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Birth of a Television Studio – Step 1: Lighting

by Morgan on August 31, 2009

It’s official folks – the Domainvestors Television studio is in development! While it is far from rivaling any of the studios down the road from me, it is starting to look like a real studio – albeit in my office! The lighting is now in place and step two will involve getting new, higher-quality mics setup. I’ll make sure to update all of you as the studio continues to progress – and my office becomes more ridiculous looking!

Remember, you, my readers – are picking the first guest on the show so make sure to vote if you haven’t already! Voting is open until Friday and can be made as a comment on my blog or sent via email to morgan@domainvestors.tv.

Here are some picts to give you an idea of what the studio looks like with the new lights:

lights_off

lights_on

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Tagged as: domaining television, Domainvestors Television, domainvestors.tv, television studio

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  • Elliot Silver

    So who are the top nominees?

  • http://www.samirpatel.tv Samir Patel

    This is awesome Morgan. Good luck on the project. Let me know if you need any help. I’m available if you want to do a story about Real Estate domaining.

  • http://TeenDomainer.com Brian Diener TeenDomainer

    Looks great, I had a commercial filmed at my house a while ago and I know whats involved, its alot of work, I can’t wait to see the outcome.

    Brian Diener

  • http://www.DotWeekly.com Jamie Zoch

    Congrats Morgan. This is going to be interesting and if your going to do it, you might was well do it right. It will be nice and professional and I think by making posts like this, blog readers will get a little bit of an idea of the work and money that is involved.

    Wish I could suggest some things to use but I have no clue. The light look good and if your guest sucks, you can always throw them over the railing :)

  • http://quickflipper.com Kevin Davis

    Hello I worked in the film biz for 20 years if you need any lighting tips or anything else I would love to help.Thanks Kevin

  • Morgan Linton

    Thanks Kevin! Could definitely use all the advice I can get!

  • Morgan Linton

    Thanks Jamie! Yes – guests beware it’s a long way down!

  • Morgan Linton

    Very cool! Thanks Brian!

  • Morgan Linton

    Thanks – definitely would be interested in doing a story about Real Estate Domaining on one of my shows. Are you in the LA area?

  • Morgan Linton

    Thanks for asking – the top three, in order of votes are:

    1) Rick Schwartz
    2) Chef Patrick
    3) Rick Latona

  • http://brucemarler.com Bruce Marler

    Wow, now anyone that thought they had a cool office just got knocked down:) I gotta say never thought i would see a pseudo-television studio in a domain bloggers office.

  • http://chefpatrick.com Chef Patrick

    They look good. How do they work, do you face them towards you or away from?

  • Mike

    Haha, Morgan you rock. I love that you’re running with this idea and going to such great lengths to make it professional. Can’t wait to see the first episode!

  • Morgan Linton

    Thanks Mike!

  • Morgan Linton

    They are amazing! It’s like installing the Sun in the room! You face them away from you and the umbrellas do a great job of reflecting the light. From the limited amount I have just learned about lighting this is called a “Soft Light Source”

  • Morgan Linton

    Haha – the look on my girlfriend’s face when she came home was definitely priceless :)

  • http://www.DomainTweeter.com DomainTweeter

    Hi Morgan. Those umbrella lights make a great addition to your upcoming studio. Lighting and a good mic make a huge difference in video quality.

    I set up a home office studio a few years ago and wanted to pass a long a few tips…

    I bought standard umbrella lights, but fitted them with high output (600 Watt) 5000K fluorescent lights. The bulbs cost more (about $50 each), but only generate as much heat and use the same electricity as a standard 85 watt bulb. This is good since a couple of thousand watts can quickly overwhelm a house’s central air system. Also since they are low energy you can string many together without putting in dedicated circuits.

    Down the road you might want to consider adding a green screen. Once lit properly, this allows you to use any video editing package with chroma key to superimpose you or your guests on any backdrop. The lighting is the hardest part, but the end results can be pretty cool. Here are two articles which describe how to do it…

    http://www.videomaker.com/article/10914/

    http://postproduction.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=31427

  • Morgan Linton

    Thanks – great advice! I like the idea of using fluorescent definitely would be nice to generate less heat and have longer-lasting bulbs. Green screen is an idea I’ve been pondering and definitely something I’d like to do in the future.

  • http://www.dnpimping.com Pimp Jason

    You are taking domaining to an entirely new level. This is something that our industry needs. Glad to see that you are taking such a leap. Keep up the great energy!

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