How Many Use a Spilt Screen Technique for Recitals?

Chris Harding · February 24th, 2012, 05:36 AM

Hi Guys

Well my Christmas Dance Recital had the teachers a bit worried but I have so far supplied a total of 130 DVD's and all of them have been dual camera...At this stage just a mere 3 Mum's want a choreography cut so it's probably cheaper to just duplicate a dual cam shoot so Mother's can see their little darlings up close and then offer a choreography DVD for those more technically inclined!! I was quite happy to toss in an extra 3 wideangle only DVD's to the Dancing School at no charge and they are happy!!! Probably less work and less hassles than doing a dual video track and have them coming back to you asking how it works!!

Chris

Samuel Bell · May 6th, 2012, 12:31 PM

Around 2004-2006 I had some Dancing groups requesting multiple angle DVD's (did one as a test for one convention and other organizers really liked it). In that particular case, the clients didn't care about a drop in quality and preferred to see their every movement during the dance competitions. There were 4 video tracks sharing the same audio: the Default mixed version, and then an angle for each of the three cameras. DVD SP worked fine with it. Due to the quality drop I used Cinemacraft Encoder to get the best picture at low bitrates. The final result spanned 4 discs (cheaper than 2 dual layers at the time) and orders made it worth the effort. Haven't done any since, nor has anyone been willing to pay for the extra time involved.

February 24th, 2012, 05:36 AM	#31
Chris Harding Inner Circle Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 8,441	Re: How Many Use a Spilt Screen Technique for Recitals? Hi Guys Well my Christmas Dance Recital had the teachers a bit worried but I have so far supplied a total of 130 DVD's and all of them have been dual camera...At this stage just a mere 3 Mum's want a choreography cut so it's probably cheaper to just duplicate a dual cam shoot so Mother's can see their little darlings up close and then offer a choreography DVD for those more technically inclined!! I was quite happy to toss in an extra 3 wideangle only DVD's to the Dancing School at no charge and they are happy!!! Probably less work and less hassles than doing a dual video track and have them coming back to you asking how it works!! Chris

May 6th, 2012, 12:31 PM	#32
Samuel Bell Tourist Join Date: May 2011 Location: Dayton, OH Posts: 4	Re: How Many Use a Spilt Screen Technique for Recitals? Around 2004-2006 I had some Dancing groups requesting multiple angle DVD's (did one as a test for one convention and other organizers really liked it). In that particular case, the clients didn't care about a drop in quality and preferred to see their every movement during the dance competitions. There were 4 video tracks sharing the same audio: the Default mixed version, and then an angle for each of the three cameras. DVD SP worked fine with it. Due to the quality drop I used Cinemacraft Encoder to get the best picture at low bitrates. The final result spanned 4 discs (cheaper than 2 dual layers at the time) and orders made it worth the effort. Haven't done any since, nor has anyone been willing to pay for the extra time involved.