I will be doing my first "music" video shoot in a few weeks and was looking for some guidance on how best to approach sound.
The shoot is an edgy spoken word piece with the main talent (Chris) doing the spoken word and being accompanied by a beautiful woman (Courtney) on cello. The style of the video will be along the lines of The Piano Guys, i.e, lots of camera movement, cutting between Chris and Courtney.
I'm struggling to figure out what sound you record live on the day of the shoot, and what you record in the studio, and how you would use both of those in the final edit. Do I record both Chris and Courtney in the studio, and play that back to them during the shoot, and have them try to match it? Or, do I record Chris live at the shoot, and just play the recorded cello to Courtney and have her match to that? Seems like any kind of live recording of Chris would be difficult because I'm sure Courtney's cello would pick up on his mic. So, do I just use his live recording as a scratch track, and then have him record his vocal part after the fact to match up what he did live?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
The shoot is an edgy spoken word piece with the main talent (Chris) doing the spoken word and being accompanied by a beautiful woman (Courtney) on cello. The style of the video will be along the lines of The Piano Guys, i.e, lots of camera movement, cutting between Chris and Courtney.
I'm struggling to figure out what sound you record live on the day of the shoot, and what you record in the studio, and how you would use both of those in the final edit. Do I record both Chris and Courtney in the studio, and play that back to them during the shoot, and have them try to match it? Or, do I record Chris live at the shoot, and just play the recorded cello to Courtney and have her match to that? Seems like any kind of live recording of Chris would be difficult because I'm sure Courtney's cello would pick up on his mic. So, do I just use his live recording as a scratch track, and then have him record his vocal part after the fact to match up what he did live?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.