Cardiacs - problems etc.

from contemporaneous notes

Main prob was that of keeping camera steady. Assembly Rooms had a sprung dance floor which, with 200 people pogoing, was not very steady. Camera at the back of the hall on tripod moved about allot and Mark had great difficulties trying to stay still at the front. Must find better way of holding roving camera to get better shots - better look at viewfinder and easier to handle - less tiring.

Also problem of getting into position where all members of band could be covered without actually being on stage. Mark's position was behind lights on stage left. But, it was impossible to cover everyone from these positions and Saxophonist was in the way allot of the time.

These problems came to light in the editing stage. Much of the on-stage material was unusable because of being to joggy and sometimes not looking at any subject for a period of time due to Mark moving to another position. However, the useable shots from here were very good indeed and the back of the hall camera covered most of the areasthat the stage camera did not. We only had to cheat and substitute a non synched picture in a few places throughout the entire 1 and a half hours.

The editing was kept strictly to the beat of the music and in places the very odd rhythms were mimicked in the editing to good effect. Heavy editing was also occasionally used to cover up mediocre or even bad shots and over zealous zooming - by rapidly editing them with footage from the alternate camera - emphasis was put on the beat and not on the image!