Sign me up for one of those magic boxes also :)
I do same day turn around for my church, and let me say first off, it's a pain in the south end. Â The key to quick turn around is doing it right the first time, spending hours in post production fixing audio, croping shots, and retaking is a killer. Â Don't get me worng, backup audio is a good thing but the key is not to use it.
Not knowing anything about horse shows i'm not sure what advice to give, but same day turn around you will want to have a theme in mind before you get there, already know what the end product will look like and shoot it. Â I respect your boldness, taking on a job like this as a newbie takes guts.
You may want to conciter taking smaller steps, such as giving yourself more time to edit. Â Unless your a master at editing, your final product is going to look rushed. Â it only cost about $3.00 to mail a dvd, take orders at the show and give yourself at least 10 days to deliver, remember always under promise and over deliver. Â in time once you have done a few you may be able to edit on site, i'm trying to picture what it would be like, I have shot a few events and each time it required voice over dialog to make it right, to do that you will need a sound proof trailer to edit in, and those bad boys start at $30K.
Equipment:
No question a lap top is the way to go, what platform, well that question will light a firestorm around here. Â My personal preferance is a mac with adobe premiere. Â Since it's a event and most of the time outdoors do not forget a really good camera light. Â what a light in the day time and outdoors, trust me you'll need it.
a good shotgun mic and a blimp covered by a dead cat, don't forget a flash card recorder for backup audio.
as far as HD goes that's going to be hard to do on site and the same day depending on how long the final product is going to be. Â HD rendering takes time and lots of computer power to do.
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