So I sing in Take it to the Bridge pop choir. We do, mainly, 80's pop hits, it's a couple of months rehersal and a gig in June. It's my second year doing it. This second year started in 2020 and finished in 2023 because Covid.
I'm also the videographer and editor for the gig. It's my second year of that too. This year I used 8 cameras, 4 of which were mobile phones, to get the footage. Take it to the Bridge is a sideline sort of thing but the Musical Arranger and the Director who have proper jobs. They bring their A game to the process so I'm very keen to do as good a job as I can for the video.
This year I discovered...
- Good mobiles do significantly better than mid range camcorders for clarity and picture quality
- Good mobiles do significantly worse than mid range camcorders in low light levels and also zoomed
- Post correction of video is the same as single image correction
Seems the main difference between photography and videography is a time axis.
Here's Mobile and Camcorder in order for comparison...
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To me, the mobile (samsung s6) looks to have a better colour reproduction and more picture clarity.
The sound was recorded by Giles and I edited the video around that. I mostly did a straight edit as the music and performance is the gig, not the video, but I tried adding touches here and there.
This is Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles where I gave my creative side a little leaway.