Lowel is a location light kit manufacturer with the usual large price tags, but they have a free section of their Web site about how to light different situations. Although the lessons all use their lights, there’s no reason why you couldn’t do the same sort of thing with a few work lights from your local hardware store.
You may remember that I had posted a while ago about an article I found on stage fighting. Well, I got a few of the books listed in that article from my library, and I’ve been reading them over the past few weeks. I wanted to show you the one I think is the best.
You can also watch the video on YouTube.
There are two things that generally stand out when you watch an amateur video. Shaky footage from the lack of tripod use, and too many transitions. We amateurs love transitions and use them frequently. Too frequently. Why? I don’t know, maybe because any video editing software comes with piles of cheesy transitions, which amateurs think they really ought to use. Well, allow me to write a bit more on this subject, and I’ll shed some light on when to use transitions and when to avoid them. [Read more →]
Considering that I just posted a link to an article about stage fighting, I thought it would be a good time to discuss the swords that we use.
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