music vid at DVinfo.net

Colin Minihan · March 31st, 2004, 01:38 AM

just finished.. well i think finished this music video... took a while..

www.smiley-films.com/soldout.wmv

i dont know if its final or not yet.

Nicholi Brossia · March 31st, 2004, 02:20 AM

Very good. The intro was excellent, especially the last home movie shot that flashed to them on the train. The entire video was edited very well. There are a couple cuts that really caught my eye though. When the brunette is riding in the car and rips the photo, you cut from directly in front of the photo to directly behind the photo. By ripping to the left of screen in the first shot and cutting to her ripping to the right of screen in the second, you've created a false reverse. That threw me off kilter for a second or two. Also, earlier in the video, the feather falling to the floor is another weird cut. It looks like you used the feather as a transition from one girlfriend to the next (if I've understood that correctly) and it worked well.

Overall, that was certainly a well made video. I think I'll watch it a few more times to see what else I like.

Colin Minihan · March 31st, 2004, 02:26 AM

wack, never noticed that.. meh - and yeah the intro i like.. cinelook/magic bullet

Gustavo Godinho · March 31st, 2004, 07:16 AM

Very good work! What camera did you shoot? I saw the prodction pics and noticed the camera in the guy´s shoulder wasn´t a prosumer one (or am I wrong?).

About the fast edition intro... man, that was AWESOME!

What did you do to the image in AE?

And... last question: what was the lighting equipment?

Colin Minihan · March 31st, 2004, 02:33 PM

shot the video on 3 types of cams.. 2 formats.. the profesional cam is a dvcpro camera .. and the rest was shot on xl1 and vx2k

magic bullet was used in AE, and the intro i used cinelook and messed with the settings of old film look.

the lighting setup consisted of 3 1k's and chimaras, 3 650's and gells...in the room they perform in.. the wall was a crap brown color.. so we hit it with the pink gells and fixed that problem.

the 2 scenes shot with the dvcpro are the bed singing scene and the performance scene.

Steve Franco · March 31st, 2004, 02:36 PM

Colin. Great work on the vid. The intro was particularly strong. Who is the band?

Colin Minihan · March 31st, 2004, 02:38 PM

the band is called Cherrybomb. The intro was the easiest part to edit too... aside from using cinelook i shot at a very high shutter speed and also filmed the footage coming from my tv and intercut it with the actual source footage .

Josh Brusin · March 31st, 2004, 02:57 PM

looks great! Liked the quick shutter in the shower. Guy was hitting the bottle a bit... I would too... probably not crown royal though. VERY nice. Canadian band?

Colin Minihan · March 31st, 2004, 02:59 PM

yeah there from here in Vancouver. they are actually one of the top rated bands/songs on all of garageband.com

www.cherrybombmusic.com is there site.. they havent even seen the vid yet hehe. hope they like it.

update:

i put a .mov version on.. www.smiley-films.com/soldout.mov

and the documentry of the making of.
www.smiley-films.com/soldoutdoc.mov
www.smiley-films.com/soldoutdoc.wmv

Rob Lohman · April 1st, 2004, 06:44 AM

Very nice work, Colin! I liked the first part better. That looked
superb and therefor the last part felt a bit weak.

Steve Franco · April 1st, 2004, 11:58 AM

Hi Colin,

How much of a budget were you working with for this vid? Are you guys looking to get rotation on MTV2 or Fuse? Just curious.

Colin Minihan · April 1st, 2004, 02:58 PM

there was no budget. I used all my schools equipment. . The documentry is available for download too. It shows an in depth look at the making of.

www.smiley-films.com/soldoutdoc.mov
www.smiley-films.com/soldoutdoc.wmv

that will give a good idea of what i was working with.

and yes i believe that the band will try and do everything in their power to get the video out their to the general public.

Gustavo Godinho · April 1st, 2004, 06:07 PM

and how much did you charge for the clip? if it was for free, these guys are very lucky. they got a pro video without spending any money.

Kristopher Mallory · April 1st, 2004, 06:29 PM

loved the start of it too. you do some great work colin, if you where in my area i would offer you a directing job i have comming up.

keep it up, later bro

Colin Minihan · April 1st, 2004, 06:36 PM

yeah, i did this video for free.. actually i think it ended up costing me money haha. I know they are super lucky to get a pro video for nothing. I just wanted to do another music video really badly so that I could possibly get paying work from people that end up seeing the video. Im doing another free one in a few weeks too....yay.... i will never make any money....

March 31st, 2004, 01:38 AM	#1
Colin Minihan Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Canada, B.C Posts: 75	music vid just finished.. well i think finished this music video... took a while.. www.smiley-films.com/soldout.wmv i dont know if its final or not yet.

