Jamie Kehoe
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I shoot that a lot, but what I do is grab either the best man (or chief bridesmaid/matron of honour, or the MC) and go around with the mic and get them to ask the people. They get more out of them that way, otherwise it is too difficult to work the camera and the people at the same time.
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Why not just use tape and change when neccessary? You can set the cameras a minute apart and change tapes just before they run out. That way you have a crossover from one tape to another. You just need to visually look at the footage to determine the point when you crossover. Shouldn’t be too hard, I have done this a lot when shooting multicamera. It is the most effective and cheapest way to go, rather than dumping to a harddisk constantly. Also no freedom of movement. If it is an instructional video, it can be stopped and started, so you can direct the shoot, tell the talent when to go and when to stop if you need to change tapes and are worried about losing footage, surely it can’t be non-stop.
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It really depends on the country you are in. Here in Australia, I pay a $400 fee per year to use any copyrighted music I want to on a DVD for a personal event, wedding, birthday, etc. This is payable directly to ARIA (Australian Recording Industry Association). For commercial corporate videos, I can either have someone score the video or just use a copyright and royalty free music backing track. Not sure what the story is in the US, but I am sure there must be an organised body that allows licencing for the recording industry.
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I am not sure what body of licencing you have in America, but in Australia, I can use any artist legally on a DVD for personal events, (weddings, birthday parties, christenings, etc) up to 25 copies. I felt the need to be legal so I went and got a licence from Aria (Australian Recording Industry Association) which is around the $400 mark per year. I also have a questionnaire form that I give to couples to stipulate what music they would like to add to the DVD. I can even have videos on my website with commercial music and there isn’t a damn thing that anyone can do about it. I am completely legit. See your local recording body and see if they have a similar licencing aggreement. If you are stuck for choice, stick to classics and a bit of guitar and classical music, most people (99%) like this as background music, hence the reason why films are scored with classical music.
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Usually if it smells like shit, it is shit, so in my opinion, I would write this one down as experience. I know what you are getting into, you just don’t want this client to badmouth you all over town. That is the worst that comes from this. I have had instances in the very near present that occurs when nothing is signed, the clients don’t want to pay. Here in Australia, there are several free avenues I can take before I throw a court order at her, but at present a couple of clients are reluctant to pay, which I need to stamp down on immediately. In future, I won’t be doing anything until I get something in writing. No mun, no fun as they say.
So unless you have it in writing and you have some cash, forget about it.If you can’t be good at it, then don’t do it.