MorayM Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 I got to spend my Saturday shooting a music video with Ghost Community. It's one of the tracks of our recent album, a power ballad type affair heavy on piano in the first half before rocking out in the second. The director had found a really great-looking old upright which we opened up to show off the rusty innards with all the hammers moving, so I'd replay my part over the playback to get the shots. I played a few chords and all seemed well - a little honky-tonk but everything worked. My first warning should have been when I put my foot on the pedal for the first take and it snapped off. Fine, I'll do without. Rolled the playback, take 2 and I actually got to play some notes this time - notes which were all a semitone flatter than the playback. The whole piano had drifted out of tune over the years! It was a happy morning spent miming a serious song about betrayal and loss, all the while the rest of the band were trying to maintain composure over the spectacular dissonance/innovative chromaticism coming from this knackered old upright. It's a funny old business. I have to say though, it did look awesome... North Haverbrook - Godsticks - SoundCloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synthizen2 Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Interesting story. I just took part in my first ever "music video" - not really an MTV style affair by any stretch. The production team had the band set up on a stage with all-black backdrops, and nothing electric needed to be plugged in (but I ran some wires and pedals from my keys to make it look real), and we mimed 3 or 4 of our originals to our studio recordings and a set of 3 roving cameras panned around us. Cool lighting effects were happening while this was going on. When we looked at the result, it was a fairly professional job... the miming of vocals and instruments seemed to sync up just right with the original studio recording. Between the 3 camera angles, the producer always had the focus on whatever was happening at any time (a little keyboard flourish, and there I am on camera... a noticeable guitar phrase, and the guitarist was being focused on... etc.). I'm sure not every production company pays this close attention to detail, but these guys did a bang-up job. The lighting against the black backdrops made it look like we were playing in an arena to a packed crowd! These guys know their visual effects. Kurzweil PC3, Yamaha MOX8, Alesis Ion, Kawai K3M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldwin Funster Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 What you hear is rarely or should i say almost never what you see. In music videos, other visual media and in much of life. FunMachine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoken6 Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Slow down the playback by a ratio of 1:2^(1/12) while shooting? (It's about 94.4%). Reminds me of by Spandau Ballet. Skip to 2:51, you'll see bits of paper fluttering gently in the air. Apparently the video playback is at 50% of the recording speed, to give that ethereal feel. Imagine having to mime to that track playing at 200% speed for the shoot! Cheers, Mike. Cheers, Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorayM Posted December 5, 2016 Author Share Posted December 5, 2016 Reminds me of by Spandau Ballet. Skip to 2:51, you'll see bits of paper fluttering gently in the air. Apparently the video playback is at 50% of the recording speed, to give that ethereal feel. Imagine having to mime to that track playing at 200% speed for the shoot! That's awesome, I love behind the scenes stuff like that! Our video was finished last week, if you're interested you can watch it : [video:youtube] North Haverbrook - Godsticks - SoundCloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldwin Funster Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 Everytime i bust a supposed live video to be a lip sync i get all kind of jeers on this forum. Even from experienced players. Folks, if the sound is studio quiet with production then it is over 99% of the time not a truly live track. Any body with engineering experience will tell you about leakage between instruments. FunMachine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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