November 14th, 2007 : John Kary
Update, December 19, 2007: Please see my follow-up post with additional info on how to make Premiere AAF exports work.
I spent about four hours yesterday trying to devise an audio post-production workflow for a client shooting single-system (no audio field recorder) on the Panasonic HVX200 and editing in Adobe Premiere Pro 3.1.0. Conclusion? It’s not pretty.
After a picture-edit is complete, a rough audio mix of sync-sound from production is usually synced to the picture. Most low-budget indie filmmakers will have run their mic into their camera in attempts to save time/money on not buying/renting a dedicated field recorder. If they plan to edit with Premiere Pro, they are essentially locking themselves into frustration when it comes time to do any audio mixing.
While the Adobe Creative Suite and Final Cut Studio packages cater to indie filmmakers by giving them a boxed solution to make their film, Adobe is only facilitating the stereotypical poor audio mix that many low-budget independent films suffer from by not giving their users a solution to a professional audio mix.
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October 17th, 2007 : John Kary
One of the most important aspects of a live concert is the sound quality. Whether it’s the fluidity and balance of the mix that your ears perceive at the show, or in our case, the accurate reproduction of that sound in the 1’s and 0’s of your recording.
In Part 2 of this guide on how to tape concerts, I will be exploring the different options for capturing the sound of the show in the way of microphone setup in the venue, microphone types, specific microphone models that I recommend you check out, soundboard recording and the different recording devices available to make your job in post-production a bit easier. I will also discuss a bit about room acoustics and things you should note about the venue you are taping in order to maximize the potential quality of the recording.
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October 10th, 2007 : John Kary
So the Canon HV20 does 1080p for $900. So why not shoot the next Star Wars: Episode II (1080/24p on a Sony F900) with it? Because of the common misconception between “HDV” and “HD” resolution.
I was reading a thread over at TapersSection discussing the Canon HV20, and a user there was very quick to remind everyone that just because you see the golden number 1080p, doesn’t mean you will have a great image. Here is my response to the post, plus a bit extra, which tackles the issues of HD vs HDV and the problems facing a production when choosing which camera to shoot on.
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October 7th, 2007 : John Kary
When I need to make a quick movie-only DVD to preview a project on another TV, I usually author the DVD quickly using Sony DVD Architect 4.0. While DVD Architect has the ability built into it to also burn the disc, I opt to burn my test discs Ahead Nero ROM Burning. Why?
In this post I intend to explore the DVD burning process of Sony DVD Architect 4.0 with Ahead Nero ROM Burning 6.6.0.6. Which one is fastest for burning your data to DVD, and why might it be faster?
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October 2nd, 2007 : John Kary
With the release of Emery’s “I’m Only a Man” today, featuring a Bonus DVD and 5 Live Acoustic tracks produced by Titus Films, it’s like having another child. Not that I currently have any (ever…?), but I can bet it’s like seeing your son or daughter walk across the stage at graduate.
All posterity aside, in the following posts I hope to present an overview of how to go about producing live concert footage for a 5-camera shoot, showing how to plan the shoot step-by-step, some of the issues you may run into along the way, how you can work around them, and little things you need to keep straight from start to finish.
Please note, this is NOT a guide on how to do bootleg videos. This guide will assume you are pursuing all the necessary channels to legitimately and legally shoot the show you have planned.
This series will consist of 6-parts. I plan to cover everything from pre-production through post-production, with emphasis on planning the production aspects so everything goes smoothly on your shooting day. Here is the outline for what I will be covering:
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