DArcyFD
Active member
finally i'm allowed to upload this to the net.....
my second music video, very low budget, great local band's first single off their debut album.
HVX202, 720pn, p+s mini35 with nikon lenses
one day, one location, one room(!), a few different set-ups
one 2.5K HMI thru a window, and as you can probably tell plenty of negative fill
could only afford a 2 hour professional colour grade
basically, the band told me they wanted a really simple performance video, just nice footage of them playing. that suited me fine, as personally i'm not a huge fan of 'narrative' music videos, or videos with an obvious 'concept.' my approach was to try and translate the feeling of the song into a specific colour palette and production design, and also try to create some interesting images that sit well with the music. there's nothing to be interpreted! my goal was to create something you feel more than think, if that makes sense.
it probably also comes across that i'm going through a 'minimalist' phase at the moment.... there's deliberately a lot of flat imagery because i wanted to try and get away from the visual overload that's become such a mainstream trend and, perhaps take a gamble, on my theory that it can be enjoyable to just look at people, doing nothing much at all. i also wanted to avoid a lot of camera movement, but allow a sense of movement to come through what was happening within the frame (ie. the band playing, dancing etc.)
and the band are very happy with how they come across.
sorry i tend to waffle on.
i posted the vid on stage6 - wow, what an awesome hosting site!
http://stage6.divx.com/user/DArcyFD/video/1792668/Custom-Kings---Up-Late
if you don't have DivX drivers installed and for some crazy reason you enjoy torturing your eyes, you can also see it on youtube:
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=HUo0Zkm8i4c
my second music video, very low budget, great local band's first single off their debut album.
HVX202, 720pn, p+s mini35 with nikon lenses
one day, one location, one room(!), a few different set-ups
one 2.5K HMI thru a window, and as you can probably tell plenty of negative fill
could only afford a 2 hour professional colour grade
basically, the band told me they wanted a really simple performance video, just nice footage of them playing. that suited me fine, as personally i'm not a huge fan of 'narrative' music videos, or videos with an obvious 'concept.' my approach was to try and translate the feeling of the song into a specific colour palette and production design, and also try to create some interesting images that sit well with the music. there's nothing to be interpreted! my goal was to create something you feel more than think, if that makes sense.
it probably also comes across that i'm going through a 'minimalist' phase at the moment.... there's deliberately a lot of flat imagery because i wanted to try and get away from the visual overload that's become such a mainstream trend and, perhaps take a gamble, on my theory that it can be enjoyable to just look at people, doing nothing much at all. i also wanted to avoid a lot of camera movement, but allow a sense of movement to come through what was happening within the frame (ie. the band playing, dancing etc.)
and the band are very happy with how they come across.
sorry i tend to waffle on.
i posted the vid on stage6 - wow, what an awesome hosting site!
http://stage6.divx.com/user/DArcyFD/video/1792668/Custom-Kings---Up-Late
if you don't have DivX drivers installed and for some crazy reason you enjoy torturing your eyes, you can also see it on youtube:
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=HUo0Zkm8i4c
