This week's video: memories of Soupy Sales, a few thoughts about "Friday Night Lights," some new DVD, a couple of books and a Wanda Sykes bobblehead!
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Hey Rich, long time.
As I deal with video alot, I think this was pretty good and packed with info. I would like to suggest, from the scene designers perspective, two simple 'adjustments'. 1) Wear darker shirts so your face is more prominant. 2) Turn down the brightness of the TV / monitor (Ole Soupy) so it too doesn't steal focus from your face. Trust the image in the camera viewfinder, and …
3) (I know I said 2 but this one is harder) paint the wall behind your head a medium grey or other (darker than skin tone) shade, or cover it with kraft paper, or … whatever, hide the white. Youre face &/or the products want to be the brightest things in the frame. These steps will allow your face and the products to 'Pop' and give you an instantly better product. A simple clip light (spun aluminum cheapo from TrueValue) cliped on the tripod with a 25 to 60w CFL might help if the TV/monitor looks bad adjusted low. Tracing paper attached with clothes pins for diffusion if you have trouble with reflections &/or glare. IMHO
Gary
PS: I wish I had that much of my hair left!