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Four Cameras, One Performance: How to Build Cinematic Studio Lighting When You Can't Call Action Twice
There’s a specific kind of shoot that breaks the one-camera workflow entirely. Performance work – dancers, acrobats, martial artists – is physically punishing, and asking a performer to run a full routine six times so you can capture six different angles is not a reasonable request. It’s also not a great way to get authentic, high-energy footage on take three. I’ve run into this problem more than once shooting editorial work in Los Angeles, where the talent budget rarely includes “unlimited repeats.