A little help...

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oneinfiniteloop

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Unfortunately I'm not the proud owner of a DVX yet (hopefully I'll be getting my 100B soon), so I need a little feedback from the pros in here. I have a music video shoot coming up in a few weeks and I am renting a DVX100 (not 100A) and an Arri Light Kit for the shoot. It will be a one day rental, hence a one day shoot, so I don't want any unforeseen suprises. Beside reading through the manual (which I plan to do) is there any known techincal issues that I should know about? Also, I will list my workflow below and if any has suggestions/improvements I would love to hear them. THis is the first video I am doing on a pro-ish level and I want a good outcome for my reel. There is no budget except for the rental and building a steadicam and dolly.

Panasonic DVX100
Shooting 24pAdvanced (any suggestions on scene settings?)
Arri Light Kit with 1000w fresnels, 650w's, 200 & 100w, chimera softbox, grip gear.
Editing in FCP 23.976.
Audio playback from Final Cut on laptop for shooting timecode for sync
On set TV for monitor (I know, it sucks, but can't afford good monitor), calibrated with color bars
Mattebox, filters, diffusion, reflectors, tripods, etc...
 
It's actually a tough question to answer. The DVX is a pretty confusing camera to learn at first, so you may want to take more than a day to try to learn it. As far as scene file settings, you are just going to set up you lights the way you like it and then play around with them to get the look you want. It all depends on the mood and music that you want to portray in the video. Sorry I'm not much help, but that's really all you can do. Also, plan for the unforeseen surprises, they WILL happen, they always do.
 
Hey, Put your camera on 24p Advanced, Light as close as you can to what you want to see. Shoot. Do the rest in post.

This is the first & only time I will say do it in post, but if you don't have time to learn the camera right, use the 24p part of the rig and fgart around with the "look" later.

Steve
 
MrBirdBoy said:
Boy it's a sad day when you misspell FART !!!!!!
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LOL have to agree with Steve though as I assume you are going from rental place straight to shoot.

Will you edit in 24p timeline? If so go 24pa on camera (f6) if not go 24p (f5). Download a manual and ask questions before the day I guess, someone may be willing to answer. Learn where and how the white balance works, use it.

Learn where the aspect ratio options are and decide before the day what you will use. THen you can set it at the start and forget it. Dont shoot letterbox though. If thats what you want try and find a clear / light colored tape to tape to the LCD as a guide. Just set the cam to letterbox, tape where the bars are and turn back to 4:3. Then in post you can add bars and adjust to get the best framing.

Get the lighting right and half your battle is won.

Its tough cause you wont have time to stuff around so much.
 
I will be editing in a 24p timeline, and I will have the camera the night before the shoot so I will stay up all night using it and getting comfortable. I have already downloaded the manual, and I'm sure that will help. It will most likely be 4:3 because there is a chance it will be played on TV (or at least that's what they tell me)

Thanks for all the advice thus far!
 
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