Probably left over from the show before and continuity hadn't happened yet.I want to know why the chairs at 1:15 are on the wrong spots.
As a retired cameraman, this video is hard to watch despite showing some cool tricks. Following action like this with a handheld camera requires considerable skill. To be continuously out of focus as this camera operator was, caused me to cringe every time there was a search for sharp focus. A wide angle lens with its greater depth of field would have made focusing much less of a struggle for the operator. The gold standard cameraman for this type of handheld work is Dick Holden, the original operator on "This Old House." Dick's skill makes it appear he's using a Steadicam but it's a wide angle lens and incredible talent that guides the viewer on a silky smooth journey through an old house.
Yes exactly and the lens was probably a $5000 Zeiss prime which may have added to someone’s illusion that a high budget feature film was being shot. What they ended up with was a show that looked like it was shot by a 15 year old volunteer at the local cable access channel.I haven't watched it yet, but I guarantee that the reason it's all out of focus is because they used a DSLR or large-sensor camera of some sort and had the lens wide-open. Short depth of field is a nice effect, but really...you gotta get it in focus sometimes. The This Old House shows (and essentially every remote show on TV in the 80's thru 2005) were shot on 2/3" tube or chip cameras, that while they could make pretty pictures did not offer very short DOF unless you pulled some tricks. (Which I often did.) I really like Adam Savage and most of his stuff, but I think he's poorly served by some of the kids he has doing production for him. Standard disclaimer: I was in broadcast TV for 35 years, so GET OFFA MY YARD, you meddling kids!!
Yeah I immediately started thinking about my drama teacher recently asking for some big acting blocks. Pink foam, luan and some 1x3. That's fantastic!And the foam box to make it light.
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