Couple of questions. Please help.

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chi3sa

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So since I've gotten my DVX I have been promoting my self as a director/cinematographer/editor and a couple people want stuff done.

#1 - How do I shoot inside a small club. There will be high school performances and I need the best quality. doesn't have to be perfect. Im talking about sound here because it will be very overblown, i don't have anything external

#2 - anyone have a link to creating a music video? I need to and I'm not sure the correct way to go about it. Play the music while you film? and then sinc up in post?

thanks

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one way to make it easy to sync audio later is add a click track, and play that over your system while shooting. use the same track with the click track in your editing program, and when your edit is finished, replace it with the song without the click track.

do you mean you will be shooting bands live in the club? if you can't connect to the sound guy's mixer, or don't have a mic that you can put directly in front of a PA speaker, just spend some time during sound check figuring out where you will shoot from, and be really careful setting your audio levels.
 
Can anyone tell me a good starting price for a music video?

I guess it's up to me but at 17 I'm not sure what to charge. I'll be doing a rap/hip hop shoot for another 17 year old but he is very professional and I'd like to think I am too.

What do you guys usually charge or how do you go about figuring out the final price?
 
When you're starting out, never sell yourself for less than $100 a day. If you don't have a reel, don't get greedy. Having a couple projects to show other clients is worth money to you. Gear is extra. For a four minute video, you should be able to get the whole thing done (preproduction through edit) in 24 total hours, so I'd figure $400 is a good place to start. Don't stay cheap for long. Once you've done a few, you can tell you're at the right price because occasionally people will decline your services.

If you need sound in a performance space, try to get in good with the person running sound live. Direct in is always nice. Even if you have to record it to your iPod, you'll get better source than an on-camera mic.
 
Im actually recording a band on Wednesday. When you say direct in, you mean from the board into the XLR input? After it's recorded do you just copy the audio track to Audio 1 and 2 in Premiere and pan track 1 to the left and 2 to the right?
 
^^ I recorded a concert not too long ago where I was able to talk to the main engineer and he gave me a full mix out to my DVX. I parked one DVX by the main console, and he connected 2 XLR outs to my DVX and I was able to get a clean stereo mix from there - it sounded great. Just be sure to have a backup for some reason there were a couple of songs missed (the audio just went out completely)... so be sure to have a plan b.
 
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