#1 2005-06-15 06:29:07

dfwpeter

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How do you set up an agony??? Tech Aspects....

Ok - the majority of the camera angles are camera right above woman laying on her back focusing in on face only.

HOW DO YOU MOUNT THAT CAMERA? Are people using tripods and we just don't see the legs or are there some kewl little gadgets that I just don't think of....

And while we are questioning behind the scenes:

Several of these women sound like they are being recorded in a warehouse type setting. You hear a very hollow larger room. Sometimes soound in the background has a great big echo like doors closing. Is there an agony production studio or do these come from all different locations??

Anyone else have tech questions???

No1steelerfan

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Re: How do you set up an agony??? Tech Aspects....

Several of these women sound like they are being recorded in a warehouse type setting. You hear a very hollow larger room. Sometimes soound in the background has a great big echo like doors closing. Is there an agony production studio or do these come from all different locations??Anyone else have tech questions???

I can't find the thread right now but Richard has said that they did set up a studio. I think that it is near, but not in, a lumbermill in Melbourne. I do know that some of my favorite agonies were filmed there; 232, 273 among others. There have also been a few of the videos over on ISM filmed there, namely "Sizzle 1 & 2" by Liandra Dahl, who is also a contributor here.

HOW DO YOU MOUNT THAT CAMERA? Are people using tripods and we just don't see the legs or are there some kewl little gadgets that I just don't think of....

As far as how the camera is mounted, I theorize that it is mounted on a wall somehow. Because the camera does not move when the agonees do, I don't think that it is a tripod setup or we may have seen it being bumped while the agonees are in the throes of their agony.

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richard

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Re: How do you set up an agony??? Tech Aspects....

I can't find the thread right now but Richard has said that they did set up a studio. I think that it is near, but not in, a lumbermill in Melbourne. I do know that some of my favorite agonies were filmed there; 232, 273 among others.

If you'll check the thread you'll see that I said we did NOT set up a studio anywhere.  We did have access to an empty building ffor a while and some agonees who didn't have their own equipment or privacy, used that building.

As far as how the camera is mounted, I theorize that it is mounted on a wall somehow. Because the camera does not move when the agonees do, I don't think that it is a tripod setup or we may have seen it being bumped while the agonees are in the throes of their agony.

The ones who use our equipment use a tripod.  It's not hard to set it up so you don't bump the legs, but some still do.

No1steelerfan

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Re: How do you set up an agony??? Tech Aspects....

I stand corrected. I am sorry for posting misinformation. Please forgive me. (This is called kissing up, if you didn't know.) I do find it interesting how with some of the agonees thrashing about that the tripod wasn't knocked across the room. Maybe that is just wishful thinking on my part.

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richard

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Re: How do you set up an agony??? Tech Aspects....

Sorry, I didn't mean to shout.  The trick with the tripod, we've found out, is to use it upside down - so the legs are beside the shoulders and above the head.  The video is then flipped in the edit.

pablo

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Re: How do you set up an agony??? Tech Aspects....

It appears the video quality on a couple of the clips posted this week (#308 & 309 specifically) is crisper than in earlier clips. (Even when compared to others added recently.)

Did BA upgrade equipment or were these outside submissions?

As an aside - what percentage of clips are shot by BA versus outside submissions you are now adding to the site? (Say in a given month.)

richard

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Re: How do you set up an agony??? Tech Aspects....

It appears the video quality on a couple of the clips posted this week (#308 & 309 specifically) is crisper than in earlier clips. (Even when compared to others added recently.)

Did BA upgrade equipment or were these outside submissions?

As an aside - what percentage of clips are shot by BA versus outside submissions you are now adding to the site? (Say in a given month.)

We have been fiddling with media settings to improve the quality, maybe that's what ou're noticing.   We don't shoot any of the submissions but we do lend equipment to quite a few of the contributors.