OK, hands up - I produced the MJC7 video/DVD this year. Being the first time I have done anything on this scale, I welcome feedback from anyone who has taken the time to watch my work and type a reply.Originally posted by Jon L
to reply - the video has clips of people in the class, but unlike the others. The actual full routines that are taught in the class are not on until the very end which is slightly unusual.
As has been mentioned earlier in the thread, people buy these dance videos for a variety of reasons. Jive Bug decided that the videos of their Monster Jive Cocktail events should take the form of a diary of the event, trying to capture the spirit and mood of the day/weekend. It was for these reasons that I followed a similar format to that used by Martin on previous MJC videos. It is immediately clear from the running order printed on the back cover of the case what is on the video, with the teacher demonstrations of the routines they taught during the day being listed as the last thing on the tape / DVD.
Lessons have already been learnt about the way the event was videod this year, and the way we video the teacher demos will be improved on next year if I am asked to produce it again.
Point taken about camcorders going 'grainy' in low light conditions. Only one of the three cameras we used this year had a light on it. This is something I may review for next year as well, however the MJC videos are produced on quite a tight budget, so hiring additional lighting/sound/semi-pro cameras etc is probably going to be too expensive and would push up the production costs of the video. This year I just had to make do with the colour correction facilities in Premiere to brighten up the video ...
BTW, the MJC7 video/DVD is correctly licensed with the MCPS. To any other video producers, I strongly recommend that you take a look at the MCPS website and license your products correctly. As Martin pointed out, any reproduction of another artists work, even just a few seconds of music as background music that people are dancing to, is considered piracy unless correctly licensed and leaves you open to potentially serious legal consequences.
Rob C.
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