The video filming set-up on my narrowboat. Not a tutorial.
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- Опубліковано 2 лис 2024
- Not sure if anyone will even be interested but this is a quick overview of how I now set up the narrowboat for webcasts or piece-to-camera recordings.
It's hardly a "pro" TV studio but I have gone live on UA-cam (via Streamyard, a laptop and a cheap HDMI capture card) with this setup, as well as recording various bits so I thought it might be of interest.
Not a tutorial, and far from perfect; just how I do it.
Gear used (affiliate links)
Sony ZV1 video camera: geni.us/Airsca...
Sony AX53 camcorder: geni.us/Airsca...
Rode Videomicro microphone: geni.us/Airsca...
Godox ML60 LED light: geni.us/Airsca...
Aputure Amaran AL-F7 LED light (newer version of the one I have): geni.us/Airsca...
Zhiyou Mini Magic Arm with Ballheads: geni.us/Airsca...
Andoer Crab Pliers Super Clamp: geni.us/Airsca...
I thoroughly enjoyed this one. I've always liked a bit of 'behind the scenes' and this one was a bit of an eye opener on how you maintain such a high standard. 'Just a quick piece to camera' is clearly a far more complex proposition to a pro. Well worth the effort. 👍
I always like to see how fellow UA-camrs setup their cameras and lights. Yours is great and makes very good use of your limited space - top marks.
A good insight into your broadcasting space thanks for sharing.
How I miss your happy crazy Christmas videos. However thank you for being there through these isolation times and I hope you are able to be with family and or friends this season.
Thank you! You too!
Wow thank you for welcoming the audience in your rather uncommon place.. all combined with your english touch, you are such an entertainer ..Buon Natale!
Again, I must say it again: you can make ordinary things to interesting stories. Needless to say: " I love your channel " again. 👍
Thank you
OOOEEE come over from that other narrowboat show. Cause Dave You got talent.... all yours are the best so far... Cheers.
It's the details that raise your productions above the rest, Merry Christmas to you David.:)
Very interesting and informative as usual. Good health and happiness to you. Xx
Always interesting to see how others set up their lights to get some good ideas and insight. I've been puzzling over the best lighting combo for some kitchen videos and have the same issue as you with the harsh exterior light vs. shadows.
Cheers!
Hi David,
Really informative and entertaining video....as you know as in most things, the more you spend on equipment the more of diminishing returns ( many years ago I got into Hi-Fi ) More recently was spending time and some money on photography for selling on eBay, only to end up using my phone which gave me 'good' photos and was just so much faster and easier for the purpose.
I follow you on your narrowboat vlogs and really enjoy the content and your straight forward views, sense of humor and high standard of all round production.
Take care Steve
Haha yes far too easy to be tempted by the next great “toy” 😂
Happy Christmas David, you are helping maintain sanity in this household as we wait for Corvid to go and our narrowboat to arrive.
I had no idea how much went in to your recording, kudos for professionalism
Thanks David. Quality condensed info for those of us who "know nothing, Mr Fawlty".
Just found this David. Great to see, and to hear, your cheery voice. Cheered me up immensely. How selfish is that.
You've always been a very clever and resourceful person. So interesting!
Always very interesting ... and amusing.. I do love your humour.. broken chair... stove top..etc.. always get a chuckle..
See you next time 👍🙃🇦🇺
Your Living Quarters are great, all part of the Mariners Life. ...now if i could just sell this Lifestyle to my wife aye aye Top of the Season to you mate.
I was going to put in my two cents, having been a professional photographer for many decades, however, your results are excellent and my 'simpler' set up would cause a lot of problems with your eyeglasses - which your set-up has solved. So well done, David.
Baking (parchment) paper is in every grip truck I've ever seen. (Working on a commercial once with two time Academy Award winning cinematographer Haskell Wexler, he used baking paper and one bulb for a shot). It's handy, it's cheap, it doesn't melt if you get it near a bulb (the old filament ones). And of course I've used it, too. I am also impressed with the LED ring lights. But then these show up in your glasses (I wear them too.) And soft boxes are no better than your parchment paper except in two ways. 1. There's no spill light bouncing around which is not a problem in your set up, and 2. They're more efficient with the light which you don't need. The other advantage which no longer matters with digital is the 'translume' (expensive diffusion sheeting) is it doesn't shift the color balance to warm as the parchment paper does. So were you to hire Freddie Jones (3 Osars for David Lean's movies) to do your set-up, he'd walk in look at it and say 'Right. Ready to shoot.'
