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Posted by DanR on 01/04/08 04:20
"peter" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:zWdfj.11918$tK5.638@trndny03...
>A week ago there was a show at kennedy center honoring director Martin
>Scorsese, actor Steve Martin, diana ross, etc. It was shot in a theater
>with audience, implying there is only one take.
>
> I noticed many prediction cuts -- i.e. right before some lead musical
> instrument starts playing or someone starts singing, the scene is switch
> to that musician. I'm guessing the music director gave an event list to
> the video director, who then gives the order to the camera operators and
> do the switching?
>
> Even with this list, how does the video director know at which second to
> switch?
>
> Suppose on the list it says "after the first movement, the harpsicord
> would play solo ..." Unless the video director knows the music and knows
> when the end of the first movement is, he may switch to the harpsicord too
> soon and show the musician doing nothing for a few seconds.
>
> Any idea how it is actually done?
>
You didn't say if the show aired live. If not then the cameras were iso'ed.
Each camera was recorded to (probably) tape with matching timecode. Later
the tapes were edited
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