Well, as promised, in no time at all I have completed my entry into the Channel [V]/Bluejuice competition to create a music vid to their upcoming single Head Of The Hawk. Overall, I am pretty pleased. I shall waste no time, below is the video. Watch. Enjoy.
Might look into making some more music videos now, I like them!
Nick
Hmm, apologies my blog titles are becoming more and more…shit. Today saw me shoot into Newcastle, where the weather was absolutely gorgeous, to film this concept I have now had in my head for nigh on 6 months. My first attempt at selling it to someone was a pitch for the John Jameson Production Opportunity. It feels good to finally have it “in the can”. As I have previously mentioned, the whole idea swings around a bank note, and it’s point of view of the world. I had a number of friends help out, some being actors, some will never be acting again…
I jest, everyone freely gave their time and put some great effort into the shoot. Will it be perfect? No, of course not, but for the timeframe we shot this with, and with zero budget (seriously, I have spent $0) it’s looking not so bad so far. I hope to get the edit done very quickly, so look out for the video soon. Thanks to everyone to helped out. Just to re-iterate, I have shot 99% of the music video on the GoPro Hero HD, a tiny little HD camera perfect for these POV shots. Below is a pic of the gear I primarily used, held by a very tired me.
Nick
Photo. Then Sleep.
Unfortunately, I never got enough time to put together an entry based on my idea for the Herald Newspaper Comp here in Newcastle, NSW. Instead, I shall be using the same concept to portray a music video. Who for? None other than Bluejuice. These dainty young musicians along with the music channel Channel [V] are conducting a competition to find the next music video for their upcoming single “Head Of The Hawk”.
A very cool idea, hence why I am putting together an entry, still encompassing the whole point of view of a banknote. I shall post more as it develops. For now, have a look at the little concept vid I chucked together over an hour today.
Nick
It seems a while since I’ve done any blogging, primarily because I’ve been completely snowed under with work…yawn.
Running on from my concept submitted to John Jameson Productions & Metro Screen (For funding opportunities that I clearly missed the mark on), I am making a live action version of “circulation”, for entry into the Newcastle Herald 2 minute showdown.
The comp features a relatively small prize pool, but as I always do, it’s good to have something with clear deadlines, such as competitions. The comp itself centres around the filmmakers’ ability to create a 2 min short film featuring items specified by the newspaper, and edited ‘in-camera’. This can pose a problem because traditionally, in-camera editing was easy to do with tape formats. You would shoot in a linear fashion, rewind slightly to get the shot length you wanted, and then start recording your next shot.
However, with the death of tape (it’s all but over people, face it) and digital mediums becoming prominent, stopping and starting a shot means that a new file will be written, which means that somehow those shots will need to be stitched together. The most common way for this is with a NLE (Non-Linear Editor). I know what you’re thinking, but if footage is stuck together in an NLE, how is it edited “in-camera”. An interesting question, and one which I will not answer until I get my entry together.
For now, here are a couple of test stills using the GoPro Hero HD. I really like this camera as it is small, inexpensive, robust and can shoot 1080p! In fact, I’m also putting a pic of the GoPro so you can see how small it is.
Nick
Bank Note Smiling
Bank Note Sad
GoPro Hero HD. Crazy small.
