My Video Studio
February 7th, 2012 by MornaI had a great time shooting the videos for our Creative Arts Business Summit recently. I also got questions about how I set up my studio. Well, it’s not exactly a studio. It’s my guest room that I took over for a week. Good thing guests weren’t scheduled to arrive! Here’s a shot:
The room has windows equidistant from the corner where I filmed, and I picked a sunny time of the day so I could use natural light. If I had used additional lighting I would have wanted to place it on both sides of where I was standing and the room didn’t allow that. I moved the wing chair out of the space and set up my foam core on the back of a bookcase. I’ve got my camera, a Kodak Zi8, set on a tripod. In front of the tripod, I placed a stool with another piece of foam core. On that piece of foam core, I had written bullet points of what I wanted to cover. I’d love to create a full set-up with good lighting, and until then, this will work.
Daphne Greig said:
Your setup worked great Morna! Can you tell me a bit about the camera you used?
Morna said:
The Kodak Zi8 is similar to a Flip only it has an external microphone jack. That was the reason I got this model. It was really easy to use. Some of the early videos I used the microphone, particularly ones that I filmed outside. On these I did not use the microphone. I bought a ATR-3350 lavalier microphone. And, I have a tall tripod that has a built-in level. Amazon does a good job of listing the Zi8 features. I noticed it cost more than when I bought it a few years ago, so I’m guessing it’s had some upgrades. Overall, I happy with it. Let me know if you have any other questions.