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Hello,
My name is Liam and I have created the global interview for the last two years. I have been asked to make another video this year. It will be my final year in such a role.
But I want this year's video to be great and also prepare as much as possible for the next person taking over.
The main role of the video has been to give a little bit of background on the events but also as a way to say thank you to everyone attending. We do this by getting celebrity (actors/writers/people involved with any of Joss' work inc tv shows, movies and comics) shout outs and thankyous.
This year will be much the same.
But the issue is, I live in Australia, which means the amount of Whedonverse actors/people involved with the show/verse I can ask to do a shout out is pretty limited. So that's where I need your help. I'd like to get as many shout outs as possible (even if we can't use it this year, giving next year's video extra content is a plus).
So here's the thread where we can discuss getting extra shoutouts when the actors/writers/other appear at conventions.
So the first thing we need to make sure if that we're not doubling up. We don't want multiple contacting convention organisers, so we'll have to work it out here. (In Australia, where any contact with the media guests involving a camera needs to go via the event organsiers and maybe even agents.) So you need to make contact in advance. If you plan to be one of the people helping out with footage collection, you'll need access to a camera and a mic.
Here's where I start to talk about the video requirements, this bit is going to be a bit long.
The global video plays at (almost) every event, most of which occur in cinemas. So it's important that the video is high enough quality (and in focus) (HD is very much prefered) and the audio needs to be clear and you actually need to be able to hear it (so if you have a handy cam/DSLR/phone/etc with no external mics, that's really not going to cut it. Conventions (as many of you know) are pretty noisy places, without a mic, the actor/star/guests voice is going to be lost in the backgound and thus not usable.
If you have access to a camera/audio gear or have a friend who can helped you out and you've contacted the event organisers: be aware, despite the fact that this is for a good, well established cause, you may not be able to get access to the guests. They could be too busy (massive, massive lines), they might not be doing any media or whatever reason. It sucks, but it happens. But if you get the guest, talk to them briefly about CSTS (they may not be aware of it, especially if they're a Whedonverse actor that wasn't in Firefly/Serenity). Tell them why we want them (eg. we're based around Firefly/Serenity, but most of us love all Joss' work and would be very keen to know/hear from this person).
The actual shot we want should be head and shoulders or head and upper body. We don't want too much head room (empty space above them) nor have them too small in the frame. Do a quick sound check before the filming starts (if the levels are too high, the sound will peak and be unusable, if it's too low, it's also no good.)
The shout outs should be between 10 seconds to 1 minute (longer I guess, as long as they're interesting/passionate/funny). Start with them introducing themselves/who they played/how they were involved. And than whatever message they want to leave.
The files of these interviews will than have to be given to me (you can upload onto something like Dropbox and I can than download).
That's all I can think of at the moment.
Thanks
Feel free to ask any questions.
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