How to make a live event

We can define the capture in the audiovisual world by the video recording of an action in places such as theater, opera or concerts on a video medium. This recording will then be reused live or after for a commercial purpose in different formats and delivery. In this article we will talk about how to male a live event.

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But above all the live capture allows us to capture the real, the unexpected, the present moment in its pure form. We leave the camera turned (everything depends on the subject of the recording) without intervening, we let ourselves be directed by what is happening in front of our eyes.

Yet what you need to know behind all this is that a video recording is above all a way for organizers to make themselves known by passing this recording as a publicity stunt.

The capture must respect some bases that we will list below:

Capture the moment

According to Collins dictionary : ” If an event is captured in a photograph or on film, it is photographed or filmed.”

We are in the reception of information from others that we collect through a technical device.

There are different ways to capture this moment so , we may not be very original and therefore just frame his camera on the head of the person talking and then that’s it.

Or you can do this, by embellishing your capture of various shots on the gestures of this person but also on the reactions of the audience (if there are any) or the place filmed.

We have to capture the moment but also feel this moment and see the whole project. That’s why we need a little speed in the feeling of the action because it’s not cinema, we can’t turn the scene back, we have to go fast and not waste time because we can miss important moments.

So do not hesitate to use several cameras to not miss anything, by multiplying the axes you offer you the possibility to grid all the space and therefore not to lose anything.

The moment, it is also for the different actors of this moment that you will film, of the preparation or as the Americans say a «before the show» and it is on this that it might be wise to take part, to give your recording an even more professional side see even documentary. So go behind the scenes to see the inside and perhaps capture more emotions.

How to capture it ?

With professional equipment, that is to saya camera, a tripod, an optics and a sound equipment if it is not provided by the direction.

You have the choice to use different ways to capture an event:

Only one camera

As a result we may lose depth of capture because we will remain on the same plane throughout the capture. Which might be good for filming your kid’s show at school.

Two cameras

What nowadays is the most common way for a video capture because we have the possibility to make a montage of different types of shots that is close, tight or inserts. But above all it allows a scan a little wider than a single camera. We can enjoy two views.

Three cameras

And here we aim for the professional, the big way because we can even more vary the shots and even focus on one person while the other two cameras do the same. The capture will be ultra dynamic and will have a professional side that others will not have.

There are always ways to reduce the budget while using multiple cameras but only one person doing all this , you can use GoPro that you will place everywhere, to leave you the room free on a single specific and important camera.

Different types of capture

Conferences:

Surely what is most closely related to the word captation when it is explained. Conferences or speeches (sporting or political) inaugurations, seminary are ideal for a recording because it mostly resides on a single camera filming a person stating his or her point of view.

Concert / live show:

It is the one where it is most often required at least 3 cameras because there are many things and especially people to take into account. Moreover it is better to film the emotions of the audience , it is very important to see how much the music of this band crystallizes the audience.

However, when we talk about live performances, you have understood that we are talking of course about theater, dance or performances. The stakes is almost the moment that for the concert, we must capture the present moment that follows a well-oiled choreography, we must not lose a crumb. It also goes through a transcript with several cameras.

Sport event:

It all depends on what sport it is but most of the time there are two schools either mobility or passivity but in both cases it will be necessary to be reactive because the actions will be quick and sometimes brutal.

– Mobility: When you look at a football game and you sometimes see the cameraman at the edge of the court to film the player at the corner point, it’s the same one who was at the opposite end of the court with his steadycam to film the opponent on the sidelines.

– Passivity: we can give the example of the video capture for tennis where it is enough to strategically pose the camera according to the angles of the field and move it slightly from time to time.

To conclude, thelive capture is the ideal tool to transcribe a speech during a gathering, to amplify that speech by sharing it on social networks. This allows a company to make itself known if one of its employees spoke well at a conference or, a sportsman may lose a sponsor who would have seen him during a video recording of an event in which he would compete. As soon as a recording is done in the rules of the moment we can see the camera as a recording of the human eye.

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