First full version of LUXOR at the Lowry is completed and being rendered as I sit typing this BLOG.
You can view the LUXOR edit from the main page of my website or cutting and pasting this link
www.jasonharry.com/luxor.html
Intense editing: with more to do, the version viewable later today will be just over 15 min, there is some footage I still want in that is likely to run it up to around 20 mins.
The reason for stopping this edit is to release me to other jobs sat stacking up and to allow me to reflect at this piece of work before I sit back down finally to finish it, too much of the same and I loose the feel for it.
I was asked to cover a new designer’s debut at London Fashion Week so I will be spending some time relaxing and working on that before pushing on again next week to complete LUXOR visits the LOWRY.
MY Vision
In putting this footage together I started with an intro to build up some atmosphere, the actual show was one hour long, to get this into a format that was manageable and grabbing I selected a number of sequences from the original sound mix and had an idea to edit these together, so I stopped and pondered on this.
While editing the footage into something interesting I felt uneasy editing the sound, especially Williams mix myself I know he spend a week on this and I didn’t want to be carving it up so I chose the first section and mated to that elements of the show that worked best with it.
The show is a piece of art evolving well that is my thoughts of it so the video rather than be commercial and lots of angles and effects has been created as if you were there watching it, starting with a blank canvas and the end a finished piece of work, everything in between the journey.
The mix remains pretty much unchanged apart from the intro I shortened, so for the final footage I need a fresh head and to work out which section will best tether in while I want the end to remain as it is now.... my thinking cap is on.
So the main timeline is full with video, on the night there was a second camera that roamed with me capturing video footage from different angles, this will get added to the timeline as it is now in small sections to add a different perspective... well that’s my plan.
Those are my thoughts as I worked on this project and as I close LUXOR off for now, .... To be continued
Thursday, 25 February 2010
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
LUXOR @ The Lowry, Manchester
Was originally going to be at this event to capture some images for their promotional purposes.
LUXOR is a collaboration of talent : Anna-Mi Fredriksson professional dancer formerly English National Ballet working all over the world in the largest productions, Pauline Amos Painter and William Orbit a visionary composer and producer.
In the end I ended up being asked to capture the event and make into a promotional video .. the edit has just started.
What you can view right now is the intro, a short section intentded to build up some atmosphere for the main performace.
As the edit moves on I will post more, right now there is 30GB of files to put in some kind of order.
What was used to capture all of this? 2 x Canon 5dmk2 and 1 x 5dmk1 plus 42GB of memory cards.
LUXOR is a collaboration of talent : Anna-Mi Fredriksson professional dancer formerly English National Ballet working all over the world in the largest productions, Pauline Amos Painter and William Orbit a visionary composer and producer.
In the end I ended up being asked to capture the event and make into a promotional video .. the edit has just started.
What you can view right now is the intro, a short section intentded to build up some atmosphere for the main performace.
As the edit moves on I will post more, right now there is 30GB of files to put in some kind of order.
What was used to capture all of this? 2 x Canon 5dmk2 and 1 x 5dmk1 plus 42GB of memory cards.
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
Dancer
Luca a trained dancer, he got in touch with me last weekend.
He is currently on tour with Chicago and about to return to Australia after a five year stint here in Europe.
He wanted some fresh images to help him move into other areas with his work, during the shoot we also worked on some dance theme's, clearly something that is very natural to him.
Dancers are sometimes the easiest people to work with, they know good shape and form, posing for a camera can be unatural for them, so if I reach a sticking point I let them do what they know to allow them to settle then go back into the shoot again.
Below are two images from the day
and
The lighting for this was quite simple a boomed strobe above and a strip softbox from the side, the space we had for this shoot wasn't the best but with good light control and some of Luca's expertise between made some good frames.
These images were straight forward to get, worth noting : what the dancer feels is good and what looks good are two different things.
To ensure we had the lines correctly I positioned mirrors so that Luca could make sure everything was ... as it should be.
Working with dancers is always the same, a good one wants perfection just as much as we do from our side of the lens... if your doing the same type of job in future make your life easy... cut down on the retakes and set up some mirrors.
More to come >>>
He is currently on tour with Chicago and about to return to Australia after a five year stint here in Europe.
He wanted some fresh images to help him move into other areas with his work, during the shoot we also worked on some dance theme's, clearly something that is very natural to him.
Dancers are sometimes the easiest people to work with, they know good shape and form, posing for a camera can be unatural for them, so if I reach a sticking point I let them do what they know to allow them to settle then go back into the shoot again.
Below are two images from the day
and
The lighting for this was quite simple a boomed strobe above and a strip softbox from the side, the space we had for this shoot wasn't the best but with good light control and some of Luca's expertise between made some good frames.
These images were straight forward to get, worth noting : what the dancer feels is good and what looks good are two different things.
To ensure we had the lines correctly I positioned mirrors so that Luca could make sure everything was ... as it should be.
Working with dancers is always the same, a good one wants perfection just as much as we do from our side of the lens... if your doing the same type of job in future make your life easy... cut down on the retakes and set up some mirrors.
More to come >>>
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