Dunwich Dynamo film

Just for anyone who missed it on the Dunwich thread.

My film of saturday's ride....
http://www.itvlocal.com/london/londonlife/?player=LON_LondonLife_15&void=214181

Excuse the cheesy voiceover...fortunately, it's not the day job!

I can't hear the voiceover! :-(

Just for anyone who missed it on the Dunwich thread.

My film of saturday's ride....
http://www.itvlocal.com/london/londonlife/?player=LON_LondonLife_15&void=214181

Excuse the cheesy voiceover...fortunately, it's not the day job!

Excellent stuff, I thought the voice over was pretty good.

What camera where you using and did you have an external mic ?

Excellent stuff, I thought the voice over was pretty good.

What camera where you using and did you have an external mic ?

Thanks - it was a little domestic sony hdv - HC3 I think. Always use decent mics - Beyer M58 for voxpops and Sennheiser radio mic for the interview and piece to camera. Shooting/editing i'm fine with...it was the writing and voicing that was a new experience - not one to be repeated in the near future.....unlike the ride - roll on next year - fixed and without camera kit!

Thanks - it was a little domestic sony hdv - HC3 I think. Always use decent mics - Beyer M58 for voxpops and Sennheiser radio mic for the interview and piece to camera. Shooting/editing i'm fine with...it was the writing and voicing that was a new experience - not one to be repeated in the near future.....unlike the ride - roll on next year - fixed and without camera kit!

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Looks pretty good to me, any HDV camera footage scaled down to SD PAL is going to look pretty good. I have just bought a Sennheiser MKE 400 for doing interviews, it's highly directional and I can mount it away from the camera (to cut out motor noise) and has pretty decent reviews, but do you reckon I would be better off with a radio mic ?

ahhhh..

heh! tommy boy, TV star!

ahhhh..

heh! tommy boy, TV star!

Pretty sure I spotted Horatio near the start (?)

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Looks pretty good to me, any HDV camera footage scaled down to SD PAL is going to look pretty good. I have just bought a Sennheiser MKE 400 for doing interviews, it's highly directional and I can mount it away from the camera (to cut out motor noise) and has pretty decent reviews, but do you reckon I would be better off with a radio mic ?

I actually didn't bother shooting in hdv - I don't tend to find much difference shooting dv and it saves the hassle of downconverting. I work at ITV News and our broadcast stuff is all shot on DVCAM, which is pretty much the same format on tape as DV - same bitrate, just a bit more rugged. We do use fullsize cameras though with bigger chips and decent lenses - that makes far more difference.

The MKE400 is a great little mic - as you say, get it away from the camera to reduce the noise. I'm lucky in that I've got access to various sound kit, but if I had to buy it myself, I'd get the MKE400 with a Rycote windshield and a long cable - that'll let you do most things.

Watched it last night when I got home. Good job Steve quite an inspiring little film.

I like the fact that I can now say I am news worthy! ;)

Watched it last night when I got home. Good job Steve quite an inspiring little film.

I like the fact that I can now say I am news worthy! ;)

Glad you liked it!

As was said - youre an ambassador for the cause....whatever that might be!

I gather that the ITV Local website doesn't work for macs - so its up on vimeoas well....
http://www.vimeo.com/1389012

Good job... Especially getting off, to get those bikes-passing-by shots.
Looked fantastic. It's booked for nxt year... (instead of going to a stoopid wedding reception)

Nice one steves...good job and thanks for vimeoing it for us mac boys.
got to get on this next year for sure. Gears though I think

I'm in it at the start! (yellow campag cap and combats)
I've never been on TV before! Woo!

Top stuff Steve.
Can tell you're not a reporter: a 5min VT and not a single piece to camera!