March 31st, 2004, 02:20 AM	#2
Nicholi Brossia Major Player Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Posts: 389	Very good. The intro was excellent, especially the last home movie shot that flashed to them on the train. The entire video was edited very well. There are a couple cuts that really caught my eye though. When the brunette is riding in the car and rips the photo, you cut from directly in front of the photo to directly behind the photo. By ripping to the left of screen in the first shot and cutting to her ripping to the right of screen in the second, you've created a false reverse. That threw me off kilter for a second or two. Also, earlier in the video, the feather falling to the floor is another weird cut. It looks like you used the feather as a transition from one girlfriend to the next (if I've understood that correctly) and it worked well. Overall, that was certainly a well made video. I think I'll watch it a few more times to see what else I like. __________________ Nicholi Brossia

March 31st, 2004, 07:16 AM	#4
Gustavo Godinho Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Belém - Pa - Brazil Posts: 130	Very good work! What camera did you shoot? I saw the prodction pics and noticed the camera in the guy´s shoulder wasn´t a prosumer one (or am I wrong?). About the fast edition intro... man, that was AWESOME! What did you do to the image in AE? And... last question: what was the lighting equipment? __________________ lml

March 31st, 2004, 02:36 PM	#6
Steve Franco Regular Crew Join Date: May 2003 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 74	Colin. Great work on the vid. The intro was particularly strong. Who is the band? __________________ Fusion Arena Productions At Confession

April 1st, 2004, 06:44 AM	#10
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	Very nice work, Colin! I liked the first part better. That looked superb and therefor the last part felt a bit weak. __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

March 31st, 2004, 02:26 AM	#3
Colin Minihan Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Canada, B.C Posts: 75	wack, never noticed that.. meh - and yeah the intro i like.. cinelook/magic bullet

March 31st, 2004, 02:33 PM	#5
Colin Minihan Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Canada, B.C Posts: 75	shot the video on 3 types of cams.. 2 formats.. the profesional cam is a dvcpro camera .. and the rest was shot on xl1 and vx2k magic bullet was used in AE, and the intro i used cinelook and messed with the settings of old film look. the lighting setup consisted of 3 1k's and chimaras, 3 650's and gells...in the room they perform in.. the wall was a crap brown color.. so we hit it with the pink gells and fixed that problem. the 2 scenes shot with the dvcpro are the bed singing scene and the performance scene.

March 31st, 2004, 02:38 PM	#7
Colin Minihan Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Canada, B.C Posts: 75	the band is called Cherrybomb. The intro was the easiest part to edit too... aside from using cinelook i shot at a very high shutter speed and also filmed the footage coming from my tv and intercut it with the actual source footage .

March 31st, 2004, 02:57 PM	#8
Josh Brusin Major Player Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 439	looks great! Liked the quick shutter in the shower. Guy was hitting the bottle a bit... I would too... probably not crown royal though. VERY nice. Canadian band?

March 31st, 2004, 02:59 PM	#9
Colin Minihan Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Canada, B.C Posts: 75	yeah there from here in Vancouver. they are actually one of the top rated bands/songs on all of garageband.com www.cherrybombmusic.com is there site.. they havent even seen the vid yet hehe. hope they like it. update: i put a .mov version on.. www.smiley-films.com/soldout.mov and the documentry of the making of. www.smiley-films.com/soldoutdoc.mov www.smiley-films.com/soldoutdoc.wmv

April 1st, 2004, 11:58 AM	#11
Steve Franco Regular Crew Join Date: May 2003 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 74	Hi Colin, How much of a budget were you working with for this vid? Are you guys looking to get rotation on MTV2 or Fuse? Just curious. __________________ Fusion Arena Productions At Confession

April 1st, 2004, 02:58 PM	#12
Colin Minihan Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Canada, B.C Posts: 75	there was no budget. I used all my schools equipment. . The documentry is available for download too. It shows an in depth look at the making of. www.smiley-films.com/soldoutdoc.mov www.smiley-films.com/soldoutdoc.wmv that will give a good idea of what i was working with. and yes i believe that the band will try and do everything in their power to get the video out their to the general public.

April 1st, 2004, 06:07 PM	#13
Gustavo Godinho Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Belém - Pa - Brazil Posts: 130	and how much did you charge for the clip? if it was for free, these guys are very lucky. they got a pro video without spending any money. __________________ lml

April 1st, 2004, 06:29 PM	#14
Kristopher Mallory Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Glen Burnie, MD Posts: 60	loved the start of it too. you do some great work colin, if you where in my area i would offer you a directing job i have comming up. keep it up, later bro __________________ krismallory@gmail.com http://www.stealthfiction.com Ad your site to our Directory!

April 1st, 2004, 06:36 PM	#15
Colin Minihan Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Canada, B.C Posts: 75	yeah, i did this video for free.. actually i think it ended up costing me money haha. I know they are super lucky to get a pro video for nothing. I just wanted to do another music video really badly so that I could possibly get paying work from people that end up seeing the video. Im doing another free one in a few weeks too....yay.... i will never make any money....