Posted by Steve Guidry on 05/19/06 15:55

Having punched (and called) about a thousand shows , I might could help on
the war stories part. But it's difficult to remember them outside of a
round-table "swapping stories" setting.

Maybe we could all get together at an industry show or something . . .

Steve




<blackburst@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Having published a few things here and there, I am contemplating a book
> on live multicamera directing, an area where I have a lot of
> experience. beyond standard instruction, it would include war stories
> from seasoned vets.
>
> TV is moving in new directions. Much stuff is shot on single camera. A
> lot more is done with several non-synchronous cameras, then edited on
> an NLE. And with frame-sync switchers, we don't even need to genlock
> cameras (but that means no tally or return video).
>
> But still, there is a need for live directing. Sports, special events,
> news, all kinds of things, and it is a difficult art to master.
>
> I've checked, and there are very few recent books on the subject.
> Anybody know of any?
>
> At the NAB convention bookstore, I asked about live directing books,
> and they all said "huh"? Surely there must be a small market for this.
>

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