Online footage to look at (was:7 camera XDCAM HD Shoot on Wed)

Uli Mors · December 24th, 2006, 03:57 AM

Last Question: I´d be interested what the total production budget of the video (not audio) segement was.
Hiring 7x 350 (or330) + operators + etc etc. is quite a big project already. Postproduction took quite a while,too , so I´d really like to know what the budget was roughly.

Nate, can you give us an idea?

Thanks for all your very helpful and interesting threads!

Merry X-Mas to all!

ULi

Nate Weaver · December 24th, 2006, 09:04 AM

Not quite $60k.

But what's important is that I was able to do post all at home, including Digibeta & HDCAM outputs.

Jeremiah McLamb · December 24th, 2006, 11:37 AM

sorry...bumping my question...but

were the camera controls operated from video village...or did each camera operator control his iris, focus, etc? if the camera operator did it all...how much time would you guess did you spend on color correction...if you had any?

Nate Weaver · December 24th, 2006, 02:19 PM

Sorry, forgot to answer.

As my background is film (as opposed to live switched video), operators were on their own with everything. I gave occasional notes over comm if I wanted an iris down or up.

I spent time on color correction, but none on making the cams match. My experience on multi-camera shoots with modern cameras is that if the settings are identical, then the cameras will match.

Uli Mors · December 28th, 2006, 08:24 AM

60k - thats what I roughly estimated.

Great project - what a pity that it has been cut down so heavy on the final DVD...

Keep us on track of more f350 projects!

ULi

Vincent Rozenberg · December 28th, 2006, 12:52 PM

Looking good Nate! Did you had to convince Warner to go XDCAM HD (instead of HDCAM or so) or not at all?

December 24th, 2006, 09:04 AM	#32
Nate Weaver Wrangler Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 2,100	Not quite $60k. But what's important is that I was able to do post all at home, including Digibeta & HDCAM outputs. __________________ My Work: nateweaver.net

December 24th, 2006, 02:19 PM	#34
Nate Weaver Wrangler Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 2,100	Sorry, forgot to answer. As my background is film (as opposed to live switched video), operators were on their own with everything. I gave occasional notes over comm if I wanted an iris down or up. I spent time on color correction, but none on making the cams match. My experience on multi-camera shoots with modern cameras is that if the settings are identical, then the cameras will match. __________________ My Work: nateweaver.net

December 24th, 2006, 03:57 AM	#31
Uli Mors Major Player Join Date: May 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 565	Last Question: I´d be interested what the total production budget of the video (not audio) segement was. Hiring 7x 350 (or330) + operators + etc etc. is quite a big project already. Postproduction took quite a while,too , so I´d really like to know what the budget was roughly. Nate, can you give us an idea? Thanks for all your very helpful and interesting threads! Merry X-Mas to all! ULi

December 24th, 2006, 11:37 AM	#33
Jeremiah McLamb Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Fayetteville, NC Posts: 174	sorry...bumping my question...but were the camera controls operated from video village...or did each camera operator control his iris, focus, etc? if the camera operator did it all...how much time would you guess did you spend on color correction...if you had any?

December 28th, 2006, 08:24 AM	#35
Uli Mors Major Player Join Date: May 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 565	60k - thats what I roughly estimated. Great project - what a pity that it has been cut down so heavy on the final DVD... Keep us on track of more f350 projects! ULi

December 28th, 2006, 12:52 PM	#36
Vincent Rozenberg Major Player Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands Posts: 475	Looking good Nate! Did you had to convince Warner to go XDCAM HD (instead of HDCAM or so) or not at all?