[Josh Munson]

So there isn’t too much I can do but be creative and work around while shooting I suppose. What about other types of cameras? Do cameras using CMOS have this problem as well?

[Josh Munson]

Thanks, that was what I was basically assuming. I’ll have to wait to I’m in the market for a new camera to fix this I suppose. I appreciate you explaining everything and helping me out.
-Josh

[Josh Munson]

Yea, lighting is always very interesting. I don’t’ want to do anything crazy with lighting here. I’m hearing that using the lights i have would be best used for back lighting of the stage, would anyone else suggest a different lighting idea or in general is this the best idea?

[Josh Munson]

Thanks, I’ll really keep that in mind and not underestimate the syncing. I think i’ll set up a shoot date where i can do possibly and hopefully a “live” shoot of them to the studio music and more narrative shots as well.

[Josh Munson]

The animation idea is really great. I’d love to get into that however that’s something that i have yet to touch on and don’t think i will for this project. The band is leaving the bulk of this up too me and i don’t want to do just a live show. I would really rather have a narrative part to it as well. I still have some time before shooting the live show so i’m hoping before then to have at least a general idea of what i want narrative wise so when shooting I’ll have a better idea of the type of feel i’m looking for.

If anyone has ideas for the narrative part it would be greatly appreciated. We’re doing a video for “song two” and “girl” which you can listen to on their page at myspace.com/thetamboureens. If anyone would like to throw around story ideas for these to songs I would love it.

[Josh Munson]

Thanks so much for the advice i really do appreciate it and will keep it in mind. Very interesting idea with shooting at different frame rates and all that, thanks for the tip. As for having to plow through nine hours of footage I’m almost certain it is only going to be a half hour set plus we’re only going to be focused on two songs so that should be a major cut back in time in post.

[Josh Munson]

Alright, thanks I’ll be sure to keep that in mind. I planned on having at least two people getting shots of the crowd/audience. I really want as much stuff to work with as possible. Any other suggestions as far as syncing? Right now I’m simply planning on syncing up the live audio and CD audio and nothing to in depth. Mostly depending on other shots and B-roll for when things get out of sync.

[Josh Munson]

The budget is virtually zero. However I’ll have basically everything i’m going to need. I’m hoping to get at least 3 other people on cameras to try and cover as much as possible.

Audio isn’t an issue because we’ll be using studio audio off their album and syncing it up later. I know this can be a big pain if they play live a bit different then on the CD so I’m going to stress to the band that they need to play as closely as possibly to the pre-recorded track. I’m hoping to use B-roll for the stuff that doesn’t look to nice as far as syncing goes.

As far as lighting goes that’s a big concern of mine. I contacted the venue earlier today to ask about the amount of control I’ll have with the over all lighting of the stage. I also have two 500 watt work lights I’m thinking of using as well.

So since audio is not too much of an issue while shooting at this date what do you think my main focus should be to have things run smoothly? Do you think i should spend more time getting equipment together and a crew? Or worry more about lighting and the camera angles I’ll be working with?

[Josh Munson]

I’ve been watching a few trying to get a feel for what I like. Thanks for the advice! I’ll be sure to set aside more time for analyzing what I like in different videos.

[Josh Munson]

Thanks for the help! I’ll try it out.