[Ron Gilmour]

i thought of the audio sample rate once i’d gone to bed….
a) not posting it and
b) whether that was the problemo

will look into that now 🙂

[Ron Gilmour]

well i used VVTR in the end,
it was a 3 projector wide/blend for the main screen so i needed hi def there, but the sd displays were 16/9 plasmas and i didnt want a distorted image there by just resampling down to SD.

thanks for the options though.
event went fine, i used an ‘older’ edit suite that played in the SD version but also outputted an LTC signal that our MAC with VVTR locked up to and that played in the HIdef, simple….
apart from only 10 mins to lineup the three projectors with some audience watching!!

[Ron Gilmour]

easiest for editing IMHO, is a second camera on a wider shot of the interviewee and interviewer, or just a different angle (as other people have mentioned close up on face/ skewed shot….)
run this with onboard mic, and keep both cameras running,
if you dont have budget for a good second camera then just use a cheap dv camera. tint it , turn it B&W, add noise etc. in your edit.

you only ‘need’ this shot to cover the jump edits, but can drop it in just to keep ‘interest’.
b roll is best but we all know that there isnt any footage of the new product they’re talking about, they dont have images of the new staff about to join the company or whatever else…

it makes the interviewee more at ease coz they only have to go through the questions correctly the once.
it makes your job easier coz you dont ‘have’ to try and cut two (or more) differently worded takes on the same answer.
the interviewee runs through until they’ve got decent takes for each question (1 or 2 fluffs/takes per answer) then they can go,
next shoot the questions close in on the interviewer.
job done

yes its not the best way but it gets it done, quickly and gives you options.

Ron