Brent Dunn
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I assume the band has a pre-recorded track that you are shooting this for? If so, then they need to play along to this track. Record from the camera mic is fine for synching.
I wouldn’t waste time recording with 60p and then downconvert. Just shoot 24p. Unless, you want to do some slowmo shots, then have one camera shoot some shots of the guitar player, singer, jumping in the air, doing back flips, whatever, that you can slow down / speed up in post.
If you have any control over lighting, have them swap out the Red Gels on the lights. Don’t use ANY red, it looks like crap.
White balance your cameras with one lighting setup before you start shooting and set all of your cameras up with the same ISO, etc.
Go buy a Garden Cart at Home depot. sit someone on a chair in the cart with the camera on a tripod and pull them across the floor. Cheap and effective dolly. Deflate the tires a bit to give a smoother dolly.
TRIPOD shots, may or may not work depending on the flooring. I was shooting on a huge stage, but a wooden decking. The camera vibrated and the lens blurred with the loud PA, so I had everyone go handheld on the stage shots. I used a tripod up in a tower for the long shots.
You can also get cheap scaffolding to elevate your shots, or somekind of a platform.
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The Nikon is lacking some features for video, so I think you’ve answered your own question. If you already have Nikon lenses, you can get an adaptor for the canon and keep using your lenses.
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Yeah, if it’s an auto setting, you don’t be able to have any effect except to use proper lighting.
Time to invest in either a canon 60D (cheapest), 7D or 5D Mark II (best quality)
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Sounds like you’ve thought things out.
First, limit the amount of light changes. It’s better to light them up with white, blue, amber, yellow lighting. Stay away for red.
So, it’s important to plan and emphasize to your lighting guy, not to light like a normal concert. Light for video. Spell it out or they’ll screw up the shots.
Red will wash out their faces and make them look sunburned. White / clear & Blue lighting will give you the best looking features, with some back lighting of yellow / amber. Limit the amount of flashing the lights. I prefer shooting the whole thing a few times with locked in color and then a few with some crazy lighting for the solos, peaks of the songs, etc.
Mix in a crane and dolly behind the crowd to give yourself some added shots.
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DunnRight Films
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Crank the light up. I shoot with the canon 7D and 5D MkII, so I’m not familiar with your camera. But, if you have proper lighting, you shouldn’t see noise at anything below 1000.
You have some spending to do. Lenses are everything.
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Everyone is right.
First hone your craft. Then improve your gear. Unless you have the cash to buy the best, then do it.
I have a well known friend in the wedding business. To prove this point, he shot a wedding on a cell phone. (before the iPhone) It won international awards for his work. Why, not because of a lot of gear, because he is a film maker and story teller. He was still able to create the emotion and story that comes with being talented at what he does.
I also used to be a musician and songwriter. When the technology started changing and people could write and record and entire album in their house, you started hearing a lot more diverse material. But, it didn’t make the musicians or the songs better, just the recording quality.
Another gentleman who had a lot of cash, paid $20,000 to Kenny Rodgers to produce a song he wrote. As the saying goes…crap in…crap out… They also used to say, fix it in the mix…or the editing room. Well there are limits. He had this very nicely produced….crappy song!
Brent Dunn
Owner / Director / Editor
DunnRight Films
DunnRight Video.com
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Canon 7D
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with Final Cut StudioHP i7 Quad laptop
Adobe CS-5 Production Suite -
Yes. I try to limit my ISO to 1600, but you can go up to 2000 and still have acceptable video. Higher ISO introduces noise.
A lot of your image quality has to do with which lens you are using. If you shoot with a faster 1.2 – 2.8 lens, you will have a better image in low light than a lens with a higher F-stop.
Of course, adding some light always helps.
Brent Dunn
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DunnRight Films
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Canon 7D
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with Final Cut StudioHP i7 Quad laptop
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I thought this might be the answer to the expensive CF 422 recorder.
Maybe they’ll get a firmware update. I also didn’t see anyway to mount this to the camera.
Brent Dunn
Owner / Director / Editor
DunnRight Films
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Canon 7D
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with Final Cut StudioHP i7 Quad laptop
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Most quad core laptops with a good graphics card can handle editing of the EX-1 files. You’ll need a good sized hard drive and an external drive system, either something with USB 3.0 (the newest and fasted technology) or a firewire 800 drive.
I’d also invest in the new Adobe CS5.5. It is fast on rendering and transcoding.
I hear Apple is working on a new Final Cut Studio, but they are way behind Adobe. Shame on them for making so much money on their iPhones and iPods.
Brent Dunn
Owner / Director / Editor
DunnRight Films
DunnRight Video.com
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Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 7D
Mac Pro Tower, Quad Core,
with Final Cut StudioHP i7 Quad laptop
Adobe CS-5 Production Suite -
You said you are editing in 1080i but your footage is 1080p. Why edit in 1080i?
I always edit in the native format then convert if needed after the fact.
Have you done a test export in the native format? This may clear up transcoding issue questions.
Brent Dunn
Owner / Director / Editor
DunnRight Films
DunnRight Video.com
Video Marketing Toolbox.netSony EX-1,
Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 7D
Mac Pro Tower, Quad Core,
with Final Cut StudioHP i7 Quad laptop
Adobe CS-5 Production Suite