Rick Wise
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What camera are you currently using?
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Rick Wise
director of photography
Oakland, CA
http://www.RickWiseDP.com
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When making commercials for advertising agencies, it used to be the standard to charge 1/3 on signing the contract, 1/3 on completion of photography, and 1/3 on delivery of the edited master. Actual payments often dragged on and on and on.
In your case, you have established a relationship of (I hope) mutual trust. But you can point out that for you to wait until the end of the season is bad business on your part. Therefore, how about 1/3 at the start, another 1/3 half-way through the season, and final payment when you deliver at the end?
Or some such formula. This is something to negotiate in a way that doesn’t get everyone’s panties in a bunch. In other words, be friendly but clear and simple about a “fair” solution. Maybe you will have to flex a bit more, but something along the above guidelines should be reasonable to all.
Rick
Rick Wise
director of photography
Oakland, CA
http://www.RickWiseDP.com
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I have found the relative ASA of the Z1U is around 200, at least a stop slower than the SD cameras mentioned elsewhere. But a +3 gain or even a +6 gain will get you pretty good pictures.
Rick
Rick Wise
director of photography
Oakland, CA
http://www.RickWiseDP.com
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I can’t remember if the DVX has a letterbox option — blacks out the top and bottom of the frame. I’m pretty sure it does. If not, you can add that in post if you want the widescreen look and frame your shots accordingly.
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I think you’ll find the DVX100a has better low-light performance than the HDV Sony you mention, or any other HDV prosumer camera. If you had a choice of the Sony PD-150 or pd-170 or the consumer version of those cameras, dcr-vx2100, these would probably give you even better low-light performance. All of these, of course, are SD, not HDV cameras. For the moment, low-light takes a hit in HDV. However, to compensate somewhat, if you boost the gain +3 or even +6, the HDV cameras remain surprisingly low-noise.
But if you are distributing your video via DVD, you are forced back to SD (for the moment) and so there is no advantage in shooting HDV, or so it seems to me.
In your place, I’d shoot with the DVX100a, which is a terrific camera. Further, you are apparently quite familiar with the DVX100a, which will free you up to concentrate on covering your wedding. A far more difficult issue will be, I suspect, getting good audio. If you cannot use radio lavs or planted mics, get a good short shotgun to help your efforts. From reliable reports I hear that the Rode NTG-1 is terrific for the price, under $250. After that you are at $500 and up. (https://tinyurl.com/yrh8y3)
Rick
Rick Wise
director of photography
Oakland, CA
http://www.RickWiseDP.com
email: Rick@RickWiseDP.com -
The tutorial does not mention Vegas as a host program. Is it?
Rick
Rick Wise
director of photography
Oakland, CA
http://www.RickWiseDP.com
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Guys, If Spot says he uses a shotgun for VO, you can be sure he knows what he’s talking about. If you don’t know who he is, it’s time to find out…. You may have good reasons to prefer a different mic, because no one size fits all. Just don’t diss the info.
Just a suggestion….
Rick
Rick Wise
director of photography
Oakland, CA
http://www.RickWiseDP.com
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You might try the Electro-Voice 635a, which is an old and still functioning workhorse of reporters: https://tinyurl.com/2qcw9w Works best when held close to the mouth.
Rick
Rick Wise
director of photography
Oakland, CA
http://www.RickWiseDP.com
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Thanks. There’s a lot to work through on his site, but it is all well laid out and explained. Great tip.
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Quite so, David. Thanks.
Rick Wise
director of photography
Oakland, CA
http://www.RickWiseDP.com
email: Rick@RickWiseDP.com