Looking for Advice for Shooting a New Vid

[TickleIntensive]

I've got the model scheduled & the cameras ordered. What advise might one choose to give to a newbie producer?

 

[rhiannon]

My advice is to film something else first before you go for the clip! You have to practice with the camera a little to find out how it works!

 

[Lost_My_Mind]

Windows are your enemy. Not the microsoft windows, I'm talking about glass windows. If its daytime, and your subject is standing in front of a window, you will see a silhouette. It wont even look like an artistic silhouette, so you wont be able to claim artistic direction. It will just look bad. Stay away from windows!

 

[ViperGTS]

Good luck. 🙂

 

[TickleIntensive]

I thank you all for your advice and support.

 

[Imlatino]

Extra Batteries and extra Memory Cards if you can. Make sure you get at least a lamp or something and turn it on to get better light. Hopefully you have a camera stand or something a tripod.

Im not a producer but I have produced a video before 😉

The bad thing is that my 4GB memory card got messed up as soon as I got home so goodbye 20 minutes of great once in a lifetime footage.

Now I use 8GB memory card on my camera, up to 79 minutes of 640x480 video.

 

[TickleIntensive]

Thx Latino

 

[dj_hisp]

Just don't be tame with the tickling, that's all I can say. If you see the best producers over the years, they have been the ones not afraid to let rip and mercilessly tickle the lees. I.e Tickling Paradise, Tickle Abuse etc.. You dont want a lame product like Magic Touch where it was the most beta of males doing the tickling which is supposed to be done by someone dominant!

 

[Belmont]

White balance. Show the ler as well as the lee enough. I suppose this comes down to taste, but coverage, ie several shots to show the whole scene instead of one shot of a foot for 20 minutes, keeps it from feeling like you're watching one shot of a foot for 20 minutes.

 

[tkpatience]

Take the camera lens off before filming. Seriously I've had friend lose hours of their life because of one stupid piece of plastic.

 

[TickleIntensive]

thank you everyone

 

[TickleIntensive]

Anything else?

 

[mabus]

I second the windows advice - I just ordered a clip from Toefu Entertainment. Not only is the window way overlit and overblown, but the rest of the scene darkens, to compensate for the bright sunlight coming through! Aargh!

That's why Tickle Haven, Czech Tickling, and James Darke's Shy and Wild Tickling looks so damn good - no windows, controlled lighting.

Having bright sets and backgrounds helps a LOT. I've shot footage in a room with dark walls and dark furniture, and everything else darkens to compensate. The stuff I've shot in a brightly lit, light colored walled room looks spectacular compared to the dark room stuff.

Pay attention to angles also. Hell, go look at other videos, tickling artwork you like, even wedding and photography magazines.

As I've mentioned, I just bought a clip from Toefu...I'm becoming a fast fan of theirs. Cheap prices. Veronica is about to make my top 30 models list!
But damn their angles and positions suck! You see the girl, on top of the model tickling her, but you can't see her face in the same frame. But she's laughing her ass off, beautiful, wonderful laugh, she's enjoying the shit out of this tickling!....., and you're almost want to look behind your computer, like maybe you can see her face laughing ....shit! Frustrating as all hell.

If you hire another girl to tickle another girl...don't be afriad to yell "Cut!" if the tickling sucks. If YOU make a mistake...just stop and restart. I hate buying clips where there's mistakes, and they just leave them in there! Whatever that may be. If you think your tickling sucks, start over. If you don't like your angle, fix it.
I STILL stop myself when I'm working on a project, and do a redo if my camera work or something sucks. I'll never be perfect, no one else ever will either.

Pre-plan as much as you can. If you want her to wear something, let her know....then bring your OWN. A lot of producers WOULD shoot more pantyhose/nylon shoots, for example, but they tell me the models either don't show up in them, or forget about them. Buy your own. If she says she's bringing whatever it is you want her to wear while being tickled, see if you can bring your own. That way, if she does remember, but you don't like it, you've already fixed the problem with your substitution.

Shoot a LOT of footage.

Many videos start of with the model already being tickled. Shoot footage of as much as possible: her arriving, her entering the room with the outfit on, getting ready, her reactions after. It's always possible to cut stuff out. You can never go back and recapture magic...or it's damn hard. Her initial reaction to the first touch of her foot may be glorious, but if you wait until the tickling starts to turn the camera on, you'll miss the first 30 seconds to a minute of awesomeness. If she looks jaw dropping walking in in whatever you will tickle her in.....why not have it on video, instead of kicking yourself for the next several years because you didn't record it?!! You can always include it in the clip, or offer it for free as bonus material for here, and free advertising. TickleTown does this all the time.

And good luck, can't wait for the results!

 

[TickleIntensive]

Mucho grazi.