Re: Gear for Field Recording
- From: "d rosen" <danielrosen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 7 Dec 2005 14:56:34 -0800
rory,
i did a doc shoot last year with an independent american production
shooting super16 in london, they rented/hired owner ops in the uk with
arri st2s but generally preferred to shoot on their own minima. the
'decision' was based on the look and speed of (highly uprated) film
('spontaneity' would of been lost with a top light), as well as the
circumstances of the filming, the subject and partly their love of the
camera i think. i could understand why they liked this camera so much,
it is beautifully engineered and very small, jamming tc straight into
the back was handy too (when they let me).
all this said and done i was surprised-given the circumstances of the
filming that they did not shoot with a video camera as well. although
this was antithetical to what the production was all about there would
of been a number of advantages for them.
i would of been able to use my mixer instead of renting a pd-4.
they could of dispensed with the digi-slate altogether (syncing video
sound with film picture via video picture).
and they would of been able to keep rolling picture (and sound) through
all the mag/roll changes.
the roll changes on the minima are so frequent (iirc 200ft=5mins) that
30 minutes into an interview with a primary contributer (that they had
waited over a week to get hold of) they ran out of pre-wound daylight
reels for the minima and had to dive into the changing bag and load sum
more. the director told me to keep rolling even though the DOP was
loading in the same room. this all resulted in some of the best
material from that I/V having a frantic DOP loading reels in the
background.
i think the point i'm trying to make is that if you feel your subjects
and spontaneity are going to be put off by a clapstick do you really
want to stop shooting for a reload at the very moment they've forgotten
about the camera and really started to 'open up'.
yes you have to reload video cameras, but not as often, and as small as
a minima is a flight case or run bag (or 2) full of reels is neither
light or low profile.
for the production i was working on it was not necessarily a problem to
loose (very grainy) picture for I/V sound as they were using alot of
archive material in their film, but if a video camera is going along
with you (for back-up) it may be easier to use that for your sound as
well.
dan.
.
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