I was looking for a solution for quite a while. How to make an institution like Aish visually interesting was really the main challenge. So the idea was to conduct the interviews with Aish participants at different locations in NYC and have the atmosphere play a part and role in this video. We organized around 25 interviews in front of 25 different sights in Manhattan. We filmed during daytime and nighttime.
The challenge then became the sound. The outside noise was very noticeable during the interviews. In post-production I added more city noise in order to have it match with the footage and to give it an acoustic feel.
I think it was a great idea to include the marriage part. That added another dimension and made it more personal. It gives an idea of who the people are and what they personally gained by going to Aish.
Let me know what you think in the comments below.
S.
Gear I used:
Canon 7D
Panasonic LX3 point and shoot camera
Tokina 11-16mm f2.8
Sigma 30mm f1.4
Sigma 50mm f1.4
Canon 70-200 f4
Miller Solo Tripod
Sennheiser Evolution wireless lav mics
Zoom H4n sound recorder
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Awesome! Nice work.
Thank you. Aaron.
I’m always amazed by your work! incredible! I see the similarity to the other aish video but I think it’s your unique style. Otherwise this is a new fantastic piece of art!
Detti, thanks very much for your compliments.
I saw your site and it seems you are also in the DSLR revolution.
Great stuff.
Hey Shmuel,
You know how if feels to dip your fingers in honey.
the colour and mood of your piece is like that pot of honey.
Your editing is spot on and I thoroughly enjoyed.
Asher Fine
thank you, Asher. Great to see that you following me here.
Excellent job! It made me almost wish I was living in NY – ALMOST. I’m less than 45 minutes away from AISH-Jerusalem
awesome as always!
Thank you. Yosh.
Nice video on Aish. Pity we can’t afford to do a piece on Freezee!
Good luck,
Joe
thanks, Joe.
I think you can if you view the video as an investment that will pay for itself shortly.
Amazing work as always!
Although I think the entire video is great, I especially enjoyed the bit on marriages – not just the stories, but how you framed them and incorporated some of their own footage.
Keep up the good work and have a great 2011!
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