As part two of the epic classmate project adventure, we had to set up video lighting (from constant sources, as opposed to strobe), shoot about thirty seconds of footage, and then edit everything using FinalCut Express.
It was MUCH easier to set up the lighting for this than for the SLR camera part, which was a relief. I think I prefer using constant sourcing. As an added bonus, I thought I’d overexposed a little bit, but after the computer capture was finished, the lighting turned out pretty on point.
Although I like the lighting setup, I messed up the audio controls, and recorded in stereo where I should have used mono (my microphone was on mute, and I didn’t realize it until after the fact). The result is a strange echo effect…argh
Anyway, here’s Matt talking about one of the (tastier) strange things he’s eaten (I had to edit out the beginning, where he mentions eating dog, cat, and donkey, but I’m guessing those didn’t taste as good as the coconut concoction) :
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The facial expressions are just plain awesome.
wayyyy better job of lighting Matt’s hair, and his face is a liiiiiittle too shadowed…I also think stopping up one or two would have made a huge difference, as I shot this at 1/45 of a second (sheesh…).
