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2 cam mix rendering tips??
Chad817:
I've got a project coming up next weekend with a friend's band. We're looking to do a two cam mix. One cam will be steady on a tripod, centered on a balcony to get a good full band shot. The other cam will be roaming on the floor. It's a dance floor so I'll have full access to roam anywhere..even up on the side of the stage if I want. I've never done a 2 cam mix before, and I'm just wondering how the heck I'm going to get the video synched up. I wondered if the timecode was standard for all cams...that it might be easiest to try and line the video up this way (for instance...finding the time code where the first song starts on each..and then matching them). Would this work? Will there be drift between the two sources I need to worry about like I do with audio? If so, how do you compensate for that with video? FWIW I'll be using Vegas 4.0.
Forgive me if this idea is way off base...I guess I'm looking for any and all tips you guy's have used when making multicam shots
alan278:
This is easy stuff, especially in vegas. You should have no problem keeping sync the whole time.
Easiest if you start both cams and let them run wthout stopping - just for changing tapes.
You should find that when you lay both tracks on the timeline in vegas, one below the other, you can line them up at one spot and they will remain in sync to the end.
You can do a rough alignment by video or just listening, but for the precise alignment use the AUDIO waveform. Expand the timeline maybe to the frame level so you can line up the audio waveforms by eye, easily. Should stay in sync from start to finish as long as both tapes roll the whole itme.
EkoostikMace:
I second that. Vegas is a champ when it comes to synching with the old eyeball. I've got two camera shoots where there are multiple cuts and once I get them all synched with the audio they're obviously synched visually as well. Then you group them together and go to town on the editing.
Good luck!
Chad817:
looks like my project is going to have to wait, other guy couldn't make it out to the show, so I just did a one cam job. Hopefully next weekend we will try for the 2 cam shot.
EkoostikMace:
I've shot about 6 ekoostik hookah shows now (three in Amsterdam - now that's a show!). Me and my partner are getting pretty good at it with our repsective setups.
I'd love to see what you guys come up with after you've done a multi-camera shoot. Our biggest issue is finding a good way to communicate during shows. I usually set up in a balcony or off to a side soas to get a different angle. She is always next to the soundboard for the soundboard feed and full band shot.
Sometimes we both zoom in on the same thing and sometimes we're on different things but in editing, it always works out. We've got some really interesting guitar solo shots since the angles are different.
-K
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