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Best way to edit multiple videos together for music video?
My band will be in the studio in a few weeks and we want to make a music video with us playing in the studio. I have experience with editing and after effects, but shooting and editing something like this is new (and exciting) for me.
Basically, we’ll have 4-5 cameras rolling while we play as a band (in one room in the studio) and then I’ll take those and edit them together with the final CD audio.
**My question is, whats the best way to edit this together in Premier?
My first thought (with zero experience) is to bring the audio and videos into premier and sync them up one by one and then cut the clips down so I only see what I what. Is this the best way??
Aside from knowing where I want my cameras pointing when, what else do I need to think about and plan for before shooting?
I’m eger to learn so please give me all the info you can stand typing!
Also, if there is another website or place that could help me, please let me know. I haven’t found much thats been helpful.
Thanks!
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By the way, I’ll be using a few different kinds of cameras. I have a Canon XL H1 but we don’t have enough time (since studios charge by the hour) to do 5 or 6 takes to get all the angles I want. We do however, have 4-5 other video cameras we can use (ranging from middle-of-the-road consumer camcorders to point-and-shoot digital cameras set to “camcorder”) as secondary cameras. The idea is to use the XL H1 as the main camera and the other cameras to fill in the holes and give other angles. Since we don’t have the time or the money to get multiple angles with higher end cameras, I’ve decided to use these other cameras and get a sort of “poor quality on purpose” feel on the whole thing.
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G’day Captain,
I’ve done quite a few shoots like this (usually four to five cameras) but live mixing. Are the cameras static? Or are you going to have operators. If you have operators, I’d suggest that you have at least one camera always following the lead singer or person on a mid-shot (Head to waist) for the entire shoot, that’s a safety shot so you always have something you can go to during your edit. As for the others, get creative, make sure if they have operators, that they’re familiar with the songs that you’ll be playing so that they know what instrument comes in where, ie, if there’s a guitar solo, you’d want to see a shot of the guitar, right?
So for operated cameras:
Have at least one camera following the lead on a mid-shot
Have the operators know the songs, and let them get creative 🙂 I’ve seen some whicked shots just made up on the fly.If the camera’s are going to be locked off on tripods, then have one pointed at the lead (like before), and one more on a wide shot of the whole band, and then the others on feature instruments (and players depending on the style of shoot.
As for the editing and syncing up. I’d see that the best way to do that would be to have all the cameras recording all the time, that way, it’d be easier to sync them up. I’ve done this before as well. I started all the cameras recording at about the same time, and you can see when everything starts up pretty easily (Have a visual or audio cue, such as waving a hand or the band beginning to play, something that you won’t miss when playing the video back).
If I’ve missed anything or if you want to know anything else, let me know
Hope it’s been helpful, good luck with the record and the shoot.
Aaron
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what version of premiere
do a four camera multi-cam edit.
all cameras run and start with a clap or a photo flash to sinc (use your markers)
once sync’d your take the sync’s sequence and move it to a new sequence and right click and sewlect multi-cam….enable the camera with the best sound.
open a multicam monitor and have a blast just clicking on the shot you want just like a live shoot. -
I’m using Premier Pro CS4.
Are you saying the “multi-cam” option inside premier??
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yes Multi-cam within premiere is the way to go. very easy to usde.
once you sync your video you just cut from camera to camrera like a llive mixer -
Hi,
Finally a topic I might offer a bit of help with. I’ve done
a couple of these and have learned a couple things.1 – make sure the cameras are using the same frame rates and audio
rates, ie 4×3 @ 29.xx and 16 bit audio. If you don’t you’ll hate yourself when the audio falls apart and you have to letter box at least one of the video tracks.2 – sync the cameras with a flash or a handclap every so often. Left to their own devices cameras will get out of sync in short order.
3 – keep the audio with the video to sync with. I’ve found it a lot
easier to sync with the audio tracks. You’ll hear an echo when you think you’re close (using just the video) and then you can get closer
using the recorded audio tracks.4 – When you get the video (and audio) tracks sync’d save a copy
of the project and the files into another directory. You will appreciate that later.5 – Keep the audio with the video until the very end of your edits – it will help sync the ‘final studio audio’ with what you got!
I just finished a 5 dvd project that took me over 2 months and these are the tips I wish I’d had when I started, especially
the tips about the cameras – you probably can’t/won’t go back and reshoot anything.Good luck and have fun!
Ray.
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