It is becoming more and more apparent that a problem is developing concerning the music used in my films. More and more often I am struggling with the edit, not because of the footage or the story but because I am trying to change the natural feel of the edit to suit a certain piece of music. This is nearly always because that particular piece of music has been picked by the couple.
For music video style pieces this is fine. The music goes down first and the edit is fit to it and doesn’t have to make a lot of sense as far as a story is concerned. But for all other editing styles such as movie trailer, or movie or vintage film feel the music is secondary. That’s not to say it isn’t as important, it is actually more important. It has to fit around the story, the feel of the visuals, the pace of the cutting and the dialogue.
In the past I have made do with making the best of how the film and the clients music choice fits together, after all it is their wedding movie. But now it’s time for a change. The story comes first. I’m starting to use more movie scores and more original pieces. Music choice is starting to take it’s rightful place right at the top of the creative process.
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OK, first there was the rumour of 5d mark IIs being used on the set of Iron Man II. Then the confirmed news that they were being used in the US series 24. Then Robert Rodriguez was spotted shooting a music video with two 7ds. Now the final episode of this season of House has been shot exclusively on 5ds. This is big, until now House has been shot on 35mm film! The idea that a director actually chooses to shoot with DSLRs over film is a strange one. Director Greg Yaitanes explained that it is the small form factor and ‘rich depth of field’ that attracted him.
It airs on 17th May, will be really interesting to see how it looks. For more information from cinema5d.com see here and Philip Blooms resent blog here
Work has resumed on Helen Farley-Jones’ music video and here are some frame grabs from day two of the shoot:-
Here is a little rough cut of the middle section (no colour grading):-
If Helen is happy with how things are shaping up then there should be just one more day of shooting and then we can move onto the next song- Miles away- my favourite. Really looking forward to this.
I will be producing the official promotional video for ‘Miles Away’ by Helen Farley-Jones.
She is a super talented singer / songwriter from Manchester. I have a few ideas knocking around including having her grand piano delivered to a derelict mill for some arty farty rustic type shots. I will be blogging regularly about each stage of this job.
I will, naturally, be using my two Canon 5d Mark IIs for this job, with my Kessler Pocket Dolly for dolly shots and Flycam 5000 for stabilisation. Might even be getting a Kessler Pocket Jib for this and some of the bigger wedding shoots.
This is an alternative blog for me to share experiences and films that don’t make it to my main wedding blog.
I am doing a little extra work that is not wedding related so all that stuff will go here. Also I would like to keep the main blog slick, professional and to the point as that is the landing point of potential wedding video clients.
Here I will be a bit more informal and just blog about everything.