First Music Video DVX 100a at DVinfo.net

Jay C Masters · January 7th, 2006, 10:40 AM

what's up guys

Just finish wrapping up my first Music video. I built a camera stabilizer modifying The Poor Man's Steadicam by Johnny Chung Lee. I used some reflectors and played the track off a small radio on location. I didn't have much of a budget so I focused on composition and framing.

Slang and Doc "Get'em Outta Here / Dimes Of Yay"
Album: Boot 2 Grill
Director:Jay Masters
Right Turn Productions

Check out the rough cut on www.video.google.com.
Search: P.Doc or Jay Espinal

I would love to hear what you guys think. I just finished CC, waiting for the good folks at video.google.com to post the final CC version on the h.264 codec.

Gary Franks · January 7th, 2006, 02:08 PM

looks pretty good. I can see it needs a little more editing, but so far it is pretty decent.

Goodluck

Jay C Masters · January 7th, 2006, 03:13 PM

Thanks for watching

Jean-Francois Robichaud · January 7th, 2006, 06:02 PM

I like it. It's got a good flow to it. Nice colours. In the first part, I felt there was too much headroom in some shots. And the blown out sky in many shots bothered me a bit. There are a few cuts here or there that seemed too quick, some shots seemed to appear for a fraction of a second. I like the 2nd part better. It was simpler, and the edit seemed to match the music better.

Jay C Masters · January 8th, 2006, 04:44 PM

I appreciate your comments guys thank you. I understand what you mean Jean-Francois, I had a big set back in the production due to the fact that P.Doc was shoot twice in the back later that night and I couldn't do a re-shoot. Yeah the blown out shy sucks..lol. I'm glad that by way of this video I learned more about the camera filters and shutter speeds to fix this problem in the future.

The second portion went off without any problems and I was able to take my time, although looking back I would have done a few things different.

As far as the editing, i was going for a fast pase. But I thought it might be too fast aswell.

Jean-Francois Robichaud · January 9th, 2006, 09:25 AM

Just to make it clear, I like the overall fast pace of the piece. There are just a small number of cuts here and there that I felt went by too fast.

Jeremy Hughes · January 9th, 2006, 01:13 PM

The one other thing I noticed, and this was on some of the closer headshots too, was trying to get that lip sync tuned up a little closer. It was off enough in a few places I really noticed it.

Overall I liked it too. 2nd half of the video had a much more invisible edit to it which smoothed it out

Jay C Masters · January 11th, 2006, 10:01 AM

Thank you for that observation Jeremy I will fix that before outputing to tape. and yeah I did like the second video myself.

January 7th, 2006, 10:40 AM	#1
Jay C Masters New Boot Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Burlinton, NJ Posts: 15	First Music Video DVX 100a what's up guys Just finish wrapping up my first Music video. I built a camera stabilizer modifying The Poor Man's Steadicam by Johnny Chung Lee. I used some reflectors and played the track off a small radio on location. I didn't have much of a budget so I focused on composition and framing. Slang and Doc "Get'em Outta Here / Dimes Of Yay" Album: Boot 2 Grill Director:Jay Masters Right Turn Productions Check out the rough cut on www.video.google.com. Search: P.Doc or Jay Espinal I would love to hear what you guys think. I just finished CC, waiting for the good folks at video.google.com to post the final CC version on the h.264 codec.

January 7th, 2006, 06:02 PM	#4
Jean-Francois Robichaud Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 142	I like it. It's got a good flow to it. Nice colours. In the first part, I felt there was too much headroom in some shots. And the blown out sky in many shots bothered me a bit. There are a few cuts here or there that seemed too quick, some shots seemed to appear for a fraction of a second. I like the 2nd part better. It was simpler, and the edit seemed to match the music better. __________________ JF Robichaud

January 9th, 2006, 09:25 AM	#6
Jean-Francois Robichaud Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 142	Just to make it clear, I like the overall fast pace of the piece. There are just a small number of cuts here and there that I felt went by too fast. __________________ JF Robichaud

January 7th, 2006, 02:08 PM	#2
Gary Franks Regular Crew Join Date: May 2005 Location: Germantown, MD Posts: 46	looks pretty good. I can see it needs a little more editing, but so far it is pretty decent. Goodluck

January 7th, 2006, 03:13 PM	#3
Jay C Masters New Boot Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Burlinton, NJ Posts: 15	Thanks for watching

January 8th, 2006, 04:44 PM	#5
Jay C Masters New Boot Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Burlinton, NJ Posts: 15	I appreciate your comments guys thank you. I understand what you mean Jean-Francois, I had a big set back in the production due to the fact that P.Doc was shoot twice in the back later that night and I couldn't do a re-shoot. Yeah the blown out shy sucks..lol. I'm glad that by way of this video I learned more about the camera filters and shutter speeds to fix this problem in the future. The second portion went off without any problems and I was able to take my time, although looking back I would have done a few things different. As far as the editing, i was going for a fast pase. But I thought it might be too fast aswell.

January 9th, 2006, 01:13 PM	#7
Jeremy Hughes Major Player Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 276 Images: 2	The one other thing I noticed, and this was on some of the closer headshots too, was trying to get that lip sync tuned up a little closer. It was off enough in a few places I really noticed it. Overall I liked it too. 2nd half of the video had a much more invisible edit to it which smoothed it out

January 11th, 2006, 10:01 AM	#8
Jay C Masters New Boot Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Burlinton, NJ Posts: 15	Thank you for that observation Jeremy I will fix that before outputing to tape. and yeah I did like the second video myself.