A little background here. . .
I am in a (currently two-piece--the other guys in the video are for aesthetics, like what The Outfield did in the "Your Love" video) comedy-rock band. This is our second music video. Our vocalist wrote the song and directed/came up with the concept of the video, I DP'd. I am the guitarist/dancer.
Some BTS info: Shot on C100 Mk1 on Wide DR mode (light grade by me in FCP7). We set up in a room of his parents' house. The white background is actually an old projection screen (like for big corporate live shows/events) that was given to him when his company was ready to throw it out. I was able to borrow some Kino 4-banks and Divas from a colleague/friend, which did all the lighting. The 4 banks are lighting the background, the Divas are our edge lights. The outdoor stuff was just at a local park adjacent to a bayou. Nothing special. . .us, tripod, daylight WB.
Regrets: He did want more contrast on set for the shadowy parts of our faces/bodies, but I didn't think to bring huge pieces of duve or dark sound blankets, and the walls in that room were a fairly light pink it was what it was. I wanted to do more to blow out the white (especially the floor), as you can see the lines in the screen (maybe I should've pushed him to spend $50 on a white paper backdrop) but was told to let it go in the interest of time. So again, it is what it is. I think it came out pretty well, but would try to do those things differently if I had it to do over again.
We didn't take any real BTS photos but here's a straight from cam shot that shows the entire setup:
I am in a (currently two-piece--the other guys in the video are for aesthetics, like what The Outfield did in the "Your Love" video) comedy-rock band. This is our second music video. Our vocalist wrote the song and directed/came up with the concept of the video, I DP'd. I am the guitarist/dancer.
Some BTS info: Shot on C100 Mk1 on Wide DR mode (light grade by me in FCP7). We set up in a room of his parents' house. The white background is actually an old projection screen (like for big corporate live shows/events) that was given to him when his company was ready to throw it out. I was able to borrow some Kino 4-banks and Divas from a colleague/friend, which did all the lighting. The 4 banks are lighting the background, the Divas are our edge lights. The outdoor stuff was just at a local park adjacent to a bayou. Nothing special. . .us, tripod, daylight WB.
Regrets: He did want more contrast on set for the shadowy parts of our faces/bodies, but I didn't think to bring huge pieces of duve or dark sound blankets, and the walls in that room were a fairly light pink it was what it was. I wanted to do more to blow out the white (especially the floor), as you can see the lines in the screen (maybe I should've pushed him to spend $50 on a white paper backdrop) but was told to let it go in the interest of time. So again, it is what it is. I think it came out pretty well, but would try to do those things differently if I had it to do over again.
We didn't take any real BTS photos but here's a straight from cam shot that shows the entire setup:
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