Self-contained low profile cross shooting video apparatus

A recording arrangement comprising:

• at least one outer enclosure containing therein:
• a plurality of video recording devices and a matching plurality of audio recording devices;
• at least one extender configured to deploy the plurality of video recording devices to a desired location;
• and
• extender deployment hardware configured to drive the at least one extender;
• wherein the at least one outer enclosure is portable to different physical locations, and further wherein the extender deployment hardware is configured to deploy the plurality of video recording devices using the extender deployment hardware by commanding and effectuating a repositioning of the at least one extender to position the plurality of video recording devices in a cross-shooting orientation wherein a first subject on a left side is video recordable by a first video recording device positioned on a right side and a second subject on the right side is video recordable by a second video recording device on the left side.

A recording arrangement comprising:

• at least one outer enclosure containing therein:
• a plurality of video recording devices and a matching plurality of audio recording devices;
• at least one extender configured to deploy the plurality of video recording devices to a desired location;
• extender deployment hardware configured to drive the at least one extender;
• and
• electronics configured to drive the at least one extender;
• wherein the at least one outer enclosure is portable to different physical locations, and further wherein the electronics are configured to deploy the plurality of video recording devices to a cross-shooting orientation using the extender deployment hardware and the at least one extender wherein a first subject on a left side is video recordable by a first video recording device positioned on a right side and a second subject on the right side is video recordable by a second video recording device on the left side.