Multi-Camera Video Production and Post

Learn how to organize and run multicamera video productions, and use tools such as Final Cut Pro and Premiere Pro to fine-tune the results.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know before watching this course
• Using the exercise files

1. Planning the Production

• When to choose a multicamera production approach
• Determining camera requirements and coverage needs
• Evaluating the location
• Camera and set diagrams

2. The Production Approach

• Essential camera settings and equipment
• Crew communication
• Lighting strategies for multicamera productions
• Recording additional audio
• Testing your gear in advance

3. Preparing Cameras for a Multicamera Production

• Aesthetic matching of cameras
• Technical matching of cameras
• Color and calibration tools
• Syncing cameras with timecode
• Syncing cameras visually
• Syncing cameras with audio
• Adding insert angles with action cameras

4. Running a Multicamera Production

• Directing advice
• Logging details during the shoot
• Advice while recording
• Managing a shoot with minimal crew

5. Strategies from the Crew

• Shooting a multicamera production on a budget
• Beginning your production
• Shoot notes
• Creating your set
• Working with talent
• Working with media

6. Preparing for Post-Production

• Transitioning to post
• Logging the footage
• Matching footage via transcoding

7. Multicamera Post-Production with Adobe Premiere Pro

• Loading footage into Premiere Pro
• Applying master effects color correction
• Syncing multicamera angles in Premiere Pro
• Customizing multicamera keyboard shortcuts
• Recording multicamera edits
• Finalizing the edit
• Color matching angles
• Flattening multicamera sequences and final mastering

8. Multicamera Post-Production with Final Cut Pro X

• Loading footage into Final Cut Pro X
• Assign camera names and multicam angles
• Create multicam clips
• Exploring the Angle Viewer
• Syncing and adjusting angles in the Angle Editor
• Cutting and switching between angles in the Angle Viewer
• Refining the edit

9. The Essentials of Live Streaming Your Multicamera Production

• Considerations when going live
• Switching the feed live with hardware
• Switching the feed live with software
• Encoding the video in real time for a live stream
• Streaming multiple cameras with YouTube Live
• Streaming a traditional live multicamera production on YouTube Live
• Streaming multiple cameras with Facebook Live
• Learn more about streaming multiple cameras

Conclusion

• Goodbye