Narrowboat? quiet staid canals.... I just realized what your obvious next step is: _Cutting the Cruise: a wide boat (catamaran or trimaran) on the high seas._ What I've only just realized (after months of trying to figure out which cat or tri I'll be able to afford -once I get my jab and learn how to sail) is that a catamaran is really two narrow boats with a studio apartment (saloon) in between. (The Leopard 45' saloon is 12' x 16' (wide) )
Thank you. Well if it’s good enough for the experts, it’s good enough for me. I’m not a fan of ring lights though.
That was brilliant! I never knew how much effort went into a talking head! Thank you, I learned an awful lot!
Merry, merry, happy, happy! Another great video, thanks for sharing. You've left me smiling again with trying to straighten your chair. I too have a chair that tilts slightly but it is so comfortable that I continue to use it, won't give it up just yet.
So much work done seamlessly. Well done.
Interesting! Didn't realize you had this channel, good stuff here too!
I know absolutly nothing about the techincal side of setting up for filming vlogs but you made it very interesting David, thank you and best wishes.
Hi David a good explanation of how you get your lighting sorted! Very useful and of course shows your own ingenuity of how to sort things in your narrow boat environment! Thank you for that and stay safe in these difficult times! 😷🤞💉👍🦉😊
Great video! Didn’t realize you had this channel too...how many other channels do you have hidden away? . Always interesting to see what gear people are using. I just bought a couple of those double ball head clamps for lighting and mic. Very handy!
G'day David. Thank you for this filming set up Vlog. I am still in my planning stages for my Vlog. You have shown me some great ideas that I can use. Merry Christmas to you. A safe 2021 for you. Cheers.
Thanks for that video David - amazing what you can do in such a small space, great set-up
Merry Christmas and happy new year David enjoy and stay safe thanks for all the vlogs
A brilliant and very informative video, David. I have just got into video making as a hobby and your video has been very very informative indeed. Thank you.
Merry Christmas to you.
You are so funny and your video's are great, Thumbs up from me.
Thank you so much!
David, wonderful vlog! I really enjoyed seeing how you get ready to entertain us. The Christmas lights are a nice touch along with the box of presents. I really enjoyed seeing you on Narrowboat Tales. Happy Christmas to you, stay safe and be blessed. Oh, you're grrrrrrreat!
It is amazing just how much equipment is needed to make these videos. One video I'd really love to see, is a start to finish tutorial on just how you edit your videos. Although, this may be a subject too technical to do in one go. Thanks as always for this one David ;)
Great stuff David. Right after you came an ad for compression stockings that are taking the world by storm! Great fun. Happy New Year and I hope to see you back when you've re-charged your creative batteries.
John, Ontario, Canada.
That was genuinely of interest, thanks. Happy Xmas and new year, stay safe.
Pretty cool video. I thought I would drop by this channel. I did wonder what you did for a set. I will say that your sound quality on your videos has been top notch for years. I have never focused on the lighting, so I was unaware of all the different little things you do, you have given me a ton of wonderful viewing experiences. thank you . I don't say Thank you for your videos quite enough. But I do so enjoy them. 😊
Thank you
Have a great Christmas and an even better new year. Enjoyed the vlog
Thank you, you too
Live in 3-2-1... top show David, have a good one. All the best from the land of Oz. (Au) Cheers!!!
Another really interesting video especially for those of us who have no knowledge of how to make films. Happy New Year David and looking forward to more great videos in 2021.
Thank you. I learned quite a lot. Love the parchment paper diffuser. I’m definitely going to try it.
Glad it was helpful!
Wow! Another new "UKAirscape" video--this brings back some great memories, David, as this is one of your channels to which I first subscribed several years ago. Of course, I currently subscribe to
"Cruising the Cut" and "Vandemonium." Now all we need is a new "TubeShooterMag" post! Whatever the channel, I always enjoy watching your videos. Thanks, Happy New Year and please keep up the great work!
Haha cheers Craig. I did put a new video up on Tubeshootermag just a couple of weeks ago!
@@UKAirscape Great! I''m gonna check it out right now! Thanks, David!
Not being involved with videography,. I did find this behind the scenes quite interesting. Loved your use of parchment paper. Inexpensive and stores easily. Thank you for the view of your studio. Happy Christmas!
