Dubstep Music video shot on 5D

Sorry but it's annoying for me.
I bailed out in the middle of the first verse because of the purple flashing.

I'd have probably watched the whole thing if it didn't have the FX.
 
The problem with the FX is that it does not look natural. The true beauty of having FX there is to enhance great images, not to add to scenes which seem rather flat.

IMO the time lapse idea is cool but you should have had it going through a sequence, like day to night or night to day or variations of early morning then afternoon, evening, etc. There is no contrast and honestly shot at a time of day that does not look the best.

5D is an amazing camera in lowlight, give us those 9-10pm time lapse shots with long shutter so we can see some amazing natural streaks in your footage. You wouldn't need to add any fx as your camera would have captured it manually, same goes for morning shots. The video needs to flow, have a beginning, pause then a climax, I really didn't see any of that.

Music videos seem very simple, but very difficult to pull off.....
Finally I would have liked to see more framing, the same wide and extreme wide shots are nice but you need more coverage. Get down close to the action and get some mediums, close ups and heck even some point of view shots. Bring the audience into the scene.

You have such beautiful scenery in Singapore, use it.

I think this is a good for a first attempt but can be done a lot better. Once you add more framing, coverage and time of days you will see how beautiful these simple elements will make your project shine.

peace
 
I have to agree that the FX was unnecessary. The footage you had to begin with was pretty cool, the FX were just distracting.
 
J.F.R. said:
The problem with the FX is that it does not look natural. The true beauty of having FX there is to enhance great images, not to add to scenes which seem rather flat.

IMO the time lapse idea is cool but you should have had it going through a sequence, like day to night or night to day or variations of early morning then afternoon, evening, etc. There is no contrast and honestly shot at a time of day that does not look the best.

5D is an amazing camera in lowlight, give us those 9-10pm time lapse shots with long shutter so we can see some amazing natural streaks in your footage. You wouldn't need to add any fx as your camera would have captured it manually, same goes for morning shots. The video needs to flow, have a beginning, pause then a climax, I really didn't see any of that.

Music videos seem very simple, but very difficult to pull off.....
Finally I would have liked to see more framing, the same wide and extreme wide shots are nice but you need more coverage. Get down close to the action and get some mediums, close ups and heck even some point of view shots. Bring the audience into the scene.

You have such beautiful scenery in Singapore, use it.

I think this is a good for a first attempt but can be done a lot better. Once you add more framing, coverage and time of days you will see how beautiful these simple elements will make your project shine.

peace
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I completely agree with what you mentioned. But that's what the producer wanted. He mostly wanted a timelapse video. I did mention that there would be a lack of storyline/build up, but he preferred this. Nothing much I could do about it :/
Also i wanted to arrange it but we couldn't get the singer in for the video shoot.

Time of day, yep agreed. But couldn't really find a seamless way to transition between day and night without a storyline. I don't really like the cliched sunset timelapse from day to night. I probably could have integrated some night footage though. I'll definitely try to implement some more interesting shots in future. I was just a bit too fixated on big wides when i heard he wanted a timelapse video. heh ;)

But yeah, i hope it was decent, somewhat enjoyable to watch for the most part. :)

Justin Kuhn said:
I have to agree that the FX was unnecessary. The footage you had to begin with was pretty cool, the FX were just distracting.
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Agreed for the most part. The producer of the song dictated most of the effects and colour grading, though. I did try to cut down on a lot.
Fair enough, though. It was too much, I agree.
 
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Given the very tight direction of the producer, this is a great attempt. There are lots of great shots and I really don't mind the leaks. One way you could enhance this without breaching the producer's vision is by playing with the audio. For example, time remapping shots based on the kicks or bass of the track and triggering the leaks according to it as well. Also there are parts where your editing is more aggressive (cropping the image and fast edits). Maybe there could be some more of that. Maybe a heavier grading too.

If the video lacked the leaks and randomly seen waveform (or "FX" as some say) it would just be a timelapse video with some music. Which brings me to the next point. People who make decisions, let alone creative decisions, rarely know what they are talking about. That's why I believe it is up to filmmakers to change that. It doesn't always work, and it takes some persuasive abilities but it's worth a try.

Οn another note, if one's willing to spend the time and leave a comment, it may as well be constructive.
 
payal_choksi said:
5d mark ii or iii? which lens did you use to film this song?
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Mark 3 and 24-105 F/4

Homey said:
Given the very tight direction of the producer, this is a great attempt. There are lots of great shots and I really don't mind the leaks. One way you could enhance this without breaching the producer's vision is by playing with the audio. For example, time remapping shots based on the kicks or bass of the track and triggering the leaks according to it as well. Also there are parts where your editing is more aggressive (cropping the image and fast edits). Maybe there could be some more of that. Maybe a heavier grading too.

If the video lacked the leaks and randomly seen waveform (or "FX" as some say) it would just be a timelapse video with some music. Which brings me to the next point. People who make decisions, let alone creative decisions, rarely know what they are talking about. That's why I believe it is up to filmmakers to change that. It doesn't always work, and it takes some persuasive abilities but it's worth a try.

Οn another note, if one's willing to spend the time and leave a comment, it may as well be constructive.
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Yeah, time remapping could work. Heavier grading? Perhaps, I thought the blue grade was already quite heavy.

If I could have my way, though, the video would probably have been quite different. But we don't always have our way. ;)
 
i saw your video and i must say you managed to get some really nice footage with your lens. i am about to buy 5d mark iii maybe next week i will have it with same lens as u have 24-105 f4.

what f-stop did u use to shoot the opening shot and how did you grade?
 
payal_choksi said:
i saw your video and i must say you managed to get some really nice footage with your lens. i am about to buy 5d mark iii maybe next week i will have it with same lens as u have 24-105 f4.

what f-stop did u use to shoot the opening shot and how did you grade?
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The opening shot was at either f/8 or f/11, not too sure (recorded it a while back). But it was stopped down considerably.

The video was graded with magic bullet looks. curves + 3-way + more curves (one for contrast and another to adjust the individual colour channels). Footage was sharpened using premiere's sharpnening filter set to +30
 
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