Live shoots can be a whole different animal in video production. They present their own unique challenges. Reflect on your High Tea shoot yesterday. How did the shoot go? What were some challenges? How did you overcome them? What would you keep in mind for your next live shoot?
The shoot went generally well. We set up in advanced and were ready by the time the event went into gear. From what I heard, we had a good line of communication with the teachers and planned accordingly. We shot a lot of good footage and b-roll from the day prior to, before, and during the event. My role was sound recording and mixing and there were a few issues that arose. We had connected to their sound system; however, it was coming in and out throughout the event and wasn't very usable. Fortunately, we had also set up a shotgun mic on a stand that was pointed to the speaker and we had connected that directly to the mixer using an XLR cable. This worked well, just the sound was less crisp that it would've been if the connection to the system wasn't spotty. In the future, I can take additional precautions by recording sounds via additional methods. Another thing I can try and do is position myself closer to the transmitter so that the connection isn't so spotty.
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