Salvador - Aware Music Video

[Chris Lognion]

I would like some feedback on this music video I produced back in July. Shot on Red (of course) and edited in Axio/Premiere/After Effects CS3. All color and exports were done in RedCine.


http://www.vimeo.com/1957260


Chris Lognion

 

[Adrian Sims]

Cool - both the clip and the song. Were the blue gels on the lights in the back there to reduce noise in the shadows? I was considering a trial with and without blue gels to test the difference, but looks like you may have done it for me. Thanks for putting your workflow on the Vimeo page - looks like you didn't take too much of a quality hit after three format conversions R3D -> TGA -> AVI -> H.264. Proof that a Premiere workflow is possible.

 

[Chris Lognion]

We actually used the LED cans set to blue to bring out the blue in the paintings. These LED cans were awesome.... no heat and the ability to change the color without having to use gels. We also have quite a bit of both blue and white light as ambient and we are punching 2 red spots at the wood blinds behind the drummer.

Chris

 

[Radoslav Karapetkov]

Very nice song and video.

Thanks.

I enjoyed both.

 

[Steve Freebairn]

nice after effects work. The only thing I might change is make the cutaways of the singer not so long, it seems like they take a really long time to rack focus and they are out of focus for quite awhile. Maybe chop off the head of those clips a bit, but really, I think what you have works.

 

[Chris Lognion]

nice after effects work. The only thing I might change is make the cutaways of the singer not so long, it seems like they take a really long time to rack focus and they are out of focus for quite awhile. Maybe chop off the head of those clips a bit, but really, I think what you have works.

Are you talking about the lake shot cutaways??? We had to shoot that in less than fifteen minutes, with lightening hitting all around. I may get into it and tweak it. Thanks.

Chris

 

[rileytaylor]

My only critique is too much blue light. There is a lot of it, and it doesn't look like moonlight, or anything natural; it looks like a bunch of blue lights.

But I enjoyed it overall; I've heard that song many times. It's nice to see the vid straight from the makers.

 

[Alan Uran]

I like it. The blue indoor light is allright, it's surely not a moonlight but in that club-like place it fits well as simply some kind of artificial light source. I must agree with kinobairn, there is one moment where you actually expect for focus on the singer and it's not there, it comes too late. Fine song also. One thing that is a bit too much for me is the blue in outdoor shots, but it's a matter of taste and vision.

Alan