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What good music can do for great images!!

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Arie van Dam

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This is our new Showreel.

Here a sample of what good MUSIC can do for your images.
Lot of the music video's are shot on RED. Older material is shot on a variaty
of other camera's, like: 16mm, Canon XL2, Panasonic Varicam, Panasonic HVX200, Canon XL H1 with P+S MINI35, Zeiss Super Speed lenses etc etc....
Always with the use of my big friend, the EASYRIG.
Contains shots from:
FEATURE FILMS, COMMERCIALS, MUSIC VIDEOS, TV-CONTENT ETC ETC..

YOU CAN SEE THE REEL HERE:

http://www.lighthousepictures.nl/

ENJOY! If not the pictures, the MUSIC.
Music with courtesy of: http://www.musicdirector.nl/
They have very good music and service!!

Cheers, Arie.
 
Nice Reel. Since you're asking about the music, it feels a little slow for the edit. Music and edit start out great but then towards the middle the edit is too fast for the music. I would go with a piece of music that has more energy and tempo.

Just my two cents.

- Jan
 
Hi Jan,
Thanks for the comment. Had a look at your site. Some great stills!
The tempo of the edit is not 100% yet. Want to stick to the music and rather change the tempo of the edit. The rithem of the music is ok and changes speed half way.
So you are a future Scarlet owner. Will it be a long wait?
I think Canon will come out earlier than RED... And why all these modules??
Maybe we will find out this year or.... next.

Best regards, Arie.
http://www.lighthousepictures.nl
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lighthousepictures/sets/
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1983617/
 
Great stuff! I really like your images and the music makes a great reel soundtrack. Some constructive suggestions ; The music starts on 4/4 time and you cut on the 3. Also at the beginning it seems to cut before the beat, I'd like to see it on it or the backbeat. Let the music lead it. Also as other musical themes are introduced you could stretch the cuts over several measures. (You have some great slo-mo here.) I like the speeding up to double time cuts toward the end. It builds to a finish. I guess just mix it up more. You got something great here, it's just polishing.
 
Hi Arie,

You've got some great images. I felt the music was very repetitive. The best reels i've seen have music that has tempo changes, key changes, etc, then the footage is matched to fit the emotion of the music (ie use action footage over heavy, fast tempo, and vice versa). Since your music is so repetitive, the footage cuts on downbeats without any connection to the soundtrack. It just feels like a jumble of images as opposed to distinct sections.

Also, the reel is at least 1:30 too long. Ive always been told to keep it under 3 minutes, and if you dont, at least make sure your best work is at the beginning.
 
Stellar pick for a reel IMO. I would make the reel shorter, but at least try keeping the same song by trimming it down with care and thought. You might want to write down the song's structure to keep it balanced. It might not work, though I think it will. I would at least give it a good try before giving up on the song.
 
Hi Arie

The images are great!

library music, however,(to me) sounds like library music esp. if sequenced ie rather unoriginal and dull

just as many on this forum would recommend using a sound guy if you want to do sound, i'd always recommend getting a musician to sort out your music!

After all you wouldn't want musicians using library footage for their videos

cheers

Mike
 
Very nice. The music is not too slow, and it's not dull. If it sounds good to you it's the right one. It just may seem slow because the build up is too long, which can be polished easily.
 
Here's a reel I learned about from cinematography.com that had quite a bit of acclaim (and now coincidentally he's a friend of mine in LA).

http://vimeo.com/6134256

You can see how he really used emotional shifts in the music to play up the different types of footage he has shot.
 
I went to a director's workshop at the Delray Beach Film Festival this week conducted by Alan Metter (Back to School). One of the things he talked about that really stuck with me was how important it was for a director to imagine what the score might be like while setting up shots and moving the camera. Then, when working with the composer, reverse engineer. This creates the emotion of the shot.
 
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