Hi,
I'm new here and I"m so excited about learning techniques to make better videos. THe following video was shot with a canon elura 100 and a condenser mic whereby i recorded the audio seperately through a mixer.
I used green screen only to realize later that the "green screen" reflection appeared on the tabletop...
Enough rambling, heres the video...I'm still a newbie :D
http://www.hippomarketing.com/soc/
I had the couple sitting at a table behind and on top of a green screen, but I foolishly didn't record the "entire table", I just recorded from the top of the table and up...
I realized how important it was to get the full shot because now my people appear small in a large room....I had to bring the tabletop down to the bottom to hide the fact I didn't film below the table.
I haven't edited the video yet to make their delays in speech better, we plan to reshoot this weekend and I wanted advice from you all on what I could do to make it better.
This went 13 minutes, but I only have 80 seconds of video loaded up for preview.
Thanks.
Carl
She doesn't say much, but he speaks too quickly - it sounds as if he's either over rehearsed or is reading it. Get him to slow down.
yes, that is setting a new standard in headroom
;)
I'd get them to talk to each other, once she starts talking, rather than both facing the camera. Will seem more natural /relaxed - less forced. Right now both have that deer-caught-in-the-headlights look.
what are you using to do the keying? AE?
also, you keeping them a good distance from the screen? eg 10ft
I think you've realised the main problems already with the keying and framing.
One of my pet hates is what i call the "TV-am 2-shot" (so called because the company TV-am was one of the first I noticed using this here in the UK. Basically, it's when two presenters are in shot all the time that only one of them is speaking. This leaves the other looking a little lost and wondering what expression they should have on their face.
In my opinion, it's OK to have a 2-shot to establish then cut to a CU of the speaker, changing to a CU of the other person when they speak.
I get the impression that this kind of 2-shot (with one presenter fairly redundant while the other is talking) is common in America so it may not be something you have any great dislike of.
it also reminds me of the technique used frequently by Border TV many years ago. They would have a presenter addressing the camera to introduce someone who was about to be interviewed. During this intro, they would cut to the interviewee while the intro was still going on. Invariably, the inteviewee would be staring at the camera (probably reading the autocue in their heads as the presenter read it out) making them look just a tad silly.
Anyway, just my opinion but I really do hate 2-shots if there's only one person talking for any length of time.
It really is the in thing now. In a few years time someone will come up with the idea of single shots to get over the fact that the non speaking presenter in 2-shots always looks spare. Perhaps the standing news will go as well.