music video from 'toxin' director chris folkens

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from director chris folkens and i:scintilla, we humbly present a brand new music video for 'capsella [toxin mix]'

below is a link for a 30mb mp4 file of the complete video (not the greatest compression)...also remember that quicktime v6.0 or above is required:

http://www.iscintilla.com/visual/capsella_hi.mp4

this video was shot entirely with the dvx100 and edited in final cut pro v4.....comments on the video can be directed to cfolkens@uiuc.edu....comments on the music can be sent to info@iscintilla.com

thanks!

jc

http://www.dualfilms.com/
http://www.iscintilla.com/
 
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Re: music video from 'toxin' director chris folken

if slick is everything, then youve got it all. ?is slick everthing?
 
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Re: music video from 'toxin' director chris folken

What's with the interlacing? ???
 
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Re: music video from 'toxin' director chris folken

The video was hot something I could see on mtv without questioniong who did it but why wasn't it crisp I'll have to say what john said what's up with the interlacing?
 
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Re: music video from 'toxin' director chris folken

Ummm... It sure would be nice if I could focus on something for more than a tenth of a second. Other than that it was ok. Nice tune.
 
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Re: music video from 'toxin' director chris folken

I think the "is slick everything?" comment is a good one. This piece is slick, but not very smart. The execution of the piece does not make the concept very clear. I am very confused by the storyline. What is the storyline?
 
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Re: music video from 'toxin' director chris folken

I enjoyed watching it .. there were some nice shots and some clever effects.

But I was confused a bit by the storyline as well. Not really sure where I was being led.

Also, just my little wish, if compression is compromised, maybe try to save it at a smaller size (320*240) which will make it less pixelated when viewing...

But nice work overall ... congrats :-D
 
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Re: music video from 'toxin' director chris folken

The music was quite pro but I'm not sure I can say much for the video. The editing was indeed slick but the actual camera work seemed somewhat poor (in terms of stability). Don't get me wrong - it looked nicely exposed focused etc but I'm just not a fan of the wobbly look. Maybe I don't watch enough MTV.

I very much disliked the editing though (even though I think the editing was good for their _goals_. It's the goals I disagree with). Honestly, it eliminated the whole sound sync thing which is IMO a good demonstration of really strong directing and editing ability. Fast cuts just don't impress me. I much prefer to see fast camera moves. You get the fast movement but in a much much nicer way.
 
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Re: music video from 'toxin' director chris folken

I think i understood the story, he gets the call, then we go back in time, see that the girl got assaulted, and see the guy driving to come get her.

Felt a lot like the music video "California" except without the closure of the Rapper shooting the rapists.
 
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Re: music video from 'toxin' director chris folken

Guys, you're being a little harsh, (except for the part about the interlacing, it was hard to actually evaluate the video it was so distracting - please work out the compression thing). They are clearly a band wanting to be on MTV and this video delivers. It's got the look and feel of a quick-cut MTV clip, it has fast cars, hip band in club cutaways, what more do you want if you want to visualize this thing being on tv? Kind of got an Avril all grown up, dealing with adult issues vibe from the video. Overall I say nice job!
 
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Re: music video from 'toxin' director chris folken

yeah looks sweet dude, but the 'lacing is... eek, u can barely make it out. Other than that, i agree the editing at least needs work, i think, mtv or not, we've all agreed its a little to quick to really take anything in.

Whoever DP'd though, PROPS MAN! Excellent work
 
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Re: music video from 'toxin' director chris folken

excellent! very pro. i am a fan of visual stimulation. i like the rapid fire cuts. great job. i wont mention the interlacing, but yeah...
 
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Re: music video from 'toxin' director chris folken

Still concerned with the interlace and artifacts issue; that being said...

This is a wonderfully shot piece. Eye Candy in a typical 'seen it' and 'been done' before kind of way. Its what 'they' want I suppose. The director/dp knows how to shoot though; techncially this si superb.

I thought it worked wonderfully when the live footage was intercut into the conceptual footage. Great job; I thought the 'casting' of the 'boyfriend and blonde' was kind of weak though and would like to have seen more contrat in terms of lighting on their scenes.

The band was cool; the singer hot and a rockin song. Kepp usposted on future DVX works and good luck with this. (Of course the dude that posted never came back) :P

Nicely done. Some of the best work I've seen on here. Still trippin on the all of the compression issues though.
 
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Re: music video from 'toxin' director chris folken

hello

my name is jim and i am guitarist/programmer/keyboardist for the band in question.......i (with the director at my side) posted this video for comments.....and comments we got!.....we definitely appreciate everything that was said (that's why we posted it to this forum)

a few tidbits about this video:

- it was produced with a $0 budget
- there was a barely-experienced crew at part of the shoot
- the compression we used sucks (any ideas?)
- we were definitely going for a 'slick' video, not an 'mtv' video

keep the comments coming!.....we were happy with the way the video turned out and we welcome criticisms and praise!

thanks

jc
http://www.iscintilla.com/
 
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Re: music video from 'toxin' director chris folken

well "$0 budget" and "barely experienced" is undetectable. this was beautifully done. you have surrounded yourselves with talented people.

as far as compression suggestions...either throw a deinterlace filter over the final piece or reverse field dominance?
 
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Re: music video from 'toxin' director chris folken

Was good but for the pace of the song the video has too much flickering, in-out focus, shaking, in-out zoom, quck cuts, etc... just an opinion of course ;)
 
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Re: music video from 'toxin' director chris folken

I agree Gualbert. I'm not saying I could do better as this is really a technically sound video. Unfortunately, it is nothing new and almost an overkill on the 'post effects'.

I think it's time for video's to take another direction visually as they all are kind of the same thing over and over.

I do want to emphasis, Technically it is a great job; conceptually it is nice.

Not terribly original though; which is subjective on my part anyway.
 
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Re: music video from 'toxin' director chris folken

[quote author=John Hudson link=board=Clips;num=1104828168;start=15#16 date=01/06/05 at 12:33:03]
I think it's time for video's to take another direction visually as they all are kind of the same thing over and over.

[/quote]

I really agree with you John. And I'm really not speaking specifically about this video. So many music videos these days, professional MTV work and amateur work that can be found on this board, just kind of blend together to me. I love when a video says something, makes some kind of statement, and takes a very original approach to making that statement.

Among many other examples, I think that the "U.S. History" music video from Digital Interference (http://www.digitalinterference.net) is a good example of making a statement. Yeah the lyrics may hold some cliches, but it really says something. I encourage people to check it out.

Then again this is just my opinion and personal preference.
 
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Re: music video from 'toxin' director chris folken

Overall very professionally done.

WAY too much fast paced cutting though which is just a post production choice. There was a story in there? IMHO, if you're going to do the fast paced cutting, keep it to just a band performance when you don't have to follow a story. Or keep the story stuff with less cutting to make it more clear and use the fast paced cutting only on the band performance.

Cinematography looked great. Song was good. Lead singer does look like an older Avril.
 
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Re: music video from 'toxin' director chris folken

I really like the look

Don't get the storyline but that means little.
 
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