(01-30-2015, 08:21 AM)Himm2 Wrote: It took me awhile to realize that both nights of playing this song where blended into one. I was thinking how did Haley change her clothes in the middle of the song? Interesting concept.
A concept borne out of necessity that ended up working out
airhigh, ISCAT,
Thank YOU for making it possible.
I must admit, AATB was particularly challenging. Unlike "Habits" where I had two angles of the same performance, there was only one version of each performance of AATB, ISCAT's from the 1st night and airhigh's from the 2nd night.
So my options were to show just one video only from one angle, no opportunity to edit out shakes, blurs and blocked views, OR I can attempt to marry the two different performances together so I can hope to edit out the parts of the video that detracted from the performance
When you are trying to edit two different sources, two different angles, one of the challenges is to be able to make the illusion that everything is synced up, especially the subject's mouth to the audio. Even if the syncing is a micro second off you will notice it and the illusion is destroyed and it affects the viewing experience. That is challenging enough when you are using two sources from
one performance.
What I attempted to do w/ AATB was to sync the lips/action from
two entirely different performances.
What made it more of a challenge is Haley doesn't perform the same way twice, so syncing her video with audio from a different performance was probably a foolhardy thing to take on. I dug in my heels and amazingly it ended up working... I think is partly due to PMJ following a musical 'script' moreso than Haley (like during the bass breakdown/solo) so there was sort of a template that was similar enough to work from
There were points in the process I thought maybe I should give up and just chose one vid of the two and post it as is. But each video of each performances had it's 'bright spots'. If I posted one, I wouldn't be able to post the other. But amazingly, it ended up working out better than I thought I could accomplish
(01-30-2015, 08:24 AM)ISCAT4HALEY Wrote: P.S. I will take your constructive advice.
I think you underestimated your camera, the 1st night's video w/ Haley in the Silver dress came out really well.
The one thing that came to mind is that you should be aware of the obstacles between you and your subject. There were times I needed to be able to use some of your video, but Haley's face was obstructed by two maybe three mic stands so I couldn't use it.
I did appreciate the angle you shot from because it gave me opportunity to show PMJ and Scott, where as there wasn't much opportunity in airhigh's video. I felt Scott and PMJ are as much of this performance as Haley, so needed to be included in the video IMO.
You guys appeared to shoot from a 90 degree angle from each other, but IMO a better set up to shoot from might be more at a smaller angle, perhaps positioning yourself in a 10 and 2 position or 12 and 2 position(As seen on a clock).... That way you have a view sort of from the side, while having better opportunity for different angles of the subject as they move. ISCAT where you shot from, 90 degrees from airhigh, meant most of your shot's were profile shots, so a little limiting...not to mention that created a situation where the mic stands created a 'forest' of stands in front of Haley as she walked behind them....
Just something to think about next time you do some video of a performance
Finally, ISCAT Thank you very much for your extremely kind words and reminding me why I do this. 3+ years ago, I couldn't have imagined that turning on my TV to watch American Idol could lead to where I am today, in my wildest dreams I could've never imagined all the trips and experiences I've had, for which I am very grateful. It's also alot to take in, I'm not even sure how I got here or where it goes from here...
I'm not too comfortable w/ the spotlight, but as you said, the more I do, the more I'm noticed, so one can't exist without the other, so I'll have to adjust and deal with it or get out :/
That's why I appreciate your words reminding me that, there are those who I don't hear from, who I might never meet, who do get why I'm doing this, Really, thank you
