Back from Christmas

Well back down to reality after a lovely 5 days off..wow.. now back to the grind stone. and I have am very excited to be getting back to work as over the next few weeks I will be creating Daniel and Lewis's music video that I have been talking about. I was kind of worried that it wouldn't get done before submissions but luckily we very kindly got an extra week so its all stations GO GO GO

CHRISTMAS

Well I am away off home tomorrow until Thursday the 27th so I wont be blogging or doing any work for the next 6 days, I am looking forward to a wee break, knowing me though I will be stressing and thinking about lots of new ideas. Anyways happy holidays!

Some tests for the introduction

Ok so I went a walk today with an idea for the introduction to Daniel and Lewis's music video. This is just a test but I think it works pretty well.

I went down to the tay bridge and stood in the middle of the walk way. I filmed the cars passing and played around with the settings from really abstract blur to high quaility.
When I got home I watched all the footage back and really liked the maximum blurred versions, I added some timing delays and some width delays so that the cars left slight trails like in night time, long exposure pictures. eg. ----->








The reason I wanted this idea as the introduction is that I thought the starting was atmospheric and thought this style would really work. Here is one of the tests that I have done along with the introduction music.

Gaelic Music video Finished!

Well that it all finished and ready to be sent away. I am so so happy with the results. I think it compliments and enhances the music while staying sympathetic the melody.

What I wanted to create

-I wanted to create a part abstract film about a lazy Sunday walk playing on the fact that the song is a modern take on a "walking" style song
-I wanted to have shots that provoked a nostalgic feeling to symbolize the past/happy memories
-I wanted to include movement to symbolize travel and loved ones that aren't close by
-I wanted to create a airy, silky piece of visuals that harmonized with the melody.
-As Gaelic is a small language, I had to make sure the visuals conveyed the essence of the song so that non-Gaelic viewers could understand the song.

I feel I have accomplished everything that I set out to achieve. I have learned so much in after effect and premier pro through trial and error and good tutorials.

So here it is...hope you enjoy it.. and lets hope that I win :D

Nostalgic test-take two

After an unsuccessful first try at making some film look nostalgic, I feel I have achieved the aim a lot better with this video. I simplified it down from the last test. Adding black and white, increasing the contrast and adding an ever so slight blur to it so it wasn't full hd quality. 

Creating an old nostalgic feeling

I want to have parts of the music video with a kind of nostalgic feeling, like a visual of what someone imagines when thinking of the past in their minds. I have been playing around with colour tones, noise and grain effects, scratches and dust effects and roughing the edges. Here is a test

I am not too happy with the result. It looks far too grainy and I am not very sure on the rough looking outline. Ahh well, back to the drawing board with this one..

Smoke test

I had already had smoke tests that had been shot during a drawing class in uni but I didn't really have anything to do with them, and they were a little bit boring on their own. So I thought it would be great to incorporate a windy, airy feel with some smoke. I played around with the effects in after effects and applied a cartoon effect which gave a really nice soft graphical edge to the video. I also added a tint of blue so the smoke could stand out better.