Very well done, enjoyed the song.

My only gripe was some of the camera moves had issues with judder and because you're using long shots they are more apparent. I know, I know, really hard to avoid without heavy metal to support the camera and even then I couldn't have done better. Kind of funny in a way, thrash metal with 4 cuts per second looks hard to shoot but it's a piece of cake compared to what you've tackled.

Bob.

Thanks, Bob. Yes, the long shots had some issues didn't they. Shooting a 200mm prime on a big CMOS with a light tripod is not a good combination. We had our big tripod handling the crane and jumping the camera back and forth. I have to give kudos to my "AC", a young man who learned to pull focus as I was screaming at him. LOL. And I agree, the metal bands make for easier shoots and edits.

I enjoyed it.

Nice video. Are you near Evansville? that's my hometown.

Dave T2

Great job. I'm really envious of you guys with all this artistic creativity.

By training I'm an engineer (even worst than that, a chemical engineer - how'd I get to this forum?). I can appreciate works of art, but am not very good at creating them. I loved the part with the transparent profile picks up on the background vocals.

...Jerry

Very nice - like it a lot :)

Ulf

Nicely done. Liked it a lot.

I'm Curious:
If the singer and your production company are both from Louisiana, what made you choose Indiana for a location for the video?

John

Very nice, and well done.
Good pacing with the music, varied locations and outfits, really nice. Good voice too.

Paul.

Thanks for the kind comments, all. And DaveT2, yes, I'm located in Tell City, about 50 miles east of Evansville. Was in New Orleans for decades, but came here after Katrina. It's a challenging area for our kind of work, being out of a big market, but I still have enough clients around the nation to keep the lights on.

edit: @craftech, It made business sense to maintain a Louisiana company presence as well, even though I live here in Indiana. New Orleans carries more weight for marketing purposes than "Where the ? is Tell City?" LOL.

Atom12,

Cool. I have been trying to find a way to get back to Indiana myself. But as you have found, jobs in this line of work are limited in that part of the country.

good luck.

Dave T2

Dave T2,

Where are you living and working now?

Darn good for low budget!

Atom12,
I live in the Atlanta area and work for a post production house in Atlanta. I used to work at some TV stations in Evansville.

Dave T2

Love Atlanta! In the 80's- early 90's I was at VTA or Crawford at least twice a month posting. Hope you're doing well there. IMO, TV in Evansville is a lot worse than it used to be. Glad I can stay out of it for now.

Wow. We may have worked together. I have been at VTA since 1980.

Small world.

Dave T2

I'm Larry Peter and was working for Buckholtz Productions in New Orleans till 93. We did all of our film transfers at VTA and a lot of our post. We must have crossed paths. I'm sure I gave at least one headache to every department over there.

David Turner here.. I was senior editor from mid 80's until 2000 or so. Now I do pretty much anything and everything. I remember the name, but I was always better at associating projects than I was names.

I will scan through our archives and see if I can fiind something specific.

Dave T2

I don't have as many brain cells remaining as I did at that time, but I'm pretty sure we cut some spots for RadioFone (an early cell-phone company) together. The film transfers were constantly ongoing, and I remember the edit suite well, but not all the projects we cut. If I recall, you had a proprietary non-CMX edit controller didn't you? I think my boss had a hard time getting his head around that. He had a hard time with new things. LOL.

Well at that time we had our own Edit Controller and Switcher. They were strange systems, and never really caught on. Although, the edit controller became a very powerful system. Switcher, not so much.

Dave T2

Love it! Very soothing clip. Also love the little dolly and crane shots : -). VMP

I liked it, overall. It's a good song to do on a budget because you don't need to cram loads of "production value" into it. Camera moves and good looking locations were enough, and the singer is easy on the eyes.

Little ticks in camera movement didn't bother me at all, but then I just finished a forced march though all of Battlestar Galactica and I'm pretty numb to camera twitches right now.

One thing I found noticeable was cuts between similar framings. You'd go from one head and shoulder shot of Kim singing to camera to another similar shot. Sometimes that's a useful device when it's being used deliberately but it didn't seem like a conscious decision here.

All of the outdoor shots look great. The candle-lit stuff looks ... candle-lit. It's murky. I don't have any alternatives to offer but it makes me want to collect a bunch of other candle-lit shots for a lighting scrapbook.

Rob

You're right about the MCU cuts, Rob. I would have liked to work around some of those, but with the rapid pace we hit the locations, I ended up going with the best performances from very few takes. It was a learning experience because it was the first major shoot I based around the AF100. I appreciate the comments I'm getting and really respect the critiques as well. Another great thing about this forum - ability to get feedback from lots of talented people in one place.
Thanks.