Film makers welcome! - My amuteur music video

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Hey guys, just thought id share my ultra low budget music video maybe for some feedback, tips from the pros. :D

link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBr8TVlUCtI

It was shot on a Sony Mini DV PC1000e ((i think its japanese?) so basically my friend asked me to help him with a music video so I just had a mess around with nothing really planned.

The Intro was made using AAE Particular, PP Effects using Color correction and other various tweeks. Green screen was loosly based on the Video Copilot sound Animation tutorial, the green screen was actually shot behind a green wall which had to be keyed out various times to remove all the tones of green (roughly 5) and other keying done to remove some of the shadows which i think turned out kinda well.

The whole thing was re-encoded into 720p from the native MiniDV format which I think gave it less of a digital/ultra sharp feel that you usually find when shoting on MiniDV. Anyways im gonna save money for a new cam hopfully a Sony ex1 mainly for its various fps modes and its hard drive recording to use for when I start Uni (any other cam suggestions welcome).

I doubt the music will appeal to a lot of people but just thought id post for the heck of it as im sure theres many more buding film makers out there that may benifit from other peoples techniques etc. If anybody else has some amutuer work or questions etc. feel free to post I'd love to learn from other film makers on here. :)
 
Good stuff there, especially the editing. There's a medium shot that pops up every so often which is out of focus, though the EX1 will solve that issue (I would strongly suggest buying a camera with a focus and zoom ring.) What is it you will be studying at uni?
 
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Thanks for the comments, I will be doing a Film Production degree at Arts Institute at Bournemouth this coming sept (I know unis suck for media related degrees but this one looks very good from what i've seen) :-D. I do agree about the out of focus shot its quite annoying with the lack of focus control on MiniDVs but then again its my fault I should have set up the shot better, and the softness was a result from the re-encode, color correction and some other experiments but your right I do find looking back that it makes some shots look a little flat.

Yea focus and zoom ring will help me greatly, id also like to get a 35mm adaptor later down the line but look at how much the thing costs! (Although I know you can build one but it obviously wont give the same result quality).

Heres a video i really like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIgKwwcw8lY

The DOP if quite narrow but I find it gives it a more intimate feel.
 
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acccc said:
Thanks for the comments, I will be doing a Film Production degree at Arts Institute at Bournemouth this coming sept (I know unis suck for media related degrees but this one looks very good from what i've seen) :-D. I do agree about the out of focus shot its quite annoying with the lack of focus control on MiniDVs but then again its my fault I should have set up the shot better, and the softness was a result from the re-encode and color correction but your right I do find looking back that it makes it look a little flat.

Yea focus and zoom ring will help me greatly, id also like to get a 35mm adaptor later down the line but look at how much the thing costs! (Although I know you can build one but it obviously wont give the same result quality).

Heres a video i really like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIgKwwcw8lY

The DOP if quite narrow but I find it gives it a more intimate feel.
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You'll love bournemouth (i'm in my first year of TV prod at the Uni). AIB has a good rep, plus the actors there are really good (we've worked with 3 this year who I have been very happy with). What format will you be shooting on at AIB, I was under the impression it was 16mm, though that may be in later years.
 
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You'll love bournemouth (i'm in my first year of TV prod at the Uni). AIB has a good rep, plus the actors there are really good (we've worked with 3 this year who I have been very happy with). What format will you be shooting on at AIB, I was under the impression it was 16mm, though that may be in later years.
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I believe you get a choice of digital, 16/35 but which you will need to cover the expenses if you choose the film on celluloid, hopefully they have 35mm adaptors as a choice I really like the versititly of digital filming when you wanna get things done quickly without spending a fortune (although nothing can ever beat film). Bournemouth really does look great, the people seem really enthusiastic and the studio they have looks amazing couldn't belive I was accepted, and the beach looks awesome.

Hows the TV degree, do you ever touch upon film, single cam productions? or is it mainly MCP's and tv stuff?
 
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I believe you get a choice of digital, 16/35 but which you will need to cover the expenses if you choose the film on celluloid, hopefully they have 35mm adaptors as a choice I really like the versititly of digital filming when you wanna get things done quickly without spending a fortune (although nothing can ever beat film). Bournemouth really does look great, the people seem really enthusiastic and the studio they have looks amazing couldn't belive I was accepted, and the beach looks awesome.

Hows the TV degree, do you ever touch upon film, single cam productions? or is it mainly MCP's and tv stuff?
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That sounds awesome, and I agree about the versatality of digital, I went on a shoot yesterday as a runner where they were using the Red camera and seeing it go straight from the camera and being plugged into a mac is such an effective way of recording footage. Hopefully they'll have a 35mm adapter (i'm sure there is one for the Z1, so I don't see why there wouldn't be for others.)
I never got to see the studio they have when I went for my interview, what sort of facilities are there?

The TV degree is awesome, there's 2 single cam productions in the first and second term as a group, and over the year there's an independent project set. Through those two terms we have a studio day (3 High def cam) once every 3 weeks which doesn't seem like much though you get taught a lot.
Working on the summer project at the moment which is a campaign set by C4's battlefront, working with scriptwriters and interactive media peoples. Still I think we need at least one extra practical project, I put in a suggestion for an experimental task.
 
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That sounds awesome, and I agree about the versatality of digital, I went on a shoot yesterday as a runner where they were using the Red camera and seeing it go straight from the camera and being plugged into a mac is such an effective way of recording footage. Hopefully they'll have a 35mm adapter (i'm sure there is one for the Z1, so I don't see why there wouldn't be for others.)
I never got to see the studio they have when I went for my interview, what sort of facilities are there?

The TV degree is awesome, there's 2 single cam productions in the first and second term as a group, and over the year there's an independent project set. Through those two terms we have a studio day (3 High def cam) once every 3 weeks which doesn't seem like much though you get taught a lot.
Working on the summer project at the moment which is a campaign set by C4's battlefront, working with scriptwriters and interactive media peoples. Still I think we need at least one extra practical project, I put in a suggestion for an experimental task.
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I had a little tour around saw a couple of art/custome peeps at the studio (Northlight studio I belive?) and they also had the whole kit for photographers im not sure if they got film studios but there facilites seem top notch. What your doing sounds awesome The red cam is really nice but extremly expensive but it does make better use for professional film making in the long run.

Whats your specialists area? Xperimental For The Win!

Justin said:
Why do you have a video of yourself doing a long wee on Youtube?
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Did ju rike it?
 
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We all specialise in directing throughout the course, then in the second year we choose either Sound, Camera + lighting, Editing or Production Management and use this specialism in the third year. In the third year we have to do a major and minor film of some sort and you need to work on 5 other pieces with this specialism.
 
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We all specialise in directing throughout the course, then in the second year we choose either Sound, Camera + lighting, Editing or Production Management and use this specialism in the third year. In the third year we have to do a major and minor film of some sort and you need to work on 5 other pieces with this specialism.
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That sounds quite nice, almost identical to the Film degree.
 
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