Cordova Music Video

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watson

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hey everyone, here is a music video i finished back in novermber. its for a band from philly call Cordova. www.cordovamusic.com Its not the most orginial format but i worked closely with the band. They already had a concept when they came to me. but anywho check it out.

www.andrewdavidwatson.com (link right on the front page).
www.andrewdavidwatson.com/cordova.html (direct link)

there are also some behind the scene photos on my site as well. Also if any has OnDemand you can view the video under the music section then under Havoc TV. And if anyone can see it that way, give me some feedback on how it looks on TV becasue i'm living in Rome, Italy for the next few months and can not see it. Of course other feedback is welcomed as well. Thanks.

andrew
 
Well I must say...1 of the few music video's on here I actually sat through and enjoyed. mise en scenes and mise en shots(yes I think it applies to music videos too) was top notch. Great images, great camera movement. Only one thing, maybe because I have had a few drinks, but I could'nt 1- folllow the story(if there was one) or 2-connect the lyrics to the the story. Maybe because I couldn't see the story. Music contributed a great deal to the watchability. Other than that excellent job, loved it.
 
I think the cinematography was really well done. I like the dolly and crane shots in the park scenes. The editing kept the story moving along. Its not a strong
concept, but I could feel the emotion on the girl who was watching the other couple ( an ex-boyfriend with a new girl maybe?)

The only thing I noticed was that window in the performance scenes was really blown out and kinda distracted me from the actual band members.
 
yea, like i said, not my conept or a strong one at that, but when you are creating work for someone else, you gotta respect their wishes.

as for the windows, i actually wanted them blow out, i have gotta a lot of feed back from other and that didnt come up. thanks tho for the feeback. We were orginialy going to shot in a cyc wall studio but it ended up not fitting into the budget. so instead we decided to blow out the windows to get a "white" background. oh well.

anyone been able to find this on Ondemand yet?
 
watson said:
as for the windows, i actually wanted them blow out, i have gotta a lot of feed back from other and that didnt come up. thanks tho for the feeback. We were orginialy going to shot in a cyc wall studio but it ended up not fitting into the budget. so instead we decided to blow out the windows to get a "white" background. oh well.
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I actually liked the windows. It was risky, esposing for all that, but I think it looked really, really good. I agree the concept was weak, but you got about all you can out of it; awesome job! I've got a couple questions:
How'd you get that slow-motion (Software, shooting settings)? Because it looked really good. What'd you use for color correction?

JC
 
And I thought I had a big microphone - that was huge. Love the shot of the shoes of at the end. Good job. Liked the white feel throughout. The windows looked nice to me.
 
hey kevin thanks for the feedback. for color i just used FCP. I forgot to mention the slow mo in the middle was super16mm shot on an aaton a-minima. Everything else was DVX. I cant wait for the HDX so i can shot some digital slow mo.
 
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