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I am looking to build a temp DV production studio with 2-3 cameras, can anyone help?

X-Dave
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Jul 23, 2003, 10:16 PM

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I am volunteering to teach in a fine arts camp: We will be setting up a makeshift studio in someone's basement. Still haven't figured out what cameras we will use (but was thinking about renting PD-150s), thought about just using Sony Trinitron tv's for monitors.
I have been toying with the idea of using a digital switchboard and recording onto mini-DV or DVCAM.
does anyone have experience with this? or how about recording the final DV onto a computer??
I thought about just taping onto the 3 cameras (use a clapboard to synch for later editing) and then use some sort of program with premiere to edit 2-3 camera shoot. But that sounds like too much work in post production.
can anyone give me any good ideas? we have a low budget want to do this cost-effectly.
thanks
Dave

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Jul 24, 2003, 2:59 PM

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Editing a multicamera shoot in post isn't much more work than switching it live, but it IS an extra step, and if you're trying to simulate the operation of a "real" studio, you'll want to live switch. (However, editing the shoot in post results in a better product, in my view, because you can choose your shots at leisure instead of under real-time pressure).
For a camp setting, just get any old cameras...they don't have to be DV. Get a Videonics MX-1 or MX-Pro switcher, or a Panasonic MX-30 if you can borrow/rent one. Use portable TVs for the monitors. Use an S-VHS or a DV deck to record the output of the switcher...DV if you are going to do anything to the footage in post.
Connect the cameras to the switcher with S-Video cables and RCA cables for audio. S-video from the switcher to the master deck. One monitor for each camera input, and one monitor for the switcher output signal. Rig some sort of intercom system so the director can talk to the switcher operator and the camera operators.
Get several quartz shoplights on stands for lighting.
Get the Digital Lighting Magic and Broadcast Camera Techniques instructional DVDs from http://www.elitevideo.com. They will provide you with plenty of teaching material and examples.
Regards,
Doug Graham