Gary Allan 5D multicam show
By S Simmons. Filed in Blogs and links, cameras, Editing, television |
Yesterday I posted a article over at the Editblog on PVC about a recent Canon 5D multicamera show that Premieres Saturday night on GAC. Gary Allan: Live From the House of Blues is one of the first 5D multicamera shows that I am aware of. To get a taste of the show check out the song “Today” that was pulled from the show for a music video:
Here’s the airing schedule:
March 06, 2010 10:00 PM ET
March 07, 2010 2:00 AM ET
March 07, 2010 4:00 PM ET
March 11, 2010 10:00 PM ET
March 12, 2010 2:00 AM ET
Set your DVRs!
Tags: Canon 5D, gary allan
Sunday, March 7th 2010 at 7:51 pm
This is quite interesting though a few cuts in you realize they shot multiple shows or even a non-crowd take. Find the color correction and edit rather annoying. But they are shooting on DSLRs with a 12minute max length, that either an editor or Pluraleyes is syncing. I’ll be working at SXSW and I believe that we are shooting a number of shows DSLR exclusively. Running a DIT station for one of the venues (Stubbs or Mohawk). Should be interesting.
Monday, March 8th 2010 at 10:50 am
You are correct that we did use a “non-crowd take” .. a rehearsal to be exact to add more coverage to the show. It’s not something we were trying to hide though continuity was kept in check for the most part (with the exception of the song Today which is discussed in the PVC article). Sorry that you found the color grade and edit annoying. What did you not like about it?
Tuesday, March 9th 2010 at 2:15 pm
I didn’t so much mind the grade (color). I like the range available on the image (smoke, lights, etc.) but I too was distracted by the edit. Crossing the line more than a few times and the cut on every verse just makes it feel too cutty for such a slow song. A ballad you wouldn’t’ usually cut around that much and also it was kind of a ‘tromboning’ effect with all the in and out. I like the closeup. The other issue is the focus rolling off before quite a few of the cuts. If 12 mins. was truly the length of any given record time for every camera then they might have done well to swap cards between every song so that wouldn’t be an issue. A more forgiving sense of lenses with less DOF would have made the focus less destracting and allowed the ENGs the headspace to just focus on composing a good shot. The lowlight performance of these cams still blows me away. We shot a similar setup back in 2007 in the Orpheum here in LA. The master shot of the singer was shot on the full size P2 cam with one of those massive NFL type lenses on it, all the way in the back of the auditorium. 16 cams x 2 nights. (32 angles was a beast of a multiclilp cut for 1 hour, glad I had great help!). The jib cam was also one of the full size P2 cams (can’t remember the model, sorry). The rest were the HVX200s, including the steadicam. For the grading, because of the limitation of the P2 we coudln’t lift the blacks much without it graining up, glad the lighting director was an ace. Great blog, Scott. I’m a long time subscriber. Part of the project is here if you want to take a look; http://www.mtv.com/videos/misc/234999/wings-of-a-butterfly-live.jhtml
Monday, May 24th 2010 at 11:07 am
I think they did a great job on this. If anyone know’s Gary Allan’s style, this is it. He’s very ruff and rugged, and I think this edit/color grade is a great expression of Gary’s persona. I think they did a great job!