KIM SCHNEIDERMAN MUSIC.
producer | editor
THE PROJECT
25 microphones. 29 channels. 5 cameras—tools needed for a rigorous Congregation Beth Israel project, a cornerstone of Portland’s Jewish community. CBI partnered with Composer-in-Residence Kim Schneiderman to produce an eight-track album, and three music videos, to accompany the album’s release.
With a 3,500 sq ft studio as base camp, my crew and I got to work. We had two days—a feat, considering there were 28 musicians, children’s choir, and three lighting setups.
THE PROCESS
Animatics. Pacing. Shot lists.
Thorough pre-production and assemblage of experts was crucial to success of this project’s widening scope.
Precise planning is key to producing live performance. When each take is “from the top,” it is critical that everything—from instrumentation to camera movement—is in synchrony. In tandem with the Director of Photography, analyzing rhythm and tempo of each track must instruct that song’s camera and lighting setup.
Overhead mockups created for visual aid of technical specifications
The shoot process for each song started by recording our audio live. Instrumentalists and vocalists would play the song 4 times, deem the best take as master track, and combine it with a click track. While instrumentalists played along to the master track, video crew captured with the audio engineer and audio producer, mixing in real time.
Post-production required close partnership of video and audio teams to ensure perfect synchrony in every edit. After all footage and audio had been aligned, we transformed over 1TB of raw footage into three refined edits.
This was a complicated process.
THE RESULT
Three different but similarly-themed music videos, used for client marketing and programming.
Agency of Record: Rosenthal LLC