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| From | "Michael Carpenter" <stagefright@msn.com.au> |
| Subject | Re: Carpenter video |
| Date | Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:38:32 +1100 |
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JP wrote..
>
> Regarding Michael Carpenter's video: Nice job. I'll show it to my son, a
> budding musician, just to help open his mind to the possibilities.
Hope it helps. The creative world is full of possibilities. You just have to
pony and make them happen! Anything i can do to help..
>
> Constructive criticism: For my taste, way too many edits, too fast. You
> have to calm down and trust in the inherent >interest in what you are
> doing. All the cuts were a distraction (to me). Also, you needed to work
> for a better camera >angle on the vocals.
Yes indeed. Basically, the whole excercise was just a 'practice run'. I'd
never shot and edited video before. I borrowed a camera, set it up on a
tripod for a day grabbing lots of different takes. By the time i got to the
lead vocal takes, i was minding my daughter, so barely had time to check the
angles at all.
Then i spent the next day learning how to chop it all up. I think i totally
went overboard with the edits... i think my rationale was that if there's a
lot of edits people won't see how bad the filming is! But i was also very
conscious of making the choruses frenetic, and by the end i did want it to
feel over the top. I think i succeeded... :-P
So criticism taken and accepted. I still think it works, but know a lot more
about it now.
Thanks to all for the kind words. And for those asking, the song's not
available yet. I'm still working out what the next step is in that regard.
MC
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