Music Video
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Anomie
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Hi Bigmajik,
First musicvideo, cool! Was it difficult to get it done? Did the artists make it easier of just the other way around?
I am not really into rap and rapvideo's, so I won't say much about the clip itself.
In my own learning proces (I am at 5% now I guess), I found this book:
Making Music Videos
Lara M. Schwartz
Watson-Guptill Publications 2007
Not a pageturner but a very informative book on the subject.
Keep going!
Jasper
First musicvideo, cool! Was it difficult to get it done? Did the artists make it easier of just the other way around?
I am not really into rap and rapvideo's, so I won't say much about the clip itself.
In my own learning proces (I am at 5% now I guess), I found this book:
Making Music Videos
Lara M. Schwartz
Watson-Guptill Publications 2007
Not a pageturner but a very informative book on the subject.
Keep going!
Jasper
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actually it was a lot of fun Anomie. the artists did not mind doing the retakes and they were easy to work with.
being that this was my first music video i was expecting some honest criticism (likes, dislikes) other than it being a rap video. im not really a rap fan myself but i was hired to do this so i put up with it just for that reason.
Anomie
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Good to hear it was a lot of fun. I have the same experience with my atempts at musicvideos. Reason for asking was that at my first clip I started disliking most of the footage right after I viewed it the first few times (the dislike faded for most of it later on) and at my second clip I had one uncomfortable artist when the whole thing was sort of finished (and to my own satisfaction). The one with the doubts made us happy people re-edit the largest part of the clip. In the end it got better because of that, but that was a difficult moment for me and the other musician.
I'll say something more about the actual videoclip:
Some likes: use of different locations, the car.
Some dislikes: the use of most of the several effects/filters (too much for me), the poor audio quality of the dialogue at the start of the clip (could hear them but sounded distant).
It looked like it was a cold day. Because of the light and the clothing. That's neither good nor bad I think. But I mention it anyway.
I hope some of the more experienced dvxusers will hand you more usefull (pro) responses.
I'll say something more about the actual videoclip:
Some likes: use of different locations, the car.
Some dislikes: the use of most of the several effects/filters (too much for me), the poor audio quality of the dialogue at the start of the clip (could hear them but sounded distant).
It looked like it was a cold day. Because of the light and the clothing. That's neither good nor bad I think. But I mention it anyway.
I hope some of the more experienced dvxusers will hand you more usefull (pro) responses.
NICK ASH
Well-known member
For your first vid I think you did a great job. I agree with Anomie in that researching is key. Read as much as you can and watch videos in the genre of what you are doing.
About 3/4 of the way into it you started playing more with camera angles which is good. Having just one plane of reference can get monotonous... don't be afraid to change it up. I like your scene edits although some could be a tad bit longer but the overall timing is good. You really need to color correct it and I would cut back some footage in the beginning. The sound was poor and it really didn't serve that much of a use. I would shorten their walk into the store and even in it but that is just me.
I like that you are experimenting with your effects and trying things out. That is awesome but first things first. Watch your lighting in your indoor shoots; they were too dark. If you notice, music videos are all about light. Bask them in light. The last thing that I noticed was I like the people gathered together. Having that support is truly excellent but on the flip side, they were always bunched together into the center of the screen. I would have spread them out a little bit and made use of my screen area.
Overall, if it were my video I would be happy. Keep at it and I hope this helps.
Good Luck!
About 3/4 of the way into it you started playing more with camera angles which is good. Having just one plane of reference can get monotonous... don't be afraid to change it up. I like your scene edits although some could be a tad bit longer but the overall timing is good. You really need to color correct it and I would cut back some footage in the beginning. The sound was poor and it really didn't serve that much of a use. I would shorten their walk into the store and even in it but that is just me.
I like that you are experimenting with your effects and trying things out. That is awesome but first things first. Watch your lighting in your indoor shoots; they were too dark. If you notice, music videos are all about light. Bask them in light. The last thing that I noticed was I like the people gathered together. Having that support is truly excellent but on the flip side, they were always bunched together into the center of the screen. I would have spread them out a little bit and made use of my screen area.
Overall, if it were my video I would be happy. Keep at it and I hope this helps.
Good Luck!
i have to agree with the poor audio quality. i only have 1 senheiser g2 lav so i was trying to capture both dialouges with the one lav.
the only light i have is a led on camera light. i`m working on getting some lights though.
i felt as though i had to keep them bunched because when i tried to spread them out they kept drifting out of frame. i did not want to do it like that but i found that it was easier to get through the shots.
i thank the both of you for your critiques and overall opinions. i will take them in consideration and try to strenthen my work in those areas in the near future.