Becoming Cyborgs – an interview with Professor Kevin Warwick (Canon 5D MkII) from Chris Beaumont on Vimeo.

This was my first time out with the Canon 5D MkII – I think I’d only had it for a day or so when I took it out on this shoot, and I made a number of rookie mistakes! First and foremost, I hadn’t figured out how to get the camera out of ‘auto’ for shooting video, and subsequently the exposures aren’t what I would have liked them to be. For some reason the colours came out very yellow as well, so I had to struggle to correct it properly in post, but didn’t have a lot of luck – I don’t really like the final grade; his eyes look very pink around the edges, and his face is a funny kind of peachy colour.

I also ran out of space on my compact flash cards half way through the interview, having completely underestimated how much space one needs when shooting video. Luckily I bought along a Sony Z1 which was running alongside the 5D!

If anyone has any suggestions (with links perhaps) for how to make one on one interviews more interesting to look at as pieces of entertainment I’d be really keen to hear them.

Kit used …

• Sony Z1
• Canon 5D MkII
• Dedo portable light kit