Cheap Trick Cheap Trick

Posted by Bryan Bieber on February 16th, 2010 filed in Personal

Last month with Filament Productions I helped produce and lead a 3 camera shoot for one of the most influential rock bands of all time, Cheap Trick. This footage will be on national TV as part of the PBS Soundstage Special. Cheap Trick was ranked #25 in VH1′s list of the 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock. There music is also featured on the popular video game, “Rock Band”. Patrick Cassidy and Zack Kiefer operated the other two Panasonic HVX200s.

These cameras are great to work with but are no Canon 5d or RED ONE. A couple disadvantages of working with the HVX200s are that it’s hard to focus because the monitor is not very clear/sharp and it uses a fixed lens. Therefore a couple “Tricks” are the EVF button on the back which makes hard edges to helps you find your marks and the focus assist button which magnifies your subject. Also, you can always measure the distance and use feet, unless you are constantly moving which makes it harder. Not to knock the HVX200, it has plenty of other advantages over the Canon 5D, for example, variable frame rate and an optical image stabilizer.