The Studio Edge Recording Series Vol. 2 is the second educational video that Jim is currently in the process of shooting. He’s spent a lot of time writing the script and reviewing it over the past few months. When it came time to start taping it, there were many things that needed to be completed. The most difficult part of the day was that the process was very time consuming and many little details had to be considered. This included the lighting, the positioning of the camera and the sound. When Jim taped a scene in the live room, there was a camera angled at his face and also another one pointed at him from a different angle. There were tall lighting stands that were positioned so that the scene looked good on camera. In addition, Jim wore a microphone that was attached to his shirt. He was reading his script from a teleprompter that covered the camera lens. However, it didn't interfere with the shot that the camera got; it was only visible to Jim reading the screen when he was standing in front of it. This is beneficial because it wouldn't appear pleasing if Jim was reciting lines and the viewer saw his eyes moving back and forth. I believe that could potentially be distracting.
When he was finished shooting what needed to be shot in the live room, everything had to be moved to the control room for the next scene. To begin a different section of the film, the first thing that needed to be shown was the chapter that Jim was going to be speaking about and what that chapter was called. My job was to write the chapter, its name, and which room he was taping in on a white board so that it could be filmed. The purpose of doing that was for when Jim went back to edit the film and put scenes in order, he would know which scene was which in case some tapes were out of order or the scenes were filmed out of order. I was grateful to be able to experience the taping of the video because I had never seen anything like it! It is a rewarding but tedious project that is not yet finished. Yet, I know that the end result will be great!
