Music Video Shot with XDCAM 350 at DVinfo.net

Matt Trecartin · February 22nd, 2007, 02:26 PM

Here is a video I shot last week for a young local band.
The crew was only the director and I.
I shot with an XDCAM 350 and Cannon KH10ex3.6 lens.
Used only available concert lighting.

http://homepage.mac.com/trecartin/iMovieTheater1.html

I was very happy with the camera in the relativley low light. The blacks were black with no noise.

Joel L. Young · February 22nd, 2007, 09:02 PM

Great video. Loved the look to it. Shots flowed real nicely also, felt like you had 4 or 5 cameras there. Sound matched up real nice, did you use a studio recording from them? They should be pretty happy with that product.

Rene V. Santiago · February 23rd, 2007, 02:27 AM

Really nice work,just wondering how you manage to record the whole song uncut and manage to get different cut to cut angles.Did you shoot the song several times.Was there a master shot? Thanks a lot in advance

Matt Trecartin · February 23rd, 2007, 08:17 AM

Thanks for the comments.

We had a studio recording of the song. I got a click track added to the head for sync purposes. I recorded 7 takes. Brought them all into Avid. Took about 3 minutes to sync all the takes onto a timeline. Layed up the master audio and started cutting.

They are happy with it for sure. It was shot at the end of a gig they played. Got the crowd to stay for 3 takes, then shot 4 more takes without the crowd.

I used an 8 foot Kessler crane for 2 of the takes, the rest were handheld.

I tweaked the camera for about 20 minutes to get it to look the way I wanted.

Steve Cahill · February 25th, 2007, 12:59 PM

24P, 60i ????

Matt Trecartin · February 26th, 2007, 08:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve Cahill

24P, 60i ????

Shot @ 23.98p and downconverted to SD with pulldown. Injested into a 30i Avid Project.

Emanuel Altenburger · February 26th, 2007, 02:50 PM

Cool, very well and also very cleverly done! I like the look of it a lot.

Matt Trecartin · March 14th, 2007, 12:00 PM

thanks, for a one man crew, I am pretty happy with the outcome.

Daniel Gast · March 14th, 2007, 12:39 PM

Impressive, actually, certainly for the level most here operate on. Very very good. Pretty much there are only two complaints. One is the whip-zooms you put in, like, twice. They were just a little out of place, maybe if you'd put them on a heavy accent in the song it would've worked, but it just didn't QUITE fit in, and sort of made me do a double take when they happened.

The second was your shooting style. You shot it sort of 1/2 "Live Performance" and 1/2 "Music Video". Betwixt the two have trouble meeting.

Overall, just very very good, good work with the available lighting, and most of the camera work was really interesting and fresh, cutting between them, it was well paced, it just had some ADD on its specific format and those whip zooms...

Really that's the only complaints I can think of.

Nice job :)

February 22nd, 2007, 02:26 PM	#1
Matt Trecartin New Boot Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia. CANADA Posts: 20	Music Video Shot with XDCAM 350 Here is a video I shot last week for a young local band. The crew was only the director and I. I shot with an XDCAM 350 and Cannon KH10ex3.6 lens. Used only available concert lighting. http://homepage.mac.com/trecartin/iMovieTheater1.html I was very happy with the camera in the relativley low light. The blacks were black with no noise.

February 23rd, 2007, 02:27 AM	#3
Rene V. Santiago New Boot Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Manila.Philippines Posts: 12	Music Video Really nice work,just wondering how you manage to record the whole song uncut and manage to get different cut to cut angles.Did you shoot the song several times.Was there a master shot? Thanks a lot in advance

February 25th, 2007, 12:59 PM	#5
Steve Cahill Major Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 321	24P, 60i ???? __________________ Regards Steve

February 26th, 2007, 02:50 PM	#7
Emanuel Altenburger Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Innsbruck, Austria Posts: 134	cool! Cool, very well and also very cleverly done! I like the look of it a lot.

March 14th, 2007, 12:39 PM	#9
Daniel Gast Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Miami, Florida, USA Posts: 69	Impressive, actually, certainly for the level most here operate on. Very very good. Pretty much there are only two complaints. One is the whip-zooms you put in, like, twice. They were just a little out of place, maybe if you'd put them on a heavy accent in the song it would've worked, but it just didn't QUITE fit in, and sort of made me do a double take when they happened. The second was your shooting style. You shot it sort of 1/2 "Live Performance" and 1/2 "Music Video". Betwixt the two have trouble meeting. Overall, just very very good, good work with the available lighting, and most of the camera work was really interesting and fresh, cutting between them, it was well paced, it just had some ADD on its specific format and those whip zooms... Really that's the only complaints I can think of. Nice job :) __________________ Dan Gast JD Video Productions

February 22nd, 2007, 09:02 PM	#2
Joel L. Young Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 55	Great video. Loved the look to it. Shots flowed real nicely also, felt like you had 4 or 5 cameras there. Sound matched up real nice, did you use a studio recording from them? They should be pretty happy with that product.

February 23rd, 2007, 08:17 AM	#4
Matt Trecartin New Boot Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia. CANADA Posts: 20	Thanks for the comments. We had a studio recording of the song. I got a click track added to the head for sync purposes. I recorded 7 takes. Brought them all into Avid. Took about 3 minutes to sync all the takes onto a timeline. Layed up the master audio and started cutting. They are happy with it for sure. It was shot at the end of a gig they played. Got the crowd to stay for 3 takes, then shot 4 more takes without the crowd. I used an 8 foot Kessler crane for 2 of the takes, the rest were handheld. I tweaked the camera for about 20 minutes to get it to look the way I wanted.

March 14th, 2007, 12:00 PM	#8
Matt Trecartin New Boot Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia. CANADA Posts: 20	thanks, for a one man crew, I am pretty happy with the outcome.