Three hours work – Twenty Two minutes usable material

Videoing stuff is far more time-intensive than recording audio.

It took about an hour to get my office set up suitably for filming, mainly playing around with the lighting. We’ve used a set of construction site lights instead of theatrical lights, because in a small office (about 13′ x 10′) they are plenty hot enough, wheras theatrical lights are way hotter.

It’s also true that site lights are a fraction of the price – £25ish instead of £500ish.

Anyway, once the office was set up, it was time to start filming. The big difference between audio-only work and filming is that in audio-only, it’s possible to look at your notes as you are speaking, and the mike doesn’t tell. When you’re on film, you can’t constantly be looking away from the camera, so I’ve had to learn my scripts far better so I can keep “eye-contact” with the lens.

Net result – three hours work, twenty-two minutes usable material. To be fair, this is about a 1/3 of the DVD, so not too bad.