Keeping a Professional Looking Subject at a Video Production Shoot

By Kris Simmons


Keep a case of compact / transparent powder in your field production kit or in your studio so you can knock the shine off your subject's face or head during an interview shoot. In many cases, the lights you are using for interviews are pretty harsh and will create hot spots on a person's forehead or nose. It's a true mark of an amateur shooter to leave these hot spots in your footage.

It wouldn't cost that much if you get one of these compact cases at any convenience store. You should have this available before you go through your next shoot.

To make sure that you have a good footage, check at your monitor and closely look at your subject for any traces of hot spots. If there happens to be some, take your compact case and evenly apply it to your subject's face.

This will keep a professional looking footage and will definitely improve your subject's appearance.

What will you do if you don't have any powder available? Ask the women in your production crew if you can borrow their compact powder.

If not, grab some paper towels and try to wipe off as much of the sweat or shine from the person's face as you can before shooting.

If that didn't help, you can move the position of your lights because direct focus to your subject will cause these hot spots to appear. If the light bounces to the walls, hot spots can be avoided.

To make sure that you create an exceptional interview shoot, you must also check the appearance of the person in the interview aside from just getting busy with the video equipment and other stuff. If there's no makeup artist available, use your resources to keep a professional looking subject.




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