100,000 gazillion percent agreed with Richard on letting the cameras run. :D
Tape is cheap compared to hours of an editor sitting there figuring out which section of your footage matches which other section. Even if you're doing it yourself, it's a waste of your time, where you could be working on other projects or making THIS project better. Leave the cameras running. If you need to, stand somewhere where both cameras can see you and clap once so that both cameras get the sound and both cameras see your hands come together. When it's time to edit, load both 1-hour tapes fully to your drives, line up or multiclip the claps and work from there. The time savings are well worth it. It's not exactly on-topic, but here's a two-camera shoot I did with Bre Pettis <http://brepettis.com> and Justin Day <http://blip.tv> => <http://billcammack.com/2008/05/06/blip-on-blip-24-bre-pettis-making-internet-video/> Same principle. Start the cameras, let them roll, drop all the unwanted footage on the cutting room floor. Bill Cammack http://billcammack.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Amirault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "J. Rhett Aultman" > (snip) > > So, now I have two camcorders, and this means that, light conditions > > permitting, I'm doing more multiple-camera stuff. I just got done > > stitching together most of the footage from my first major multi-camera > > piece, and I've been noticing how much of my time goes syncing up the > > two cameras. Picking the right camera at the right time? That's easy. > > But every clip must by synced for both cameras before I can do that. > > > > I'm lucky that this is a sporting event with a lot of referee whistles, > > so I can use that to get two shots in sync, but it's still fairly > > tedious and time consuming. I'm curious...is there a better way to be > > doing this? I realize now why it's so much easier to run all the > > cameras to a common control room and have a director calling out the > > camera to switch to. > > Another technique is to start both cameras .. and LET THEM BOTH RUN .. until > either the tape runs out or the event is over. > > That way you sync up once, at the beginning, and then it should be fine for > the whole tape. Depending on the type of shoot you may end up throwing away > (editing out) a LOT of footage .. but it is a valid technique. > > Richard Amirault > Boston, MA, USA > http://n1jdu.org > http://bostonfandom.org > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ >
