Chapter 14Recorders
How Is the Project Being Recorded?
Numerous questions must be asked by the cinematographer and answered by the editor, the postproduction supervisor, and the producer before choosing a record system for a project:
- What is the budget?
- What is the ultimate product that will be delivered?
- Is the project being made for big screen cinema?
- Is it intended for television broadcast only?
- Is the project being made for the internet, or streaming, or some other non-broadcast media?
- What camera(s) and file format(s) will be used for the shoot?
- How big or small, heavy or light should the recorder be? Is the shoot happening in prohibitive locations, or is it on stage?
- What recorder can the project afford to use?
- How much storage media ...
Get Digital Cinematography now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
