Letitia Meets the Press. Production details
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Note: "Flying Saucers Return" is the working title for a comedy series that parodies the flying saucer movies and other popular fiction/news of the middle of the last century. We presently have a serialized draft of six episodes and are working on more. Each episode will be about 23 minutes long, fitting the standard length for a half-hour television show.
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We hope to market this and other serialized comedies to web-based distributors, such as Amazon.com. We believe that the low production costs in virtual worlds will offer a competitive advantage to the writing and video production group we are organizing.
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This writing/video production team is seeking more
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Capture and editing resources
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Video capture: FRAPS
Comment: I have used FRAPS for years and find it to be problem-free. It captures both video and audio. The video capture is of the entire screen as seen by the viewer running FRAPS, so the only screen setting needed is on the viewer.
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Screen and viewer settings
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Editing and distribution format: Camtasia
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Camtasia offers features that make for efficient editing and production. I did not use Camtasia for video capture because it does screen capture rather than video capture. Thus I would need to select the viewer part of the screen for each shooting occasion.
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Distribution format: .wmv
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Video file sharing: Google Drive
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Lessons learned
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1. We need one shot devoted to voice capture and a second shot or second camera devoted to video capture.
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3. The shooting plan is well worth the effort. It makes for easy editing and video production. A 7 minute video took no more than 3 hours to shoot and maybe 5 hours to edit and produce.
Details of the shooting plan
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- Letitia Meets the Press. Shooting plan
- Letitia meets the press. Promotion 1 for: Flying Saucers Return
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Note: "Flying Saucers Return" is the working title for a comedy series that parodies the flying saucer movies and other popular fiction/news of the middle of the last century. We presently have a serialized draft of six episodes and are working on more. Each episode will be about 23 minutes long, fitting the standard length for a half-hour television show.
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We hope to market this and other serialized comedies to web-based distributors, such as Amazon.com. We believe that the low production costs in virtual worlds will offer a competitive advantage to the writing and video production group we are organizing.
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This writing/video production team is seeking more
- writers
- actors
- directors
- videographers
- animators
- content creators
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Capture and editing resources
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Video capture: FRAPS
Comment: I have used FRAPS for years and find it to be problem-free. It captures both video and audio. The video capture is of the entire screen as seen by the viewer running FRAPS, so the only screen setting needed is on the viewer.
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Screen and viewer settings
- Window size -1280x720 16x9 (Advanced-Set window size)
- Lighting Midday (Ctrl-Shift-y)
- User Interface off (Ctrl+Alt+f1 toggles UI off and UI on)
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Editing and distribution format: Camtasia
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Camtasia offers features that make for efficient editing and production. I did not use Camtasia for video capture because it does screen capture rather than video capture. Thus I would need to select the viewer part of the screen for each shooting occasion.
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Distribution format: .wmv
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Video file sharing: Google Drive
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Lessons learned
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1. We need one shot devoted to voice capture and a second shot or second camera devoted to video capture.
- The voice capture camera will hold at mid close-up (above the waist) of the speakers and will check voice volume.
- The video capture camera will get long, medium and close-ups from various angles.
- Desired shots for video capture may be noted in the shooting plan.
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3. The shooting plan is well worth the effort. It makes for easy editing and video production. A 7 minute video took no more than 3 hours to shoot and maybe 5 hours to edit and produce.
Details of the shooting plan
Cast
RICH Roundly: Kayden
Oconnell. Reporter, young man, good looking, well dressed, eager and a bit
pompous. A bit of an ass.
He speaks with exaggerated voice
projection when he is on camera; otherwise he speaks with a voice high pitched
and whiny. He is here to interview
the people of Immaculate Perception Trailer Park about the rumors of strange
events there. Rich holds a microphone in
front of his mouth.
Animations: holds microphone in hand, moves
it a little
LETITIA Sludberry: Rowan Shamroy (Existing avatar). Aged lady of
pretentious appearance and behavior. As in
Episode 1: Holds Pussy-in-box.
Rowan has Pussy-box from Catboy (Check)
Rowan has Letitia avatar 4 (Check)
Animations: holds up pussy in box on cue
Indestructible AUTOMATRON: Large Robot.
Nickname: Otto. No lines, only action.
Carrying Microwave, walks from behind trailer to Microwave stack, stops
at 129/147/27, facing microwave stack, drops microwave, walks back. Repeats later. Available.
NOTE, whoever performs this avatar will need to remove any AO, to avoid conflicts with the Robot’s scripts. Shot 3
MAMA: (Missus Beauregard ) MadameThespian
Small, thin lady in pink house-robe
and pink bunny slippers. Take charge person, dominates the scene when she
starts speaking. One major speech near
the end of Promo 1)
LARRY Cameraman: Tymmerie Thorne Clearly female. Has camera on shoulder, always
looking into the eyepiece. A few lines.
Animations: Waving wildly with non-camera
hand
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Cut shots
(for covering cuts)
1.
Sign: Immaculate Perception Trailer Park
2.
Letitia: On
her interview mark, lifting and showing
the Pussy box. (Cat snarl)
3.
Letitia: On
her interview mark, lifting and showing
the Pussy box. (Cat snarl)
4.
Letitia: On
her interview mark, lifting and showing
the Pussy box. (Cat snarl)
5.
From behind LARRY,
with camera, Rich, Letitia, Microwave stack in background
6.
Seeing LARRY
from front , Rich, Letitia in foreground
7.
Front of
Laundromat
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Scene
Background: Sky prim
1.
North (in
place)
2.
South ( in
place)
3.
No shots
east or west – not part of the set
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Props
Trailers (in place)
Microwave stack (in place)
Camera for LARRY (available)
Hand wave for Larry (available, to be tested)
Microphone for Rich (available)
Pussy box held by Letitia
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Effects
Green sky on cue (in place)
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Marks
for characters
The marks for the actors were set with transparent squares, invisible to the camera but visible to the actors with Ctrl+Alt+t set. The squares carried floating text of the names, also invisible to the camera when the UI is off (Ctrl+Alt+F1).
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The the actor positions were also marked with Faux People (near trailer door) for initial shot composition.
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The marks for the actors were set with transparent squares, invisible to the camera but visible to the actors with Ctrl+Alt+t set. The squares carried floating text of the names, also invisible to the camera when the UI is off (Ctrl+Alt+F1).
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The the actor positions were also marked with Faux People (near trailer door) for initial shot composition.
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Shooting
notes
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Actors note: We will pause the action as needed. On pause, stop action and dialog, but hold position. Use voice as needed – the pause will be cut from the timeline, so the only important thing is hold position.
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Actors note: We will pause the action as needed. On pause, stop action and dialog, but hold position. Use voice as needed – the pause will be cut from the timeline, so the only important thing is hold position.
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As director, I will also capture video. I may speak to give direction, but my voice
will not record. So give no hint that
you hear me.
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W don't need dress rehearsals. I will record all performances, and may use a video or voice clip from any recording.
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W don't need dress rehearsals. I will record all performances, and may use a video or voice clip from any recording.
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