Critical Settings for Stage Performance

[briggs]

I'll be filming a stage performance where the musical artist will be under bright stage lights. What settings are important for this?

I expect to set my zebras on 80% (or 100%?) with manual iris. Anything else important to adjust for this setting? What about scene files that might work best?

Thanks.

 

[DVX100Shooter]

You may have to go and set up your camera early and do a few tests and play around with the scene file settings to get the result you want. I am sure they will be doing sound checks or maybe even rehearsing before the start of the show.

 

[ian lucero]

This might be lame or cheating but because of not knowing what the lighting person might be doing for the show - if you aren't that close to the production of it - I usually leave the White Balance on AUTO and maybe even the Iris. That way you have smoother changes from dark to light scenes. Almost like a run-n-gun situation. White Balance seems to be the big issue for stage lights, i never know what to set it to and colors seem to shift too much because of the different color gels they use. So I just leave it on Auto.

Just make sure you get good audio, unless you are sync it with recording from the board or prerecorded something, like the actual album recording - aka. music video.

good luck