Audio and Lighting -- Always a challenge in clubs

We have recorded video in a lot of venues in Austin.  On 9/11/2009 we recorded Rook the Band and the performance was amazing.  We will be producing a promotional DVD for them so look out for that sometime in October.

The two biggest challenges that we face when filming outside of the studio is lighting and sound.  Sound was not that big of an issue this time because we had redundant recordings.  We ran sound from the main mixer into our wide shot camera and it worked out great.  We will use this for basic editing and will rely on the redundant audio source for the final cut.

Lighting was an issue.  The wide shot camera and the handheld appear to be o.k.  Camera three was slightly dark but our mobility and placement were very limited.  The club said that they could not control the lights and at least agreed to turn them all the way up.  In the end, there were some dark spots on stage.

We are looking into mobile lighting kits to help solve this issue.  In the end it was a great performance and we are working very hard to provide a final cut by October 1.  Video production never stops !!