Practical Lessons from a Paid Location Shoot

7 years ago
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This week's episode is a different than our usual episode: I spent the last 3 days on a shoot in a different city. I was primarily the sound guy and my brother Cary was primarily the DP. The job was for a documentary corporate video. We learned some lessons with this experience and wanted to share those here.

We didn't get to talk about lighting much but the short story is that the producer did not want large imposing lights and we needed something we could transport via checked baggage on our flight. We opted to use the Aputure LS1s LED panel and a Kamerar BrightCast flexible LED panel, both shot through Kamerar D-Fuse soft boxes. These both came in my pelican case and traveled well. They did a great job in the varied lighting situations we encountered for the interviews.

Gear mentioned in this episode or used in the shoot which we did not have time to discuss:
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Aputure Light Storm LS1s LED Panel Light - easier to transport than Aputure COB120d and the producer did not want large, imposing lights.

Amazon: https://geni.us/W8u38

B&H: https://bhpho.to/2k9kVDa

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Kamerar BrightCast Flexible LED Panel Light

Amazon: https://geni.us/AJ4b

B&H: https://bhpho.to/2kJCCbP

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Kamerar D-Fuse Soft Box for LED Panel Lights

Amazon: https://geni.us/edSt3

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Sennheiser G3 Wireless Lavalier Microphone System

Amazon: https://geni.us/fDESy

B&H: https://bhpho.to/2kJmTcF

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Nikon D750 DSLR Camera

Amazon: https://geni.us/JFhsPh

B&H: https://bhpho.to/2kJuBnj

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Atomos Ninja II HDMI Recorder/Monitor

Amazon: https://geni.us/7G2N

B&H: https://bhpho.to/2kBjz0S

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Varizoom Jib

Amazon: https://geni.us/AAPF

B&H: https://bhpho.to/2kBomiw

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Copyright 2017 by Curtis Judd

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