Tag Archive | cinematography

Performance and Dubstep is the dynamic backdrop

Oct9

…of Glo too. Only, I hope to really work with the DP and editor crafting a truly dynamic shoot and edit. You can’t have fire and treat it like a match. The elements of this video, most especially the dubstep mix are exciting, but I feel the director/dp/editing team sort of didn’t do enough with the concept. It’s like this video is scared to drive over the cliff with the techniques it has in hand. And there’s a place and time to scale back.

But this wasn’t it.

Still much respect for this team, for assembling it. It just can’t be any kind of safe viewing, if you’re working with dubstep, drum & bass, anything like that. The music’s firing on all cylinders at full blast. It can’t be about snazzy software techniques, and a simply master shot.

I’m going to aim to add to the dance performances with the camera shots (unless it’s Ms. Easy). Then make certain the emotional charge of the story, arcs, and trajectory of the storyline makes sense, and is surprising.

Well it probably won’t be for you guys, after this.

Yeah. I probably shoulda watched this for what they created. Not for what I am, but that’s what happens when you’re craving your turn.

Glo Thoughts (#1)

Sep6

Passing Strange is probably my favorite musical.

Also where I fell in love with the work of Cinematographer Matthew Libatique.

He captures the energy of live performance and sticks with the performers long enough for the emotion to read. And if the intention/emotion/action beyond the movement isn’t captured, alot of the strength of the work may be lost.

I try to write in nuances (lots of subtext for actor to play/audience to enjoy). But where will we be if the camera work employed glosses over all that?

Still I want the camera work for Glo to be exciting, Just without being interruptive. Libatique nails that in his work (Black Swan, Requiem for a dream, Inside Man).

Plus he shoots a mixed cast beautifully.

I watched a Youtube of him (video someone took of him hanging out – creepy much? lol ) and he seems cool. He seemed like he’d be easy to talk to and fun.

No I don’t always require camera crew to be a bag of laughs, but easy to talk to? Yes. I prefer to feel comfortable with the person I’m going to have to communicate with every time I blink.

But if I can’t have Matthew for this piece, hopefully we can get someone who can achieve what’s mentioned here? Have a ball getting it down, together.