T2i Music Video of Lose Yourself acoustic cover

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bmooreskier

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Hey guys, so my friend asked me to shoot a simple video of him singing this cover. I was thinking we were gonna make a full edit with a bunch of cuts and different shots, but he just wanted one shot. so after several takes, we finally got a clean run through. My arm was shaking so bad from the weight of the glidecam, but i thinks its still pretty smooth haha. Let me know what you guys think filming wise, i tried to make the video part as interesting as possible while only using one shot. I didn't do the sound.Shot on:
T2i + 17-40L + Glidecam 2000 pro


Also, if you like it, please share Joel's music! He's become pretty popular here (grove city college). I think he's got a lot of talent, and a chance at making it someday. i'll put more links in for his other youtube videos.

One more thing, this is my first thread and second post. i have been a longtime lurker and am part of a couple other forums for both sports and photo/video. Glad to finally start posting here!


Thanks!
 
Justin Kuhn said:
Why use the glidecam if you're not going anywhere? I would have liked to see the version with takes and editing.
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i was all set to make a standard music video (as ive done before) with multiple shots using my tripod and slider, but he already had the idea of me just having one complete moving shot. I was just helping him out, so i just said ok man it's your video, whatever you want.

but ya i really would have liked to have gotten more shots, as it was a really neat location with lots of possibilities. next time....
Thanks for the post tho!
 
That's some shaky Glidecam work, to the point that it looks almost like plain handheld work.

I like the location. The background is very nice. It does make for a very poor sound environment.

How was the sound recorded, by the way? Obviously not on-cam mic, because it doesn't change as the camera moves in and out. It's too saturated with the reflections of the location, and the starlings in the background are a little distracting. There's a reason most music videos are shot to pre-recorded (studio) sound.

While it was what your friend asked for, it would have been much more polished as an edited piece... and the Glidecam is not quite balanced.
 
Alex H. said:
That's some shaky Glidecam work, to the point that it looks almost like plain handheld work.

I like the location. The background is very nice. It does make for a very poor sound environment.

How was the sound recorded, by the way? Obviously not on-cam mic, because it doesn't change as the camera moves in and out. It's too saturated with the reflections of the location, and the starlings in the background are a little distracting. There's a reason most music videos are shot to pre-recorded (studio) sound.

While it was what your friend asked for, it would have been much more polished as an edited piece... and the Glidecam is not quite balanced.
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I totally agree with you about making a polished edit. Not trying to make excuses, but it was actually my first time using the glidecam, and needless to say im still learning. my first try looked a lot better when my arm wasnt shaking so much haha. i was planning to use my tripod, but when he said moving shots, i picked up my glidecam and did my best to balance it in 5 min. given the circumstances, i was pretty happy with the result.

The sound i didnt have too much to do with, my buddies were using a boom mic (not sure of the model) with a deadcat. when we listened to the sound and the birds came in, they loved it! i wasn't really a fan haha. but like i said, its his video, he already had it planned out, i just did what i was told. But when i loaded the track from the ext mic into vegas, it sounded so bad, and my internal mic sounded soo good! So i actually ended up mixing the two. I know it doesnt sound great (i am a big critic of sound quality), but given what we started with im pretty happy.

Once again i greatly appreciate all your guys feedback! Thank you for the support!
 
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