Music Promo

Dave Elston · November 7th, 2005, 05:47 AM

Hi All,

I thought I should share my first attempt at shooting a music promo using the Z1 along with Redrock's M2 (with M2G), all shot within an hour (run-and-gun style), then sync'd and edited in PPro 1.5 yesterday (@ 8 hours of post).

(WMV 29MB)

http://dl004.filefactory.com/get/i.p...9c4f1f6ced4619

The look I aimed for was to match colour reversal stock / 16mm footage - gain was needed for some of the shots and levels were tweaked in post hence the high 'grain' in some shots (PPro's Auto Level introduces a funky slow flicker/pulse which I normally wouldn't be happy with - but it seems to work in this situation).

Lenses used : 80-200/2.8, 17-35/2.8, 85/1.4 & 50/1.8

Now for your critique...

BTW the band is a local group based a few miles from me here on the South Coast, visit them here...

www.britonica.com (in case you missed the plug on the vid)
If you hunt their gallery enough you may find a few pics of me in action with my camera !

Thanks,
Dave.

November 7th, 2005, 07:01 AM

Dave,

Looked great. The colors were really nice and rich, and great DOF. And nice job with your choice in contrast at the very beginning (about 4 to 5 seconds in) with the blurry video in shades of blues, browns and greens with the bands name appearing.

If you don't mind me asking, what did you compress it in for the web?

BTW - I've got the M2 as well. Great isn't it!!!

Dave Elston · November 7th, 2005, 07:15 AM

Hi Derek,

Thanks for checking it out. I'm pretty pleased with this as NO planning went into the shoot so the good bits are mainly happy accidents (I love when that happens !). I just can't get over how great the M2 does its thing - it has its challenges but they are well worth overcoming and the results make editing much more pleasurable.

The wmv was first exported from PPro as a 720p wmv (vc9) file (@148MB) using the Adobe Media encoder and this was then recompressed to the 29MB file.

I think the compression actually takes out a bit of the grain that is present in the original which may be a good thing - although it is obviously softer.

Thanks,
Dave.

November 7th, 2005, 07:18 AM

Thanks for the info on that Dave.

You did a great job balancing the compression with file size. Especially considering the length of the video. I bet the band is thrilled, and they should be!

Jerry Porter · November 8th, 2005, 06:13 AM

Really well done!! I could see that on MTV easy!

November 7th, 2005, 05:47 AM	#1
Dave Elston Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: UK 50i/25p Land Posts: 103	Music Promo - Z1 + Redrock M2 Hi All, I thought I should share my first attempt at shooting a music promo using the Z1 along with Redrock's M2 (with M2G), all shot within an hour (run-and-gun style), then sync'd and edited in PPro 1.5 yesterday (@ 8 hours of post). (WMV 29MB) http://dl004.filefactory.com/get/i.p...9c4f1f6ced4619 The look I aimed for was to match colour reversal stock / 16mm footage - gain was needed for some of the shots and levels were tweaked in post hence the high 'grain' in some shots (PPro's Auto Level introduces a funky slow flicker/pulse which I normally wouldn't be happy with - but it seems to work in this situation). Lenses used : 80-200/2.8, 17-35/2.8, 85/1.4 & 50/1.8 Now for your critique... BTW the band is a local group based a few miles from me here on the South Coast, visit them here... www.britonica.com (in case you missed the plug on the vid) If you hunt their gallery enough you may find a few pics of me in action with my camera ! Thanks, Dave. __________________ Play to Learn, Learn to Earn, Earn to Play... Dave - Broader Pictures

November 7th, 2005, 07:15 AM	#3
Dave Elston Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: UK 50i/25p Land Posts: 103	Hi Derek, Thanks for checking it out. I'm pretty pleased with this as NO planning went into the shoot so the good bits are mainly happy accidents (I love when that happens !). I just can't get over how great the M2 does its thing - it has its challenges but they are well worth overcoming and the results make editing much more pleasurable. The wmv was first exported from PPro as a 720p wmv (vc9) file (@148MB) using the Adobe Media encoder and this was then recompressed to the 29MB file. I think the compression actually takes out a bit of the grain that is present in the original which may be a good thing - although it is obviously softer. Thanks, Dave. __________________ Play to Learn, Learn to Earn, Earn to Play... Dave - Broader Pictures

November 7th, 2005, 07:01 AM	#2
Guest Posts: n/a	Dave, Looked great. The colors were really nice and rich, and great DOF. And nice job with your choice in contrast at the very beginning (about 4 to 5 seconds in) with the blurry video in shades of blues, browns and greens with the bands name appearing. If you don't mind me asking, what did you compress it in for the web? BTW - I've got the M2 as well. Great isn't it!!!

November 7th, 2005, 07:18 AM	#4
Guest Posts: n/a	Thanks for the info on that Dave. You did a great job balancing the compression with file size. Especially considering the length of the video. I bet the band is thrilled, and they should be!

November 8th, 2005, 06:13 AM	#5
Jerry Porter Major Player Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Satellite Beach, Fl Posts: 784	Really well done!! I could see that on MTV easy!