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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

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The 5 S’s Of Scinematography

Bruce A Johnson | 11/11

With apologies to Joseph Mascelli

Anyone that has gone to school for film or video production should be aware of a book entitled “The 5 C’s Of Cinematography,” by Joseph V. Mascelli . It is a timeless classic, jammed full of essential knowledge for anyone that wants to be a shooter, editor or director. It also has one of the catchiest titles ever bestowed on a textbook, which I am shamelessly ripping off for this post. This post is about video production - live remote production - and the joys of the job.

I love making television. I’m lucky enough to be able to work in several different formats in any given month. I have worked on promos, 3-minute news packages, longer-form feature packages, and documentaries, sometimes all in one week. But one of my favorite formats to work in is the live (or live-to-tape) remote. Why? It’s because of the 5 S’s - the process of the live remote:

You S how up,

you S et up,

you S hoot,

you S trike,

and you S plit.

Don’t get me wrong, I love to edit, but often the process can drag on forever. The immediate gratification of a live remote well done can be a powerful drug. If you get a chance, I recommend you try it sometime.

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It becomes especially exciting when you do it in an ice storm, under a web of high tension power lines, at night, with a producer screaming in your ear that she is ready to take your shot NOW!

Posted by DanConklin on 11/12 at 02:28 PM

Yeah, I hear that. Reminds me of the last time I ran replay on a college football game and a thunderstorm rolled through. BOOOM! Lights out. Took quite a while to get the truck back up and running. Where do you go when that happens???

BAJ

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 11/12 at 11:10 PM

A live gig is “in the moment”: make it work, or move on. Make a decision, and see how it worked. Not the right thing? Find something else (a reframe if you’re operating; a new shot to take if you’re directing) and DO IT: don’t worry about perfect, worry about the best available choice. It’s SO liberating to be deprived the option of endless deliberation: make it work NOW dammit, and move on!

And win or lose, perfect show or perfect screwup: when it’s over, it’s over, and tomorrow is another day. You can go to sleep and not worry about how to add just one more tweak, because it’s DONE.

I love live production!

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