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I have an FX1. I love it. Though not the newest kid on the block it is still a great camera.

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Thank you all for your feedback!!

I use Final Cut Pro 5 but I burn in iDVD . Is there a way to change bit rate somehow with this workflow?

Thanks and any help appreciated!

~jd

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Thank you all for the help. Mark thanks for verifying that the tape is a cheap one. And though RadioShack has been somewhat of an oracle to me over the years they do carry there fair share of cheap stuff. It’s a good thing this tape is being saved now because in a couple more years, who know’s , it may be to late.
I managed to acquire most of the clips I needed for the beginning montage but it took numerous attempts with my consumer VTR. For the full continuous wedding and ceremony part of the project I think I’ll need to re-acquire using a professional deck if I can rent one. Can anyone recomend a rental house around Boston?

Thanks again,
jd

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Thanks Greg ! Awesome idea about the 2 cams side by side for a wide and tight shot and off-settting the record times. That’s what I am going to do.
I’ll just get some footage from balcony before the speaches for a quick intro piece.

Thanks again

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Thank you all for the input. I’m really psyched about this gig . All of this feedback has gotten me thinking and hopefully has better prepared me for the best… or the worst ! (I’ll let you know how it turns out) But seriously, I feel I’ve done enough research and have adequate skills to provide the client with quality results.

I dont have access to a P2 or any other disk recording so this will all be done on miniDV. I am just going to have to change tapes at a break hopefully before an hour is up . Or I may change the tape quickly between speakers. My fingers are crossed.

I am going to use 2 camera’s but only one will have an operator.

I am only going to have one audio feed going to my small board then into my main camera in front of the podium. Besides getting a feed onto DV I may bring a back up iriver.
I spoke with the sound and lighting company and they will be able to provide me with a feed. The good news is the stage is only between 12 and 15 feet from where I’m setting up the main camera and getting my feed from.
The sound company is bringing there own board because the house board is an acient Radio Shack model. The bad news is that directly behind the podium are huge , huge windows that let massive amounts of light in . The sound and lighting co. is bringing two RE(?) lights in, hopefully this will be enough to compensate the backlight.

I do have another question. There is a balcony at this place with a nice view of the hall and podium. Since my head on shot is only 12 to 15 feet away and there is a balcony,where would you set up the second camera? I was thinking the balcony but I’m not sure if it would be feasable since I’ll be the only working the cameras.

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Greg thank you!

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Thank you all for the help. I appreciate it.

I have 3 more questions if any one would like to give any input:

By hooking up to the A/V company’s audio feed you mean actually a chord coming from there board plugged into my mic input on my camera (or board) right?

Also I am very new at this , the event is 2 hours of speach at the podium . How much time of b-roll footage should obtain of the crowd and/or socializing to edit in post? Is 5 minutes plenty?

Does anyone know where there their are examples online of an effective well framed podium speech?

thanks again

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Jeff,
I did not know that. That’s one of the reasons why I always check out Creative Cow. I worked for Media 100 for 3 years,(2000-2003), where I first started visiting here, and I’m real thankfull of this group,yourself and everyone else who makes constructive contributions.
Thanks again !!!!!!

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Jeff,
Thank you for the plethora of information on DVD printing and labeling.
I had no idea about the Epson R220 or the Primera, I’ll be looking into one of these as an option. Robot arms are cool-but too expensive.
Thanks again with the help. Creative Cow is awesome!

[Jd]

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