Dressing the video studio
After a 9 month absence, I'm flying back to Hong Kong on tuesday. The big TODO on my list is to set up a permanent video studio. It'll be well lit, microphones set up, 3 SLR cameras on tripods, and a live video mixer.
Some big uses are planned for this:
- regular “open mic coffee time” (need a better name!) where Paul, myself and others, hang out on Youtube Live, and you can ask us anything. The goal is to help new Decent owners get over any issues they might be having in making nice coffee, as well as answering any questions any Decent-curious people might have.
- A short-video-based manual to the Decent and to making drinks with it.
- Easily make short videos on any topic we can think of.
We're intentionally making our studio out of inexpensive things you can buy from IKEA, and will be posting what we use.
The reason for this approach, is that dressing a studio is very much like dressing a cafe or home coffee nook. We want our experience to be useful to others. We'll be documenting the price and source of everything we use.
Obviously, the photo above is *far* from finished. I'll be posting regular updates here, showing our progress, and asking for advice.
The next step is to put printed front panels on the coffee carts, in order to cut down on the visual noise. We will likely IKEA frame some Decent related artwork, maybe hand drawn concept sketches.
-john
Updated 2022/10/01