Interesting stuff David like the idea of the baking paper as a defuser, just bought myself a cheap 2 panel led lighting set so interesting to see how it works with 2 lights
Best wishes and a healthy new year.
Thank you, and to you
Merry Christmas and good luck for the New David .
Merry Christmas David! this was great really enjoyed seeing how you work the shots! I am taking notes thank you sir!
Merry Christmas Happy New Year
Cheers Sheila! And to you
Your videos are really informative and very useful. Keep em coming.
Nice explaining your set up love the cushion at the back of you nice 👍 have a good new year all. 😀👍
And to you a good 2021 as well!
Oh dear, yet another channel from you. Less time for my van conversion. Ah well, weather's not that friendly for van work. Love the photo stuff as an amateur stills guy.
Have a great Xmas.
David this channel just showed up in my UA-cam feed. Well I saw that it is one of your channels so I subscribed. Great information as always.
Welcome along!
Thank you for this video. Very useful experiments with the two lights from both sides. By the way, can you also let us know the dimensions of your boat in centimetres?
Hi David, I really do enjoy your vlogs, thank you. I used to like LED until I researched the damage it causes to your eyes, can actually make you go blind.. You are a clever man so I'm sure you already know this 🎅 Merry Christmas 🎅
Merry Christmas
I would love to listen to you read aloud either some of the sherlock holmes or Dickens classics you have such the voice for it I for one believe you would be a natural ! Must come with warning like all drug commercials listening may cause desires for cheese sandwiches and a cuppa tea or two
I have problems with lighting as well, and the light changes every time I move the boat. I must get around to sorting out some lights... Have a good Christmas.
Cheers. Narrowboat lighting is a pain!
Many thanks for the lighting tutorial, it was most interesting. I suppose one of your biggest problems is storage for your equipment. What with this and vandamonium, it's like being in night school. Here's hoping you have a Happy and Peaceful Christmas and Healthy New Year. Take care David. Kindest regards,Barrie.
Thanks Barrie. Happy Christmas to you too.
Very good David after all you are coming from a narrowboat and not the "The Doughnut"
Very useful video, thanks David.
Hello. I am a fan of your channel. In March 2014 you made a video about the settings of the Panasonic HC X 920, which really helped me a lot. I am now looking forward to your review and the settings of the Panasonic HC X 1500/2000 with the immediate question whether the HC X 1500 is much better than my current HC X 920 (which I am very satisfied with by the way). Thanks in advance for your response.
Hi, cheers but I don't have an HCX1500/2000 and no plans to acquire one. There are a handful of videos on UA-cam about it though.
I love Frosties, too!
David. Just literally came across this on my UA-cam feed. Didn't know about this channel. Have already subscribed as have been royally entertained by CTCut for seems like forever. Happy Christmas.
Cheers! It’s a very old channel I used to do a lot of camera gear stuff on, largely informal, test shots, unboxings etc.
That was well interesting Dave never new what went into it Nice one happy new yr 🙂✌️
Really liked this vlog, found it quite interesting,
David bakingpaper is cool and basic! And it is funktional!
Is your stove fan broken or can you switch it off?
Broken
Very nice! Every bit as good as the what the local CBS crew does around here most days. A very Merry Christmas to you from New England.
Cheers! Merry Christmas 🎄
Interested, because I have good video, lighting and sound equipment to shoot at home, but I was thinking of how to do a more compact setup to shoot in my camper van.
Hmm, tricky in a camper, such a small space
@@UKAirscape Yup, I subscribe to Vandemonium as well. My camper is an American model, so it's a bit bigger (see picture on my YT profile), but still a challenge to shoot in, especially since American RVs tend to be much more cramped, due to manufacturers trying to maximize storage space.
David... deck lights from diffused deck flush windows installed on cabin top to spread the light around... on my sail boat it lights the wood interior, with visible soft light ...no electricity, and imagine port holes for side windows, even in the slip with tall stink potters towering over the cabin and rig... I have lighted through out the cabin, no power used.
Cheers Frank. Such lights wouldn’t be bright enough for filming without a lot of gain in the camera, which introduces noise (unwanted). Also, the idea is not to have a generally diffuse light all around, especially from overhead, as that has no “shape” to the image; it just lights everything equally. The idea is to throw light in specific directions (such as with the Godox lighting just me, by and large) but then diffusing it so as to not give harsh shadows. It’s not about the quantity of light all around but how you shape it to give definition within the image. As I mentioned, I’m far from expert at it but I know the theory 😂
Nice setup!
