We tried out the sound studio again after getting really great responses from our puppet test and it seemed that many people liked the puppets being behind the glass. This may be because it made the context of the conversation more like an interview scenario a suited the tone a lot better. So we tried again with some help from Louise Mccusker a TBA second year who is great to work with. She helped us record the new footage and helped us stay in frame and hidden on camera.
From some advice from Gair about lighting we tried a reflector and softer lighting since lighting effects fleece differently to human skin and gave off a different effect. We also tried some gels over the light to create a better balance.
Because lighting and reflections don't mix which is making filming a little more tricky we had to keep positioning the camera and lights in different ways. We tried to make sure the reflections of the camera equipment could not be seen and also Mark had to clean the glass as it was showing dirt and finger prints easily being picked up.
We also tried filming from different angles and also with the higher quality camera but it seemed that the lowtek camera gave us a much better result. But it turned out after reviewing the footage on a television we found that the quality was much better than viewing it on the Mac's in the studio. And that it was different from how it looked on camera when when we were filming. Which now let us learn that the lighting would be successful enough with the Panasonic PMW EX1.
We now needed to try out different conversations and have a look at different locations for each one.
Here's us chatting about the next steps.
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