drummerrhys Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 I have been asked to be the video director if you like for an upcoming gig at school.being used to doing lighting and sound I have been thrown in at the deep end here and need some help.what should I use to mix the signals together and how? they need to be recorded onto a hard drive and also streamed to a projector on stage.any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sah1510 Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 What is the budget? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkPAman Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 And what equipment do you have already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac.calder Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 And how and in what manner do you want to do your record? For example - are you doing iso records (that is, a record of each camera, seperatly), do you want your IMAG (that is, the mix going to screen) to be recorded, or do you want two separate mixes - one for IMAG, one for record? On top of that, what sources (ie cameras, computers, dvd players) and what format do you want to output in (ie composite, RGBHV etc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drummerrhys Posted January 21, 2008 Author Share Posted January 21, 2008 my budget is £100 and I want to record what is on screen, I have no equipment already(except laptop and cameras obv) and want to output composite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfmjohn Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 to be honest you will get nothing for £100 to do live production work. Even dom3stic HDD recorders are more than that. Youre only real hope is finding someone who owns a small vision mixer who would be willing to loan you it for the event. Sorry to be so pessamistic but Ive had to use 2*2 Channel vision mixers daisy chained justto get 3 inputs for cameras due to lack of budget. You might want to look into some kind of PC system. It might let you feed a projector, though you are likely to get large delays and lose sync with processing times. HTH John Reason for edit: I Cant Spell <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sah1510 Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 I can confidently say I was in a situation just about exactly the same as yours. I posted a topic oin the BR and it is around here somewhere... Onyhoo. The first thing I looked at (and cheapest of the expensive hardware... I think) was this. However, I doubt that you will end up getting it. The second thing that I looked at was this. But even software is still about £300 over budget. I ended up with this. This is a very good piece of software, and its free!! <_< They guy who wrote it is around the BR. - with this setup I had one camera connected to a laptop via firewire and VGA splitter, one end going to the projector about 55m away and the other to a 2nd monitor. Worked a treat! As far as recording goes.. dunno! sorry. I suppose if you use screenmonkey then you could find some good screencast software and just record the 2nd monitor. Hope this helps, Scott. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulears Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Hang on - you mean your school has no video kit at all? Most have some basic vision mixing kit - don't they teach media studies? A few cameras a mixer, a few monitors and projectors and dvd recorders? Hardly rare kit nowadays? I think you better give us the full list. "obviously" - means we have to guess.P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sah1510 Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 I don't know of any schools in my area that have media studies. (East Dunbartonshire, Scotland if you are interested!) The closest things we have to it is a film club. EDIT: spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulears Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Wow - there was a joke coming about electric light and carpets, but I've deleted it. Maybe the Scotland system doesn't cover this one - both my sons had it as one of their GCSE options and that's quite a while ago for the oldest one - the local colleges here have been doing it since the early 1990's. During y school ad college visits across England and Wales, it's a common subject - although performing arts is more popular. If they don't have the kit - seems a bit odd they suggested doing t? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sah1510 Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 very true... *commences research into media studies in scottich schools* (ps - electric light and carpets... sounds, interesting!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drummerrhys Posted January 21, 2008 Author Share Posted January 21, 2008 I have cameras and a laptop for recording onto but that is about it.I need a 4 channel mixer to mix them all up.where can I get one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sah1510 Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Have you considered renting? I personaly don't know the going rate right now, but I am sure google can help you out t there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete McCrea Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 If you filled your location in we could point you to a local hire company. I'd expect to pay/charge £120/day +VAT for a Panasonic MX50, maybe a bit more for the MX70. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stutwo Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Hang on - you mean your school has no video kit at all? Most have some basic vision mixing kit - don't they teach media studies? Our media studies dept. has gone down the road of photography and Photoshopping magazine covers, newspaper theory and film studies. They don't touch anything to do with actual video mixing beyond a little bit of iMovie work for the 6th form. I'm starting to get them interested in actual filmmaking and video work, but it's an uphill struggle. All the video cameras are actually in the Creative and Performance Arts dept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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