Mixing cameras on two camera shoot

1. Sous
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   I have a fairly basic shoot to do for a training film but I am not sure about a couple of finer points so hope someone can help.

   My budget is fairly limited so I am having to think carefuly about what kit and resource I employ without risking it being a poor end result.

   The shoot will be a number of fairly short customer service scanarios (2min) in a hight street food outlet. I was aiming to use as my main camera a Sony DSR 570.

   1st question - Is this likely to be overkill for a short training application? Would something like a Sony PD170 do the job as well?

   2nd question - For my 2nd camera, should I keep it the same as the main camera or could I use the PD170 (assuming I use a DSR for main camera)?

   3rd question - Being in a food outlet on the higfh street it is going to be fairly tight for space and probably quite bright inside. We are filming 2 people have a conversation. What would be recommendation on lighting - Redheads, videssence etc?

   4th question - I will have a soundman with us. Would you aim to feed sound back to one camera or both?

   Cheers

   Duncan

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2. XTR-91
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   I'm not familiar with Sony camcorders, but from a little bit of research, it looks like both camcorders are expensive DV pro models.

   1st question - Is this likely to be overkill for a short training application? Would something like a Sony PD170 do the job as well?

   Both are 3ccd professional models, so it probably doesn't matter. Just for the sake of it, use the more expensive model during your one camera setup.

   2nd question - For my 2nd camera, should I keep it the same as the main camera or could I use the PD170 (assuming I use a DSR for main camera)?

   Try comparing recordings from both camcorders and see which one has the best image quality - then use that as the main one. Also, you don't want to use two cameras that have noticeable differences in picture quality in a multi-cam setup.

   3rd question - Being in a food outlet on the higfh street it is going to be fairly tight for space and probably quite bright inside. We are filming 2 people have a conversation. What would be recommendation on lighting - Redheads, videssence etc?

   You might be able to get a pro quality recording with no external lighting. If the picture is darker than desired, consider using a 3-point light setup: Three-Point Lighting 101

   4th question - I will have a soundman with us. Would you aim to feed sound back to one camera or both?

   You should first make sure that both camcorders are in sync while recording/editing. Feed the audio into one camcorder, then use the same sound recording when switching between both camera shots.

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3. The shooter
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   Check this out for multi-cam

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   http://www.videomaker.com/article/12970/

   http://www.videomaker.com/article/10691/

   http://www.videomaker.com/article/14244/

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4. Sous
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   Thanks both. Interesting reading. I still wonder what "useful" advantages the  DSR might have over the PD's. Maybe the quality of lenses might give a more cinemagraphic feel through a shorter depth of focus for example.

   Certainly the PD170s are less expensive to hire so the DSR's would have to have some significant advantages for me to go for them.

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