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Shooting live stage event and using a provided live recorded audio track
Hi guys! I’m looking for a second set of eyes to look at what I want to do and see if I am forgetting anything, here it goes…
I have a couple friends who want me to shoot a video of their live stage variety show. This show includes a band and singing, so the audio is very important to them (as it should be). They have a sound guy who will be recording and mixing the audio from the show and giving me a file.
I will be recording the show with (2) Canon 5DMKII’s, GoPro and a Canon XF105. I own PluralEyes and will also have Adobe Premiere CC next week, so I plan to use one of them to sync everything together using my scratch audio from each cam.
I do this all the time with interview footage and separate audio, so I feel this should work fine. Can anyone see anything I am forgetting? I don’t want any surprises after the fact!
Any and all advice is greatly appreciated.
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Coordination among camera operators is critical. Ordinarily this is accomplished with comm and a video director calling the shots, but if you won’t have that, you need to work out a set of rules ahead of time.
You need a plan for who is responsible for what shots. It’s just as bad when everyone takes a CU of the guitar solo as it is when no one does. You also need a plan for coordinating card swaps so you only have one camera down at a time.
Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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Thanks Walter, all great information. Do you have any experience with syncing the professionally recorded audio with your video?
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Anyone have any experience with syncing the professionally recorded audio with your video?
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[Chris Mathews] “Anyone have any experience with syncing the professionally recorded audio with your video?”
You’ll probably get a better answer on this in the Premiere forum — this one focuses on live events and doesn’t really delve into post-production issues.
I’ve used PluralEyes several times with great success. I’d think this would work fine, but this is not my speciality.
Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
RenderBreak Blog – What I’m thinking when my workstation’s thinking
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I’m sorry, I should of been more specific. Has anyone had any experience syncing their video to a provided mixed sound file? I use PluralEyes all the time to sync audio from a shotgun mic to a 2-3 camera setup, but don’t feel confident that the scratch audio from my camera will sync up with a sound file that has been professionally mixed from a live stage show. Maybe I am over thinking it and it will work fine? I’ve been known to do that sometimes.
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[Chris Mathews] “I’m sorry, I should of been more specific. Has anyone had any experience syncing their video to a provided mixed sound file? I use PluralEyes all the time to sync audio from a shotgun mic to a 2-3 camera setup, but don’t feel confident that the scratch audio from my camera will sync up with a sound file that has been professionally mixed from a live stage show. Maybe I am over thinking it and it will work fine? I’ve been known to do that sometimes.”
I do think it will work, provided you don’t overdrive your on-camera records, but this is exactly the question I’d take to a more post-oriented forum.
If you’re really worried, you could send the mix from the board to the cameras with wireless transmitters/receivers.
Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
RenderBreak Blog – What I’m thinking when my workstation’s thinking
Creative Cow Forum Host: Live & Stage Events
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