blazingheartstudios: me interviewing a woman (yesterday, shannon) for the most recent video i’
blazingheartstudios: me interviewing a woman (yesterday, shannon) for the most recent video i’m putting together. this time it’s not a commercial for a glass blowing class or webinar or a studio rental. it’s for shannon’s post-op fundraising efforts. here, we’re upstairs at Glasscraft’s new studio space on janisse st. in eugene, oregon.it’s a 3 camera setup. the cam next to me is for the high rez CU. it is capturing sound through both a shotgun mic as well as a radio mic lav kit (antennas). the lens you see on the lower left is my MS (medium shot), and the lens you are looking thru here is my reverse angle, in case i needed to show myself asking her any questions. the reverse angle cam is affixed to the ceiling. the other two cams are on legs (tripods). there is a (2nd) shotgun mic out of frame pointed at me, to capture my questions and prompts on an Edirol stereo digital recorder.another way i might setup my CU cam is further behind me and a bit more to the (our) right, over my shoulder so the viewer has a more direct alignment with her face, but then i’d not be able to monitor the camera. the canon xf105 has a viewfinder that swivels and faces multiple directions, so i flip it over to face me at the side. then, i can flip my eyes quick and check everything from audio levels to framing to exposure and so on throughout the shoot. ideally you’d want someone else to work the gear while you tended to the human element, but i’ve had to get handy at doing both. i didn’t have a light kit with me so i seated her next to the window to get some soft, wraparound lighting.after the interview i grabbed some insert shots and cutaways to help with editing later. pay attention during the shoot for what you feel some good cutaways will be. i chose the decor along the windowpan, which consisted of some glass marbles and an animal skull. i also shot an ECU of the pendant on her neck (she referred to it in our talk), and some long grass waving in the wind out the window–a few times she was gazing outside. cutting to her POV (outside) will help me establish a greater space by connecting her eyeline to what she sees. further, the feeling of lush, breathing, mother nature–waving, green, grass in the sun in a gentle wind–helps reflect the main theme of the interview–life, and her early recovery from cancer surgery. Here is the end result: https://youtu.be/Vi2cEmtDsGk though I’m sorry to say Shannon didn’t make it. #cancer #filmmaking #stories  -- source link