I like the tip regarding baking paper. Easy solution for getting even lighting!
Do you know what the “color temperature” is? 2000K is typically yellowish like old tungsten light bulbs.. and 5000K is “daylight” .. sometimes rather blueish. (Tends to make me look pasty white! LOL.)
The Godox light is daylight (5600), the Aputure fill light is more towards tungsten (usually around 3200 rather than 2000, which would be extremely yellow); my subsequent addition of a back light is an RGB fixture that can create various temperatures as required.
Merry Christmas David, and stay safe
Merry Christmas 🎄
though not about lighting I totally expected echo in such a confined space without acoustic tiles.... Is there just a sweet spot for sound or pure luck with where your saloon ended up?
It's too small a space to have any substantial echo as such, what you would just get is a tinny sound unless the mic was close. There are lots of odd angles in the boat to break up sound reflections too (and the curtains and chairs as soft furnishings to damp it as well)
Well first of all a merry Christmas to you and hopefully a better new year.
Now then after that lighting and audio masterclass let me just warn you not to let those folks from speilbergs hollywood industrial light and magic get wind of this or you will be scooped up and working on the set of the next mission impossible film, where would we all be then I ask you, so remember, mum's the word old chap.
Great vlog Dave, learnt a lot. Thanks. Happy New Year.
Happy Christmas David!
If you mount a mirror on the ceiling you could mount the Godox low and point it upwards and still get a high 45° light.
I like the idea but not sure it would work. The mirror would still need diffusion placed in front of it (and with some space between mirror and diffusion), plus it would need to hang down at one end to get the right angle. Plus the beam from the Godox isn’t very focused so I’d lose a lot of light to the ceiling.
Enjoyed the explanation -- best wishes to you for the New Year
A belated merry Christmas and all the best for the new year. Interesting even though I have no interest in photography.
Have you got any experience as to how well the inbulit video stabilisation works in the Sony ZV-1 camra for handheld footage? Do you use video stabilisation for handheld footage as part of your editing software? What software do you use for editing, and are you satisfiend with it? Do you work in 4k? Kind Regards
It’s pretty poor, kind of ten-year-old standard Sony stabilisation, not a patch at all on what a modern GoPro or DJI Osmo Action can do. If you stand still and just want some of the handheld wobbliness of a static shot taken out then it’s OK but not much more. I have Mercalli v4 software plugin which is excellent if I need additional stabilisation though its ideal for smoothing out movement rather than holding a static shot like a tripod. I work in 4K and use Vegas Pro 18, having used it for 20 years or so.
@@UKAirscape Thanks a lot. Kind regards.
Having recently spent two hours setting up a camera to take a 'regulation' passport photo of myself with no shadows, specs reflection, background detail or whatever, I feel your pain! Happy Christmas David, looking forward to next years vlogs.
Oh, I know that pain too!! Terrible things, the passport photo rules ☹️
Thanks for the video, I am always interested in lighting scenarios. Just curious, at what level (10 to 100 percent) do you typically set the Godox light for your shoots?
It’s very new to me, I’ve had it just a few weeks, but so far I’ve had it at 50% (in part to keep the background dark so as to show up some background lighting better)
Fabulous info David. Just a critical question. What is causing the reflections in your specs?
The cause is the glass (!). The Godox light, through the paper, is the source. There is nowhere I can place it that it won’t be visible in the glass. In fact, even in larger rooms, my glasses are such high prescription that a light catches in it from pretty much any angle.
Don't worry about your lighting....you look great from the nose down! 🤭
Thanks for the info. Very useful Information
Glad it was helpful!
Hi David, If you want a softer effect try turning the godocs round and bouncing it off a much bigger bit of baking paper (or ideally depron (3mm polysyrene) ) the closer & bigger you can get that bounce the better :) Size makes softness :) Gilly (we met in Stone)
Cheers Gilly! I haven't really got the space for anything bigger nor the width and height to properly adjust a big bounce board for angles etc☹️
How's your boat coming along?
@UKAirscape Hi David, I know the problem :)) Doesn't have to be rigid though. Think the inside of a big floppy hat. Anyway what you're doing obviously works as your material always looks first class. Regards the boat, I'm making haste slowly as my mother would have said :)) Electric motor is installed. I just have to build a controller for it. Not a trivial task :(
Hahaha "just build a controller" ;-) Sounds serious. Why don't these things just need a potentiometer and job done?!!
