Movement

 
Assignments that involve movement, such as, dance or theater documentation challenge the production crew, especially in high contrast and/or low light settings.  Supplemental lighting is not permitted during most live performances and video cameras do not "see" as well as the human eye. In addition, medium and close-up footage will sometimes exhibit visible differences that must be matched in post-production to the compulsory wing-to-wing lock-down wide angle shot.

For the production or research archive, the director's or choreographer's vision must be accurately documented, including the darkness.  This record informs students, researchers and historians and will continue to do so for years to come.

A lot must be done in post-production to prepare the record for the casual viewer - and it must be achieved without sabotaging the artist's vision.  Since I love to edit in response to and in synch with movement, I finalize the edit first. Correcting lighting is the last thing I do before making the master tapes.