Dark night club recap - 5D Mark III - RAW 50fps

[zossboss]

Shooting at night clubs are so tricky; too dark, lasers (OMG), crappy fluorescent light flickering, and lots of opportunities for camera gear to get damaged. I don't know how many times someone spilt something on me :/ BUT despite all the bad stuff, it's such a rush shooting these events. Everyone's having a good time with a stupendous amount of energy, so you are guaranteed awesome crowd shots! I'm hoping to do more at music festivals!

I shot this all at 50fps, since I could always speed it up which I did and was satisfied by the way it looked. The shutter speed was set at 1/80 with the super dark ambient light. ISO was set at 1250. I didn't want to push it too far as I'm never satisfied with 1600; too mushy after noise reduced.

Color Graded // Adobe Lightroom
Edited // Adobe Premiere Pro
Effects // Adobe After Effects
Music // Adobe Audition

Camera // Canon 5D Mark III
Lens // Canon 24mm 2.8 IS
Stablizer // Opteka SV-HD

What do you guys think? Any tips that might make these event shoots more successful?