The Fallacies of Lamps

We’ve been working harder than we ever have on our quest for quality content. So far, it’s been mainly successful. I’ve been having a lot of fun filming again; I haven’t been on a set that even resembled anything professional like this since film school. There’s the chain of command and all that crap, and even though not everyone is entirely familiar with the format, at the end of the day we have some good quality footage on our hands.

One of the problems with our first skit was the low sound levels. I believe that when we filmed that one, we used the onboard mic. We have since created a “boom mic” that is working fairly well.

Another problem, and this may be a personal one, is the length of the skit. I fear it doesn’t keep the viewer drawn in. This, too, will be fixed in upcoming skits; they are short and to the point and, in my opinion, very, very funny. I’m in the slow process of editing one, and it isn’t going very quickly only because I forget most of my editing prowess that I had acquired a few years back.

My last point will be on lighting. It is damn hard to light a set if you have all of the appropriate lights. Perhaps I was spoiled, as at school we were given a wide barrage of lights, posts, flags and grip equipment. Now, all we have for a two-point lighting setup is a massive floodlight which “zebra-stripes” everything on the camera, and one touch-to-light table lamp. The results we managed to produce with these truly astound me, and I am proud to say that, if we were given proper lights, we could make one hell of a scene.

A new article will be up soon, as well a new skit.

Take care.

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