Final Result short, a beat in the making

Very cool man. I've always been fascinated by the process of making music. I of course, have absolutely zero musical talent.

Did you dolly the opening shot where you move across the Sony deck (and some other pieces of rackmount equipment)?

-mb
 
Thanks man! : )

Yep, he opening shot was a dolly. I sat the DVX directly on the dolly platform without a tripod or anything and rolled it by hand as my daughter sat on the dolly, next to the DVX watching cartoons... lol
 
Dude, Nice opening sequence. And good choice of font. I really like the clips you used to break between scenes. Very cool. Nice over all vibe. Good work.

-rook
 
The sound design near the beginning sets the tone in a very positive kind of way. Excellent foley work really grabs my attention, simply because audio is overlooked in sooo many projects. Even big TV shows, sometimes...

The sound quality is the biggest strength of this piece.

That said...

Camera support (tripod, dolly, jib, steadicam) obviously would have given this a more polished look, but the handheld camera doesn't strike me as out of place given the context.

Very nice work, Jay(coffee).
 
i'm inspired now to make a beat. :) i like the little transitions/ cuts/effects thingy you threw in. how did you design those?? i like the finished beat too.
coostuff.
 
Nice work Jay,
Good concept....... All you need is a little something better than that Home Depot light, would have liked to see him work the equip.

Nice beat.... hmmmm... you remind me of myself...... lol
 
That was cool, coffee. Well cut, well acted, and well shot. The opening dolly looked good. The lighting was the only aspect I thought could of used work. But, hey, what are you gonna do as a one man crew with a worklight? Your film did a good job of capturing the essence of hip hop.

It's nice to see that others here still appreciate vinyl. I still buy records over cds whenever possible.
 
Very nice, Coffee. This is my kind of hip-hop video. A man and his music and that's it. I would love to hear the whole song.
 
Not bad Jay; I enjoyed particulary the shot of the albums up-close as the dude walks up to them...

Damn; I have been stagant since Pestilence (Sans that composite test). I gotta shoot something.
 
hey thanks alot brother. I wasn't too sure about that shot while filming it but it just felt right during editing to keep it in.

As for having to shoot something, that's exactly how I felt on Friday night so I thought of this piece and called my buddy to come over the next day to film it. Filming to kids all the time is great but, ya know.
 
For those who care, I found an article that was written up on a group (730 Michell) that I produced a while back. The opening song in this short was by them and the editor really went into that song amungst others.

http://www.manhunt.com/interviews/html/109.html

My favorite part is from my piece of the interview, hehe:

Producer Taj describes his favor of the old-school approach with the understanding that " if you sample from vinyl you get a more authentic hip-hop feel." His admission of the artfulness of the sample is "common sense" among hip-hoppers. " You can listen to somebody play a guitar for four minutes on an album and find one little riff, one little string that catches you in a certain way, and you take that and create something out of that one feel that you got off that certain string". But that knowledge does not take away the wonderment and pleasure of hearing those sound collages on new songs. "Sleep No More" makes question marks about how the audio gets created and fits the words perfectly. A single watery keyboard line wanders below seagulls up high. Its' invention endures a place of thought for lyrics that survey dark truth.
 
First, I gotta say, I'm a big Joe Jackson fan so it was cool hearing his music used like that.

Second, I thought the video was hot! I loved the look and the angles. Even the acting and pacing was right on. But mostly, I loved the sound. The way you played with the levels (inside and outside the car) and the actual mix at the end.

I am very impressed. How long did you work on this?

Chris
 
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