Throughout the month of January, I’ve been working on enhancing my workspace by installing lights and a camera mount over the table to shoot still shots and video from above. My mission for 2017 is to make video instructionals and digital workshops. My goal is to “show not tell,” and take the content that currently exists in my book, and demonstrate the key concepts in more real-time ways.
Over the past few weeks, I’ve used this bra as my “sample” and have shot probably 20 hours of video of the process of making this bra. I pinned. Then I unpinned. I shot. Then I reshot. Making this the most “expensive” bra, in terms of labor, that I’ve ever made! Figuring out an ideal height for the camera and the amount of light needed were the two biggest technical hurdles. However, THE most difficult part is learning to keep my hands and the costume in the frame.
So this is my first video of me in the process of designing an assiut bra. Over the next few weeks, I’ll have more clips of this bra under construction right up to the finished product. While I am positive these videos will be a little rough around the edges, I hope you enjoy them! And now, I’m off to sew – which has now become code for – “make a video!”
To 2017 Goals in Dance and Costuming!
Dawn Devine ~ Davina
February 6, 2017