Some of you may remember my post from a few months back seeking tips for shooting one's first music video. The shoot was a week ago Sunday. The original plan to shoot in their recording studio fell through after I told them I couldn't actually shoot a video "while" they were paying engineers to record their track. I don't think they wanted to pay to rent the space just for the video so we ended up in one of the band member's electric motor refurbishing shop - a large and dirty bay but with sufficient space to construct a set out of black curtains and last minute Walmart bedsheets.
With the unexpected set construction delay it took us from 10AM to 7PM to wrap. I spent a a little time each night this week and a long weekend to do the editing. Towards the end Vegas would crash every 15 minutes or more. I'm not sure if it was the long hours or just software instability or both. Between BCC8, Vegas MultiCamera, new Nvidia drivers I saw some very odd things. Drop down menus disappearing, media FX multiplying, takes taking over the entire timeline, and lots of crashes to desktop. But I survived.
Aside from the simple curtain set I set up one hair light high center, two blue floods to the rear and sides of the drummer, one key and one fill light both shown through white umbrellas. I filmed with my Nikon D7000 and a fast sigma 18-70 zoom lens. I set the aperture for a shallow depth of field and adjusted the shutter speed to attain a pleasing exposure level on my new Liliput 7" LCD field monitor - which I also used to get focus.
I created a couple extra audio tracks - one half speed and the other double speed. After each take I would film another take using the altered speed tracks. Watching the band try to keep up with the fast track was fun but remarkably, the lip syncing turned out better than I could have expected. In post I stretched or shrank the event to line up with the original track and achieved near perfection.
I also used several filters to isolate the blue, apply film glow and give whole thing a warm feel at the same time. I made sure only the lead singer wore any blue. I also used a few BCC filters to sweeten the pie here and there. So far the guy paying the bill thinks it's great so I guess I passed that test. :)
Here's the link (It really looks nice in 1080p on my 55" LED/LCD TV):
Overall I pleased with the material I captured and the overall look and feel. Thanks for the support.
Jim
With the unexpected set construction delay it took us from 10AM to 7PM to wrap. I spent a a little time each night this week and a long weekend to do the editing. Towards the end Vegas would crash every 15 minutes or more. I'm not sure if it was the long hours or just software instability or both. Between BCC8, Vegas MultiCamera, new Nvidia drivers I saw some very odd things. Drop down menus disappearing, media FX multiplying, takes taking over the entire timeline, and lots of crashes to desktop. But I survived.
Aside from the simple curtain set I set up one hair light high center, two blue floods to the rear and sides of the drummer, one key and one fill light both shown through white umbrellas. I filmed with my Nikon D7000 and a fast sigma 18-70 zoom lens. I set the aperture for a shallow depth of field and adjusted the shutter speed to attain a pleasing exposure level on my new Liliput 7" LCD field monitor - which I also used to get focus.
I created a couple extra audio tracks - one half speed and the other double speed. After each take I would film another take using the altered speed tracks. Watching the band try to keep up with the fast track was fun but remarkably, the lip syncing turned out better than I could have expected. In post I stretched or shrank the event to line up with the original track and achieved near perfection.
I also used several filters to isolate the blue, apply film glow and give whole thing a warm feel at the same time. I made sure only the lead singer wore any blue. I also used a few BCC filters to sweeten the pie here and there. So far the guy paying the bill thinks it's great so I guess I passed that test. :)
Here's the link (It really looks nice in 1080p on my 55" LED/LCD TV):
Overall I pleased with the material I captured and the overall look and feel. Thanks for the support.
Jim