Dr. Neptune Music Video

dude, very very good video... i honestly didn't like the song too much at first but after watching the video it started growing on me. Mainly because the video is so freakin good. Ok here's my thing: I 'm not a big fan of music video's that are just shots of the band... i feel concept videos make alot more sense. BUT, you totally changed my perspective.

Your video complemented the song very very good. Lots of energy, lots of cuts/angles you name it. I never got bored with it. (which is the problem with most videos) I really like the light on the lead vocals...What light setup did you use? Good job on the color corecting too. The shutter speed effect looks really good... and the best part was your editing... please tell me you did this on FCP? I simply love it dude.. definately one of the best music video's I've seen on here in a while.

Fill us in on some more info... location, equipment, budget, lighting... etc.

I don't know if you can already tell but i'm a music video director/editor myself and anytime a good video comes along (which is rare) I definately want ALL the details :-) So I see how its done and make my vids even better.... check out this video i did a couple month's back:

http://www.floodgaterecords.com/encounter we shot it on the DVX & Super 16
 
yes the editing and post work were superb...but still the video was a bit boring... due to the 1 location... with your editing and a better story this would have kicked ass.
I;d also like to hear about your post work... do tell...
 
The video was really good but needed that other location shot. Great post work and a good song too. Can you share how you did some of the effects?
 
All I got to say is great job dude. Post is awsome! Mind sharing how you did the effects? And for shooting one location you did very good, I know its hard to get more than one location expecially when your on a tight budget, you made the best of it. Good work and keep it coming!
 
The one location is fine by me. This is definetly one of the best video I've seen on here in a while. Really inspiring. Great camera work, editing and post effects.
 
Nice work! I think the one location works for song, and the band's image. Can certainly pass for pro production...keep doin' yo thang.
 
Technically I loved this. Very pro and I am sure all parties are stoked.

But why is there no originality anymore? Another Music Video in an industrial/warehouse/rooftop setting.

Some conceptual inserts woiuld serve this nice as the overall gist just gets old
 
good job, i didn't mind the one location, but as john said, it does lack originality as it is shot in a warehouse, like everything else. not a prob though, i still think it keeps my attention.
 
Thanks for the feedback...we really appreciate it-

I am the other half of Neutral Collective, so I'll go ahead and leave some tech info!

The video budget was $400. And that was for the rental of the wherehouse for 2 1/2 days. We shot the video with 2 dvx's over two days. We had a light narrative that went with the video, but when we got into post, it just didn't do some of the performance footage justice and stuck out too much (we actually reshot some narrative 4 days before the video's premiere). This band, regardless of what you think about their music, is one of the better performance bands in Denver-so we just decided to push that and the treatment rather than story.

The video was edited mildly color corrected (for consistency) in FCP and the rest was done in After Effects and photoshop. We used the .flm filmstrip function between PS and AE for a few small sections, and animated the rest with a lot of masks and other elements. We also interlaced parts of the video with actual super 8 stuff from the 60's (if you go frame by frame, you'll see some of it). Most of the time was really spent on color and motion, and getting the look and feel of film and distressed aesthetic that fit the wherehouse setting. In fact, we took pictures of the space before hand and decided on the look and feel before we ever shot a frame of video.

The lighting was mostly natural, though we did have 2 36" 500w soft boxes, and a 24" 500w soft box. And anything else was done in post with AE lights and masks.

Hope this is what you guys wanted.
Feel free to ask us more...
Thanks
 
RAOULDUKE said:
The video was edited mildly color corrected (for consistency) in FCP and the rest was done in After Effects and photoshop. We used the .flm filmstrip function between PS and AE for a few small sections, and animated the rest with a lot of masks and other elements. We also interlaced parts of the video with actual super 8 stuff from the 60's (if you go frame by frame, you'll see some of it). Most of the time was really spent on color and motion, and getting the look and feel of film and distressed aesthetic that fit the wherehouse setting.
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How did you "interlace" the video with the super8 stuff. I mean I've done some sort of superimpositions with 16mm garbage stuff and dvx footage before, but there were just superimpositions, what do you mean with interlaced? Did you like blend the frames with AE???
How did you do that sort of flickering, when it seems the exposure bumps up for just a frame at a time? Was that AE?
 
We just cut it in (sorry, guess I shouldn't have used that term). We used masks and single frames to bumb the color, as well as single frames blurred and blended for the "film burn" effect. Everything was pretty much "done by hand" in AE. We pretty much just watched a bunch of old super 8 and 16 from the 60's to find the color and feel.

Hope this helps
 
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