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I’ve made some major updates to my rig. This post was originally published back in 2016 or something.
Since then, I’ve added some stuff for self-tapes:
I’ve added this backdrop.
And these lights.Â
The tripods for the lights break pretty quickly cause they’re cheap. But I’m still making them work. Bought some extension cords for the lights cause the included cords are SUPER short.
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Turns out that, if you’ve got great lighting, and I mean GREAT lighting, you can shoot great looking footage on a iPhone. The short below was filmed using an iPhone 6s, decent kitchen lighting, and this $32 LED.*
The kitchen with all of its lights really made these shots. I just used the LED to bounce some light off the marble counter onto Erin to provide contrast with background.
If we had shot in a less well-lit interior, this would have looked very different. The iPhone with its tiny sensor just can’t soak up tons of light, and the phone would have compensated with a much higher ISO. And ISO = noise. guerrilla
For the script, I thought of the concept awhile ago. This idea actually came before to the STD debate video.
*iPhone was mounted on this tripod with this head using this cage. Also used this shotgun mic mounted to the cold shoe. Video shot using this app.