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Can I get away with one camera operator for corporate training video?
Just some general advice needed here from the professionals. i need to shoot 15 scenes with 4 actors. Each scene will be 3 -4 mins long. This is going to be used on the web and needs to look professional. Can I get away with just 1 camera operator or do i need more?
Advice would be gladly appreciated.
Hi Mel:
Before “I Love Lucy” pioneered the multi-camera scripted-show method of filming, most episodic TV shows (and almost all movies, except for “epic films” with huge action scenes like “Ben Hur”) shot with just one camera.
Nowadays, with live-audiences, the usual shooting a scene several times (wide-shot, two-shot, close-ups & reverse-angles, etc.) would be tedious, plus shooting all the different angles at once makes editing easier (the exact same dialog track is on each camera’s footage). But you then have the extra expense of added cameras and camera ops.
On a project like yours, with a script broken down into scenes and real actors (and not just a CEO or other exec as a “talking head” in front of an audience) you’ll probably do better with just the one camera & operator. Just make sure you hire a good director (he/she isn’t just there for the actors). An experienced director will make sure each scene & take is captured at the right angles and composition for editing together seamlessly. Even with two or more cameras, a director will know how to line up the shots and make the shooting day go by with the fewest problems.
If your director is also a good editor, budget for that, too. Otherwise, consult with a skilled editor for the project — good editing isn’t as easy as you might think.
Your finished result will only look as professional as your weakest link in the production chain: lighting, sound, scenery, acting, post-production, etc.
hope this helps,
–Dennis C.
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