Its Saturday and I have work to do, but I wanted to take a moment to jot some thoughts down. Late last year, an idea came up regarding a “what if” scenario. It was a cool thought and Marguerite and I talk about it once in a while. She watches a lot of reality shows and after begging me to sit and watch an episode of Intervention, I conceded and sat and watched the predictable “Oh my father never loved me so I decided to do heroin”. Yes I have watched several episodes and they always start off with “He/She was a beautiful perfect baby” and it just went downhill from there. Anyway one case on the show was particularly interesting and it seemed to feed into my “what if” storyline and it kept playing in my head until I had to address it and explore where it was going. Of course I won’t give away the details as I always feel when I do, the idea gets taken from me and given to someone else so here I am staking my claim on my story. Don’t take it ( cue Steven from Braveheart “Its my island!” ).
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The next big project – part 1
Red Tide Rising – Finding Home
This is my second music video. I shot this over the summer on my own. We went around several locations around Denver. More posts to come regarding this video as I have learned soo much from doing this.
Aerialist Demo Reel
I recently got the opportunity to film a demo reel for aerialist, Adrienne Jadwinski. When I was asked to do this, I went and did some research to see what a typical aerial demo would look like. I had some shot ideas that came to mind and just looked around to see if anyone had done what I had in mind. I didn’t really see much out there other than recordings from live events so I had an opportunity to do something unique because I had full control of the shots and angles. Adrienne had a space that had lighting and was large enough so that I could shoot anywhere I wanted to.
I think my favorite shot was when she was on the silk and twirled down. Being able to shoot it from the floor was something I have wanted to do for a while and I was lucky enough to do it. I was a bit scared, I mean I was hand holding the shot and having someone fly down right at you is quite the feeling.
Overall I had a great time filming this and I hope it gives her what she wants and look forward to seeing the response from it.
Red Tide Rising Music Video Release Date
Just a quick update. I found out that the music video for Finding Home will be released September 24th at the Oriental Theater in Denver. I am very excited….and nervous, but wow another great premiere for my work. I just assume I get it played a couple of times on Youtube, so this is almost surreal to me to find this out.
Some screenshots of my latest video
I am working on a music video for a Denver band called Red Tide Rising and posted some screenshots of my editing session. I am using Premiere Pro CS5.5 to edit and do post ( After Effects ). I love the Warp Stabilizer tool to clean up my pans. I am using PVC piping with a dolly and it is not exactly smooth if the ground is uneven. Ill be doing my post mortem for this video shoot when its complete ( and after I do one for my first video shoot haha ). Anyway before its released I thought I’d throw some of my works in progress.
A fun little dance competition for Andy Richter from Conan OBrien
I watch Conan a lot. I subscribe to his fan page and all that fun stuff and one day I saw that his side kick Andy Richter was having the fans come up with a dance move to combat Conans signature dance. Well, my girlfriend has her own dance studio so I showed it to her and suggested she come up with a dance move and enter the contest. I, of course would film the thing and do all the editing. Nothing big, but it was fun. Anyway she and her friends came up with a routine and we filmed it for entry.
Here is what we filmed:
Fast forward a few weeks and here are the results. Nothing major, but it was cool to see it…and of course Andy saying my name was ever soo dreamy.
http://teamcoco.com/content/andy-richter-picks-his-favorite-fan-dance-move
Marketing Small Business with Online Video
I am seeing more and more of these types of articles about how businesses are using video to promote themselves.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/17/business/smallbusiness/17sbiz.html?_r=1
If you are interested in promoting your business with video, lets chat.
Hurlbut Educational Series
I am a big fan of Shane Hurlbut and what he is doing for the HDSLR revolution. His blog is a great resource for all of us filmmakers and I love when he goes into the behind the scenes of his film projects. I have never been on a major movie set, but his posts bring me as close as I can possibly get without getting arrested and more importantly blacklisted in the community.
B&H has teamed up with him and Shane is doing a educational video series on using the cameras for filmmaking. I look forward to the Monday mornings to watch the latest episode. Check the series out. Its well produced and just another reason I like the folks over at B&H.
http://www.hdslrhub.com/
Video helps Small Business
With all the techniques to get your website to the top of the search engine lists, there are other techniques that small businesses can use to help get to rise to the top. This is an interesting article explaining the findings:
http://www.reelseo.com/video-small-business-landing-page
If you want to join the revolution and help your business at the same time, I’d love to hear from you. Denver Lighting Company can help you with your media needs.
Canon 5D low light footage
I use this site as well as my photography site to help small business build their brand and give them a more professional presence on the web and through their promotional material. My first project was to get Denver Dance up and make them stand out from the other dance studios in the Denver area. I have designed the look and feel of the site and videos and made sure Marguerite had all the tools to get her message out to the public. Last night, she held a benefit at my studio for a fellow dancer who was paralyzed while dancing.
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