Blackout
Veteran
Still deep in editing mode on my "In Luv With You" music video shoot but it's coming along nicely. It's a modern R&B song but for the video I came up with the idea to go for a Harlem Nights meets Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Specifically the ballroom scene with Jessica Rabbit singing in WFRR)
In trying to recreate the look of a 1940s Jazz club like the scene in Who Framed Roger Rabbit mixed with a bit of Harlem Nights and then coming into modern day at the end. I had some reference frames in my head. This was one of them, but all of these other frames I looked up AFTER shooting, and I'm very happy with the results so far.
In the "In Luv With You" music video - Alina & Will are positioned as Betty Boop & Eddie in this still from "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" - and as Eddie is gawking at Jessica Rabbit, so is Will gawking at LiV, and as Betty Boop touches his jaw, so does Alina grab Will's jaw:
This was on a dolly shot going past all the extras being merry at the club so there is a little motion blur. I have framing that more closely matches and is tighter in a lock down tripod insert shot.
Some more comparisons:
I was going for the look of the famous scene where Jessica sings "Why Don't You Do Right" in the cartoon club. Of course she had her back lit glow done by Industial Light & Magic.. where we just had.... "set this up as fast as you can!" magic :thumbsup:
As I said another theme was Harlem Nights:
Which our actors got the look of pretty well, especially our bartender Caliaf who looks very much like a young Eddie Murphy:
This above shot would have been a DISASTER on a Canon or unhacked GH1 because of the detail in the vest - but it came out flawlessly.
Some more of the Harlem Nights film noir look:
And last but not least, yours truly - directing. I don't have many of these shots I like this one:
I had a hard drive failure so had to start from scatch.. which SUCKED... but thank god I had multiple backups of all the footage.. yet the project file.. like an idiot.. I did not. NOTE TO SELF: MAKE MORE BACKUPS!
I shall update you when it's completed.
- Blackout
In trying to recreate the look of a 1940s Jazz club like the scene in Who Framed Roger Rabbit mixed with a bit of Harlem Nights and then coming into modern day at the end. I had some reference frames in my head. This was one of them, but all of these other frames I looked up AFTER shooting, and I'm very happy with the results so far.
In the "In Luv With You" music video - Alina & Will are positioned as Betty Boop & Eddie in this still from "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" - and as Eddie is gawking at Jessica Rabbit, so is Will gawking at LiV, and as Betty Boop touches his jaw, so does Alina grab Will's jaw:
This was on a dolly shot going past all the extras being merry at the club so there is a little motion blur. I have framing that more closely matches and is tighter in a lock down tripod insert shot.
Some more comparisons:
I was going for the look of the famous scene where Jessica sings "Why Don't You Do Right" in the cartoon club. Of course she had her back lit glow done by Industial Light & Magic.. where we just had.... "set this up as fast as you can!" magic :thumbsup:
As I said another theme was Harlem Nights:
Which our actors got the look of pretty well, especially our bartender Caliaf who looks very much like a young Eddie Murphy:
This above shot would have been a DISASTER on a Canon or unhacked GH1 because of the detail in the vest - but it came out flawlessly.
Some more of the Harlem Nights film noir look:
And last but not least, yours truly - directing. I don't have many of these shots I like this one:
I had a hard drive failure so had to start from scatch.. which SUCKED... but thank god I had multiple backups of all the footage.. yet the project file.. like an idiot.. I did not. NOTE TO SELF: MAKE MORE BACKUPS!
I shall update you when it's completed.
- Blackout
