From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Mathieu_Ren=E9?= <creaturiste-AT-primus.ca>
To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 16:49:13 -0500
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] low tech videos - great results



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew" <puppetvision-AT-gmail.com>
To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 3:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] low tech videos - great results


>I think YouTube/web video/etc. is one of the best things to have happened 
>to
> puppetry in a long time because it's made it so easy for almost anyone to
> distribute their work on global scale at little to no cost.
>
> Virtually any modern video camera these days will give you a fantastic
> picture if you're outputting to YouTube, the web, etc. The most important
> thing is lighting (followed probably by audio). If you go to almost any
> professional photography store you can buy a set of three 500w 'scoop' or
> photo flood lights that work great for video for about $150 (I recommend
> buying the 500w lights over the 250w because the 500s seem to be more
> durable). If that's too much for anyone's budget ebay is a great source of
> cheap used fixtures.
>
> Scott Spears has a great article on low budget lighting online at
> http://www.scottspears.net/Lowbudgetinglighting.htm
>
> It's also a good idea to understand 3 point lighting (if you don't already
> know what that is). Here is a good guide -
> http://www.andrew-whitehurst.net/3point.html
>
> BTW Mathieu, thanks for that link to the Chantal Kreviazuk video...it's
> really great (she's Canadian too).
>
> - Andrew
>
> On Feb 6, 2008 8:47 AM, <puptcrit-request-AT-puptcrit.org> wrote:
>
>> Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 21:37:21 -0500
>> From: Mathieu Ren? <creaturiste-AT-primus.ca>
>> Subject: [Puptcrit] low tech videos - great results
>> To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
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>>
>> In my previous post (Makin' My first Puppet video), I said I wanted to 
>> see
>> more examples of good short videos using cheap cameras.
>> To produce my own this month, but also to see what we, as puppet 
>> producing
>> people, could do with our often limited technical and financial 
>> resources.
>> Imagine that so many of us could each have a decent promotional video
>> online (and on disks, portable mp3 players, video phones), without the 
>> cost
>> of a full film crew and equipment. Imagine the great promo potential, to
>> have it so available!
>>
>>
>> I mentionned Chantal Kreviazuk as one who made a videoclip using only a
>> cell phone camera. I found the video, it is called "Wonderful", and here 
>> is
>> the official music label's link to it, online:
>> http://nettwerkmusic.magnify.net/item/60T5MVR3QLCPKNSB
>>
>> I think it's fantastic what they were able to do with it, and especially
>> how it does not look like they were trying to do something that the 
>> hardware
>> could not produce.
>>
>> Embracing the medium...the timeless challenge.
>>
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