It feels pretty good to let it out, right? I can totally relate to stressing out on set & ruining the vibe for everyone so thanks for highlighting that, something to remember for my upcoming short. Always helps to hear that we all make mistakes.
thanks Matt!
That's a great fact, although I think Rembrandt deserves most of the credit as the person who popularised that lighting choice. A caveman probably was the first to notice it, but who's counting first? ;)
Flicker wasn't a problem, like you said it was more to do with being able place it exactly where I wanted it, and use the dimmer for precise exposure control. If I'd used the fluorescent, I would have had to bring up the ISO, and then the natural light in the background would have been more prominent :)
I just wrote out a long comment, and it didn't go through. Perhaps some sort of comment-draft system would be useful so that it caches your comments in case something goes wrong?
I don't want to chip in too much here, because I don't want to try and undermine anyone else's opinion. However I would like to reassure you that the video came from this perspective: "here are some of the mistakes that I'm making right now, and hopefully we can both learn from them". It's completely open ended meaning that you could hear my views and then decide to do the complete opposite.
However, I would just like to clarify that I have made a number of other narrative projects (I'm not saying they were any good, but I did make & learn from them). You can learn about my full story in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhX06VroP48