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Old 07-08-2009, 12:15 PM
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Hi Ladies

All I can say is "Good on you!!!" Too many people nowdays will not venture into anything unless they have the best gear and the perfect setup and you are showing them that it can be done!!

Remember that it's not about the equipment it's about the content!!! Give your viewers a good story line and a good performance and you will wow them!!! I have seen real shockers shot on DigiBeta that don't deserve even a feeble applause for content and have also seen brilliant clips shot on something as simple as a HandyCam...It's not the camera that counts but the person behind the camera!!!

Keep us updated on your production !!

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I'm a big fan of using Gobos and they are easy to make yourself. Cardboard a razor knife and just cut out patterns and place them over the lights with cloths pins. I'm a big fan of the "worms" pattern. It gives a nice random light to shadow effect.
Another nice effect. Fill the room with fog and suspend hanging light fixtures from the ceiling. You can get just a socket from lowes or any hardware store and wire a lamp cord to it. Get those babies swinging and just watch that light in motion work that fog.
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Thanks for the tip.
This is the sort of thing we need to know (mind you if it was a wind up we wouldn't know!).
My dad's gonna go crazy when we flood the lounge with smoke & nail lights to the ceiling!! I cant wait!


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Cheers for your encouragement Softweigh, we didnt see your post.
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