Inspiration Lab

Welcome to the Inspiration Lab's video recording and photography studio. This is a guide on how to use our Terry McBride Recording Studio to create projects such as:

Filming
Photography
Greenscreen capture

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Photo of the interior of the Terry McBride Recording Studio showing the video camera on the tripod, the green screen, two kinds of Aperture lights, and the studio monitors on a shelf accompanied by text that says Inspiration Lab Studios Video Guide

The Inspiration Lab studios come equipped with everything you need to get started recording your project. The Terry McBride Studio is the Inspiration Lab's dedicated video recording space. The Control Room is also included in your booking. The Terry McBride Studio is equipped with: Aputure Amaran AL-HR672C LED video lights with remote Behringer AMP800 headphone distribution amplifier Behringer MS40 studio monitors (speakers) Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 audio interface Lastolite Panoramic Background 4.0 × 2.3m green screen Panasonic Lumix GH5 4K video and photography camera with Lumix GX Vario 12–35mm lens Sony MDR-ZX110 headphones File Storage: Next to an image of a Kingston Canvas Go! Plus 128GB 170MB/s SDXC Memory Card, the text says: You can use your own SD card, or you can use the staff SD card, keeping in mind it will take time to transfer your files after. Not all SD cards are compatible with the camera.

Using the Camera: The Panasonic Lumix GH5 has many different shooting modes and can be quite complex. The camera is set-up to start shooting right away with settings pre-loaded. If you need to customize your settings, please consult the camera manual. Turn the mode dial to Movie mode for shooting video. In movie mode the shutter button will start video recording. The video recording button also works. To watch your video back, or see your photos, use the playback button.

Lighting: The Terry McBride Studio comes with adjustable lights. If using the green screen, make sure the background is evenly lit. The Aperture umbrella light gives diffused soft light. The Aperture LED lights are smaller and easy to move, there are four within the room.

Graphic shows four lights positioned in the studio space. The largest light is the Key Light pointing at the subject, and a Fill Light also lights the subject. There are two additional lights pointed towards the green screen behind the subject.

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About the Inspiration Lab

The Inspiration Lab is a free space dedicated to digital creativity, collaboration, and storytelling. We are located on level 3 at the Central branch of the Vancouver Public Library.

The Inspiration Lab features recording studios, a high-performance computer lab with audio, video and image editing software, as well as graphic design, 3D animation and self-publishing software. We also have analog-to-digital conversion stations for various forms of older media.

All of our services are absolutely free with your library card!

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