RED music video for new Geffen/UMG artist

RED music video for new Geffen/UMG artist · December 20th, 2008, 03:21 PM

The other week I shot a video for the winner of the Fuse series "Redemption Song" (the prize was a record deal with Geffen/UMG). We shot on the Santa Monica pier and on a green screen stage; the green screen was all RED and we used a mix of RED and HVX200 footage for the exteriors which were treated sepia in post, handily hiding the differences between the cameras. I was honored to shoot for the well-known music video director Meiert Avis ("Where the Streets Have No Name"). His co-director Chris Ledoux was responsible for the great post effects and compositing which he pulled off in an absurd deadline (they delivered a week after the shoot). And my longtime collaborator Jeremy Alter (theperfectsleep.com) produced.

I used the 18-50 RED zoom for Steadicam and the 18-85 for the studio work. Had a couple of long primes but we never needed them.

FUSE is showing a half-hour "making of the video" on this which airs tomorrow at 11 pm and on Monday at 9 pm. There's not too many glimpses of the RED at work (I myself am glimpsed only fleetingly, probably for the best)! but once again I had a great experience with the camera and the client was happy.

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Daniel Lopez · December 20th, 2008, 06:49 PM

This video is simply amazing. You should be very proud of your work. I watched it 3 times already.

Ivo van Aart · December 22nd, 2008, 02:29 AM

I love how this video uses the old-sepia-footage-effect without being cliche!

Josef Heks · January 4th, 2009, 11:57 PM

Wow great video...this is prefectly timed for me, as I have been wanting to ask a pro whether or not (and how well they find) HVX200 footage mixes with RED. Id love to hear your thoughts on how noticable the differences between the footage were BEFORE sepia tratement?

cheers :)

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December 20th, 2008, 06:49 PM	#2
Daniel Lopez Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 25	This video is simply amazing. You should be very proud of your work. I watched it 3 times already.

December 22nd, 2008, 02:29 AM	#3
Ivo van Aart Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Breda, Netherlands Posts: 66	I love how this video uses the old-sepia-footage-effect without being cliche!

January 4th, 2009, 11:57 PM	#4
Josef Heks Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 72	Wow great video...this is prefectly timed for me, as I have been wanting to ask a pro whether or not (and how well they find) HVX200 footage mixes with RED. Id love to hear your thoughts on how noticable the differences between the footage were BEFORE sepia tratement? cheers :)