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In addition to the camera operators, soundmen, and teleprompter operator, the
crew might also include one or more lighting specialists, makeup and wardrobe
people, various assistants and gofers, and, of course, a director. For a typical shoot,
this means a crew of anywhere from a half-dozen to a dozen people—a lot more
people than are typically involved with a semi-pro video.
Figure 10.1 shows how this all looks in a real-world setting. This photograph shows
your humble author in a (non-YouTube) video shoot in a professional studio. I’m
standing in front of a curved seamless background, surrounded by various lights,
diffusers, and baffles. The camera is mounted on a four-wheeled trolley that travels
on a set of train-type tracks; one person pushes the trolley for moving shots. It’s
very bright, and very busy, and very exciting, especially if it’s your first time in the
studio. In fact, it’s so busy that it’s sometimes hard to keep your concentration!
Figure 10.1 A video shoot in a professional studio—look at all that equipment!
Shooting in the Field
As you can see, shooting in the studio is a big production with a correspondingly
big expense. A better approach, for some videos, is to use a remote production crew
to shoot in the field—that is, at your location, rather than in the studio. A location
shoot is typically less involved and often less expensive than renting a production
studio with full crew.
