There have been a number of things that I’ve wanted to experiment with over the years. I’m very pleased to announce that I’ve been able to implement one such thing in revisiting Gothic Heather 1.
Gothic Heather was an amazing trance subject that I worked with on three separate occasions. The first time was for HypnoGames.com. The second and third times were on HypnosisFetish.com.
Back in those days it was common for me to film with an “A” camera and with a “B” camera. Usually the “A” camera was free to get closeups and take riskier shots that may or may not translate well in to a final video. Meanwhile the “B” camera with get a nice reliable full shot that I could always cut to, that way nothing would be lost.
Eventually, when I upgraded to a 3 CCD camera, I had to abandon this setup because the image quality between my 3 CCD camera and my 1 CCD camera was way too different, there was no way I could mix them together. After that my next upgrade was to a High Definition camera, and of course that couldn’t be mixed in with a Standard Definition camera, no matter how many CCDs it had.
I’ve considered returning to this format, however if I had the budget for a second camera, I would much rather apply it to a higher quality camera than the one that I am using. However, who knows what the future might hold.
At any rate, I have added two new files to HypnoGames.com. These files are full length footage of the entire session. One file is for the “A” camera and the other file is for the “B” camera. The “B” camera video is longer than the “A” camera video because the “A” camera got shut off a few times to reset the settings and to change the tape. The “B” camera at the time was a Hi8 camera, so it had a 2 hour recording length, and didn’t need to be turned off. Towards the end of both videos, there is a cut, because a little bit more cool stuff happened after the main session.
One of the reasons why this has been an experimental idea, as opposed to something that I would have implemented a long time ago is because of the file sizes. Both files are approximately 700 MB. However, now I believe that I have the server space and the bandwidth to host these two files, so we shall see how this test goes, and if it goes well, then you can probably expect more videos of this nature to go online.
I do, however, plan on rendering the full “B” camera session in to the standard clip sizes to accommodate those who may not have the time or the bandwidth to download a 700 MB file.
Additionally, I’ve upgraded the bit rate of the video to .8Mbps (other video files on the website are at .4Mbps). I’ve also upgraded the bit rate of the audio to 192Kbps (the audio portion of the files on this website are 96Kbps). This adds a little more to the size of the file, but I think that it’s worth the additional quality. I’d love some feedback from my members letting me know if they notice a difference or not.
Right now the A camera footage and B camera footage are available as one long movie in QuickTime format only. The reason for this is because QuickTime supports chapter markers, and Windows Media Format does not. I will, however, be shortly releasing these files in Windows Media Format, and perhaps include a text file with time codes for the chapter markers in case anyone wants that information.
These files feature a much less intrusive watermark than the old HypnoGames watermark, which I think looks much better, and does it’s intended job without being too distracting.
However, the really cool thing about these files is that they should be easy to convert to a DVD that you can enjoy on your television. I’m hoping that this will add to my viewer’s enjoyment of my videos.
Over the course of this week, I plan on doing the same for one session from HypnoSlave.com and one for HypnosisFetish.com. If anyone has any special requests for which sessions, let me know via e-mail.
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