big day

started shooting today, finally. interviewed kelly moran in the martha cook lounge. i'm a little disappointed in the quality of the video, some setting i used gave it a lot of, um, noise. the light wasn't too difficult, maybe a touch low. i tapped the button labeled "shutter speed +" once and everything seemed fine, but it's so hard to discern the noise level on such a small lcd. i am surprised at the quality of the audio because it was a very noisy room, right by a main door, two low-flying planes, traffic noise... none of it really picked up, which is both lucky and good i suppose. i wonder how many times i can use the word "noise" on this blog. the interview itself went pretty well, it's a good thing i'm starting with people with whom i'm already comfortable.

this is a relevant moment, the question is: why the widespread hesitation to embrace modern music?



something about the compression or upload fucked with the aspect ratio. learn to get quicktime to deal with 16/9.

for whatever reason the camera was not recording during her philip glass rendition. oops. also, there's some kind of sync issues where it's right at the beginning but by the end of a given clip he audio and video aren't quite together. i can't think of why this might happen but we're talking about a frame or two over the course of 20+ minutes of footage.

checklist for next shoot:
arrive early.
triple check the noisyness level.
make jokes, get people more comfortable early.

special thanks.
annie eriksson
the martha cook house
lindsay farris