RAQ Live Performance (Multicam) Clips

Jonathan_Healey

Jonathan_Healey

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As usual, I've come out of my annual hibernation bearing DVX100 clips for you fine folks at DVXUser.com. This time, I'm deviating from my usual in-studio clips and showing a live concert multicam featuring Burlington, Vermont's improv. rock group, RAQ.

The shoot was filmed in Vail, Colorado at 8150. We used 5-DVX100a cameras. 1-camera was locked down on a wide shot while another was locked down behind the drummer. We had 2-camera operators (back and stage right) using their DVX100s on sticks while another operator on stage left was handheld.

The audio has not yet been mixed, so what you're hearing is a straight board feed. We did not add any additional lighting to what 8150 uses night-to-night: typical stage PARs with a couple of moving lights. The footage was edited and color corrected with FCP 4.5. Automatic Duck was used to migrate certain cuts from FCP->AE 6.5 where effects were somtimes used such as rotoscopings for split screens, video feedback effects, etc.

[Apple QuickTime Required]

RAQ
2.15.05
8150; Vail, CO

"Brother From Another Mother"

"Forget Me Not"

"Quick and Painless"
 
Sweet band, guitarist seems damn good for his style of music. the editing to me seemed preety seemless, i was so into the music, i forgot i was suppose to be watching for shot compisition and style, props to the video work

-Matt-
 
Thanks! I forgot to mention that I, for the first time, did not operate a camera on this shoot unlike all of my prior posts. I produced and edited this shoot. Big ups to Will Smith and PlumTV in Vail for the crew/gear.

And of course... RAQ. You can learn more about RAQ at:

http://www.raqmusic.com

and visit their fanbased message board at:

Hyperfunkalicious.net
 
I didn't know Tom Cruise moonlighted as a keyboard player? (kidding) The vid looks good, what program did you edit in (doing a 5 cam shoot?). Didn't look like much was going on in the way of lighting, did they keep it pretty static for the shoot?
 
The only real thing that I noticed that I think should probably be done differently was (again I'm only 45 seconds into the show so far, slow connection), that several of the cuts (primarily on the drummer) happen immediately -before- the moment of interest.

Examples:
The song starts with a lick. You cut to the wide shot for the lick, and then inexplicably cut to the guitarist -after- the lick, so that all we see is the slide. It might be a question of taste, but I think the shot of the lick would've been better than the 4 person wide shot.

Shortly after, the drummer does a quick fill, lands on a crash, and what the audience wants/needs to see is the connection between stick and cymbal, but then you'd cut away.

Rarely (also stylistic) do we see music videos where the first line of the song is uttered off camera. This is a question of choice, but it jarred me.

The overall effect (for me) was like watching a football game where the camera man kept cutting away right before the tackle or the reception.

Aside from that the video looked good, you should be psyched.

M.

p.s. spit screening always is great for unison licks between bass players and guitarists. It shows the non-musician -exactly- what they're hearing. I didn't see the whole video so I don't know if you did it, but at least through the first chorus you hadn't.
 
Lets keep in mind that this is not a music video and, rather, a live performance shoot. Therefore, there are no second takes and, most importantly, cameras are moving around a lot so sometimes you're stuck with a wide shot when you might like a close-up. What song did you watch so I can better apply your comments.
 
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