Happy Christmas
Here I am thinking you naturally glowed. Imagine my disappointment.
Merry Christmas
Well done, David. Very interesting and I always wondered what camera you used. Love that you use a Sony. 💕
merry xmas loved the tutorial
Oh crikey, not a tutorial and not meant to be. Just showing what I do.
@@UKAirscape no i genuinely meant it was fascinating on the lighting it just shows what goes into filming
Can I ask did you ever in your wildest dreams thought you'd end up in a narrowboat reading stories to us? And will you be read Marks' "Annie at the point" book
I quite liked the look of your new light - until you mentioned its price!!!
Maybe you should buy a widebeam and then you will have more space for the 'proper' lighting set up you refer too...
That's cheap for decent video lighting 😂😂
4'8" narrow i dare say. i am glad you mentioned that. it does give the perspective of what and how cozy/small things are. 6'2" is low for me. i am 6"1". i could get by by not wearing shoes, not wearing socks and then wash my feets really good to lower my height and have a little room to spare. i have been watching you for this whole year. the year of the pan-damn-it. you have been so comforting this year in biding my time. i will remember it for all the rest of my life. you were suggested by UA-cam the videos have been delightful to say the least. i reside in China but i was born in the renegade collies of the Untied States of America. UA-cam suggested your channel to me because i am watching/planning on building a camper/tiny home meself when i rotate back to the real world. i have chosen a older horse trailer for my tiny home and it measures 6' outside width, internal width 5'4" and 20.5 feet in length. to get a idea of how to arrange things i watch with full interest at your layout and do take all your comments to heart. as i think from your experience with your boat it is real world usage. i can plan my build on paper but its not quite the same as what you have there. i have tried with little success to create lighting in difficult locations as you are doing there. your results are fantastic. i know the complexities and challenges you meet in lighting. i have not had the success that you have. i commend your efforts. smashing results. carry on dear Sir
"The year of the pan-damn-it" made my day ! Sums it all up nicely. Belated happy Xmas, and a prosperous new year to you, and your family.
Metric measurements:
outside width: 6' 10" = 2.08 m
narrowest point: 4' 8" = 1.42 m
headroom: 6' 2" = 1.88 m
Always someone to second-guess, right? I was just wondering why you don’t use the Godox light as the fill since it’s the adjustable one? My thought was you could adjust the Godox light to fill the shadows on your right a little while giving your noble profile a bit more modeling . . . not that your setup doesn’t look just fine, of course. And thanks for the tip about the baking paper (or “parchment paper,” on this side of the Pond). I’m going to give it a try.
I enjoy all of your channels. Thanks, and a happy new year!
They’re both adjustable but only the Godox (by a long margin) is bright enough to use as a key light, the little one is just not up to the job
@@UKAirscape Thank you. I assumed you had a good reason for your setup. Happy new year!
Great video just curious how many channels do you have. I was looking for a narrow boat video of yours that I haven't watched more than once and came across this😁 wishing you a wonderful New Year
I think I’ve got 12 (!) but 4 of those aren’t active, they’re just created when you make a Google account. About 8 of the channels have any content and about six are actively updated.
Thank you
Knew it wasn’t as simple as turn camera on and go but it is a bit more involved than I expected. Thanks for pointing me here from Cruising the Cut.
Am I missing something, David? Do you have two channels? I've subscribed just in case. Thanks for the video, by the way. I'm starting a channel of my own. Lighting is an issue for me as well but not as much as you. I prefer natural light but it's always changing. Variety is the spice of life or so they say. At any rate, have a good day and God bless. Mark
I've got six (!) channels, with varying degrees of activity. There's:
Cruising The Cut
Vandemonium
UKAirscape
Tubeshootermag
David Reads Stories
DavidExpertTV
O much to complicated for me 😂😂 happy Xmas David
Happy Christmas!
You could diffuse the brightest light by shining the key light onto a white panel on the roof.
I could ... but I’d either have to mount a white panel or paint the roof, and I think that would end up with too much downward light, even if diffuse, possibly causing unpleasant shadows under the eyes etc, rather than the light coming more directly at me. I’m pretty happy with the diffusion off the key really, it’s just a bit rubbish using baking paper!!