Re: need advice about shooting dance with video

From: Todiane4@aol.com
Date: 03/27/01


Addressing my response to the whole list, in case this q&a is relevant to 
others...

<< Are you intending to shoot against a bluescreen and then composite the
video in, or to shoot it all in one fell swoop?  

---aha.  Therein lies the first rub.  I am thinking to do it without 
bluescreen in order to better represent live performance.  (hopefully without 
making it look dull and lifeless, as often happens when recording live dance 
performance documentary style). 
I will do a bluescreen shoot when my video collaborator and I make a dance 
video version of the piece that is strictly intended for viewing on a screen, 
as opposed to in live performance.

---Another issue we have is that we prefer that the video image spill out 
onto the floor and around the side walls of the stage area in order to give 
the impression that the dancer is dancing in the video landscape.  I am 
assuming this won't be too difficult as long as the backdrop and the floor 
and the side walls are more or less the same color and texture.  Am I m
istaken?  Any tips on this.

 Hope this helps!   >>
---You bet it does.  Thanks so much!



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