How was this shot?

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D90GH1_eric

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I have a Panasonic GH1 and am learning how to do video.

If you can take a look at this:

http://vimeo.com/8141453

We see both the singer and the audience throughout the clip, while the song in the background does not seem to be interrupted. Could this have been shot with just one camera?
 
Take your camera out and video tape someone like that singing. Video tape the whole song.

Then go around and video tape the audience listening to the singer or just about doing anything that might be going on while the song is being sung. These shots are called "cut-aways".

Then lay out the video of the song on V1 track of your Final Cut Pro Editor (or similar NLE) and then drag the cut-aways and lay them on V2 and trim them to what is interesting or to your liking. Juggle them until you're happy with where they fall -- sort of pepper the song with the cut-aways.

And voila, you have edited your first music video :)
 
Yes. This was almost certainly shot with just one camera.

Here's how it's done:

The cameraman shoots at least one complete song, then shoots the crowd. The crowd you see
is not listening to the song you hear. In this case, the cameraman has also shot people doing things
at the event (henna body art, street performers, etc). The music makes a nice soundtrack to the
marketplace.

When I shoot outdoor events like this, I decide which performances I want, then shoot the crowd
either before or after or both. Just make sure never to include the stage in your "crowd" shots.
Also, make sure to shoot lots of crowd scenes. To cover a 2-minute song I like to get a minimum
of 10 b-roll shots (b-roll referring to any footage other than the primary "A" footage, which in this
case would be footage of the musical performances on stage).

In a perfect world you'd have two cameras, one for the performance and one for the crowd. But
as we all know it's rarely a perfect world.

Hope this helps.

Peter
 
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