Posted by peter on 01/03/08 23:09

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?

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