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Wedding tomorrow
My art director is getting married tomorrow, and I and my assistant agreed to shoot it. We have a Canon A1 and a Panasonic DVX100 with a Panny anamorphic converter lens. She wants a wide shot of the whole proceeding and a walkaround camera, both with audio. So my thought was to put the Panny on a tripod for the wide shot and tap into the mixer, and set the Canon on DV anamorphic with a shotgun on the camera.
My vision is to have a widescreen show on DVD, that’s all.
Does that sound like the best workflow?
(BTW I HATE shooting weddings)
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IF you can swing it, hang a wireless mic on the groom, lav hiden under lapel or flower, to pick up the vows, and have a nice stable well-composed 2-shot of that, with good audio from the lav on one channel and shotgun on the other.
That one item is the absolute make-or-break of any wedding shoot, everything else before or afterwards is gravy
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weddings are not for the faint of heart … i’ve done one or two for friends and they were always bloody hard work
coincidentally tho, six degrees of linkage took me to the following site the other day, and I think anyone in your current unenviable position might be able to glean a few good tips and tricks from this fella who seems to live and breathe the wedding videography business
https://ron.digitalcreationssite.com/2006/10/11/wedding-day-video-tips.aspx
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My best advice, for tapping into the mixer, is plan for a piece of junk mixing board (unless you’ve already seen it). Last wedding I shot, they used a cheap PA that had a mixer integrated into the outdoor speaker (it was an outdoor service) and the mixer did not have an XLR out!!!! Only RCA.
Richard Sanchez
North Hollywood, CA“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks
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This project is doomed.
Wedding photographers earn every penny they earn.bogiesan
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Jeeze, thanks a lot Bogie. Mark, I think the lav idea is good, and I also agree about the mixer comment Richard. BTW, I have shot about 6 weddings, including both of my daughters and a couple friends and nieces, and I HATE doing these. There’s no recourse for bad audio or a jet plane going over (it’s outdoors) and there ain’t no retakes.
I guess I was mostly interested in what you all think about my mixing the two different cameras ans shooting DV anamorphic. Do you think that’s okay?
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[Chris Poisson] “Jeeze, thanks a lot Bogie. “
Okay, you’ve got wedding experience, Chris, but it didn’t teach you how to say, “No.” You’ve also got the live event experience to know how to avoid potential problems with careful planning and how to cope with the inevitable issues that will arise between you and the director (who will be on stage) and the bride’s mother.
Do you have a few hours you can set aside to experiment with your combination of formats? You’d want to take a short segment and go all the way to DVD with it to see if you think your client will be happy with the results.
I’m on your side, Chris. I’m just glad I’m not there with you.
bogiesan
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You could go ahead and shoot with both cameras. I would transcode the A1 to DV Anamorphic before editing, but aside from that, you outta be fine.
Richard Sanchez
North Hollywood, CA“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks
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David,
Well, I totally agree, and the bride, (my art director) has spent 9 months planning this thing, including a 3 page shot list for the event. And, me and my assistant who is also shooting have spent a few hours planning and going over all the details, which resulted in this post, so preparation has been duly covered and important. So your comments are valued much, thanks. Wish you were here.
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I was thinking just shoot DV anamorphic with the A1.
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That works too!
Richard Sanchez
North Hollywood, CA“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks
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