Elegant banquet hall remote

[recordinghopkins]

Nice work Joel!
Care to shed some light on the technique you used for this recording?

[joelpatterson]

Thanks, glad you like! I'd say "technique" is maybe an exaggeration, but what I did was waltz in with a tripod (that has pads on the feet, so that vibrations from the floor don't jiggle the featherweight Canon S95 that is my camera) and lash to it gorilla-pod-style my Sony PCM D50. This runs constantly, and then I gauge, song to song, whether to start the camera or wait for the next tune.

That's why alot of the time, I need to put together these "intros" that rely on freeze frames until we get to the start of the video recording.

I also (very self-consciously) decided to exploit the capabilities of iMovie to import stills from iPhoto that have been doctored in Photoshop, so that's why there's all this "find edges" and "difference clouds" and "extrude" effects... just to pull out all the stops. See if anyone salutes.

What? No 'saluting' emoticon????

[recordinghopkins]

I love it! Maybe just a little too much crowd for my taste, but its a lovely recording.

[boojum]

Good one, Joel. Prowling the salons, saloons and parlors of upstate NY. Where will he be next??

[joelpatterson]

Originally Posted by boojum

... next??

Do you remember by chance Jim Norman suggesting I bring a camera along to one of these Troy Nights Out? Well........ it's in the works, and the irresistible urge to create theme music for the transition shots...... I am not resisting, put it that way............

[2manyrocks]

Was the harmonica player in any of the shots? I'm guessing you had limited space to set up and he just didn't get in the shot?

[boojum]

Originally Posted by joelpatterson

Do you remember by chance Jim Norman suggesting I bring a camera along to one of these Troy Nights Out? Well........ it's in the works, and the irresistible urge to create theme music for the transition shots...... I am not resisting, put it that way............

Look out, he is armed (camera and recorder) and dangerous.

[joelpatterson]

In the words of the old movie title... don't look now...