On the Run Interviews & Soundscapes

April 2, 2019

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Your Challenge This Week:

Capture the essential sounds of a place using a high-quality recorder and the techniques used in class. Capture video shots that go with these sounds and edit together a 1 minute immersive video.

Try to engage people you do not know in impromptu interviews on the street (or wherever), preferably on a topic that might work for your final project. Edit into a piece no longer than 3 minutes.

Project Practice

Remember to make sure whatever you do allows you to practice for your final project or even allows you to get started on it.

My 3 Year Goal: Create a video series on Religion

This Week’s Practice: Go to a local church and share the story of that church.

What I learned:

+ It took me a day, but I learned a 360 Video workflow
– 360 Video does not work in low light
– be aware of cropping on stabilization modes
– Zippers are noisy. Avoid them or tape them down.
– Use dead cats for wind – even on tiny lapels (I ordered some little tiny dead cats)
– Be careful with timelapse settings (I lost half of my footage because my camera was in timelapse mode … ARGGHHH!)
– Always get clean sound of the environment (not just interviews and people talking) It will help build your soundscape.
– Need 1 inch or better sensor for low-light
+- Clean stable shots and good gliding b-roll are very useful. I could have used more.
+ My audio was so bad I had to match manually. Learned Alt+Arrow to shift one-frame and Alt+Shift+Arrow to shift 5 frames
+ Get inside your subject’s personal story as they see it and honor that story
+ Cultivate compassion for your subject
+ 360Cam + 2 lapels could be a great moving interview setup if executed a little better
+ Living a little and taking chances in your everyday life ==> Better stories
+ Remember the key elements of anthropology
- + See Big, See Small, See it all
- + Experience More, Experience Difference, Experience Differently
- + Ask Questions, Make Connections, and Try New Things