Re: Gear for Field Recording

Very good points, Dan
I would think tha a slate would be the least of your problems.
--
Martin Harrington
www.lendanear-sound.com

"d rosen" <danielrosen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 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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