Category Archives: multimedia

Open Up (Say “Ahh”)

Posted on January 19, 2007 by Gordon

Someone told me I should shoot all my video with the iris wide open, but I can’t remember why, and it doesn’t really make sense to me. Shed some light? This person was probably assuming you were going for that … Continue reading →

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1st and Ten

Posted on January 13, 2007 by Gordon

We’ve all seen the yellow/blue lines in football broadcasts that indicate the scrimmage and line to gain. Ever wonder how it works? As you probably guessed, the line itself is superimposed via chromakey, so anything green- or dirt-colored gets replaced, … Continue reading →

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Gain Staging

Posted on December 6, 2006 by Gordon

The audio levels on both the camera and the mixer looked good, but everything was distorted when we played it back. What the hell could it have been? There are many places where things could’ve gone wrong. That’s why it’s … Continue reading →

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Voice-Over and Over and Over

Posted on November 30, 2006 by Gordon

The narration track he gave me was pretty much unusable. A little noisy, there’s all kinds of mouth sounds, odd breaths, sloppy pronunciations . . . How can I salvage this? Well, this is why he’s in a booth and … Continue reading →

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