do another take with 'CUTTING' the cameras and audio or continuing on with no stops

* if you only have one camera, film everything and then at the end zoom in and show the detailed close up frame and layer/edit it over where you need it in the video. Here is an example that I did today in class.