Shooting concert/Music video

[John Cummings]

Forget about trying to sync a live performance to a studio cut…especially when you only get one pass of the song while you’re shooting at a real concert.
You might be able to sync a few shots here and there, but to say it will be an editing challenge is an understatement.

You would be better off syncing the studio cut to a “live looking” performance where you can do multiple passes with real playback. Perhaps a shooting session after the real concert with all the fans still there. Then you can get multiple, synced takes.

By all means shoot the whole concert for the energy and fan shots, then do the meat and potatoes band stuff after the show. This way it all matches, the fans won’t care about you blocking their view and you’ll have all the control you need.

BTW, I’d leave the home depot light in the garage…just add a few whites in cans to the faces and try to keep the color to their backs.

My 2 cents…good luck with the shoot!

J Cummings
Cameralogic/Chicago
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[Josh Munson]

Thanks, I’ll really keep that in mind and not underestimate the syncing. I think i’ll set up a shoot date where i can do possibly and hopefully a “live” shoot of them to the studio music and more narrative shots as well.

[Richard Herd]

Using home depot lights to light human beings is a bad idea, but luminance is a weird thing. Hence, aiming the home depot lights at the back wall–back stage–will make certain that you can control the black point in post.

How you aim them is a stylistic consideration. For example, place them very low at the edges of the set–behind the band–and aim them up at diagonals to create elliptical splashes.

[Josh Munson]

Yea, lighting is always very interesting. I don’t’ want to do anything crazy with lighting here. I’m hearing that using the lights i have would be best used for back lighting of the stage, would anyone else suggest a different lighting idea or in general is this the best idea?