mikeyjunior Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 So I'm busy editing right now and this is going to be my first HUGE project. I've never made anything longer than 10 minutes. So I was wondering what you guys think is interesting or whatever to have in a documentary about a band?! I have 12 hours of footage, so yeah.. a shitload to choose from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casey Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 Equal mix of candid backstage, onstage, and formal interview footage should do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthemjfan23 Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 im always curious to see what the writing process is like. any footage of them talking about how they write their music, who is involved in it, how they decide what makes an album versus what gets cut, etc... all that is normally very interesting to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhythmgtr5 Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 I'd like to see some performances along with their methods for writing music / being so prolific Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavyheavylowlow Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 Depends, a band like PTM it'd be awesome to know as much as possible about their writing techniques, but also their relationship with bands like Kay Kay, and how they are influenced by such. Other bands it's mostly just fun to see them aim firewords at each other (I'm looking at The Chariot with that one) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
preston Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 So I'm busy editing right now and this is going to be my first HUGE project.I've never made anything longer than 10 minutes. So I was wondering what you guys think is interesting or whatever to have in a documentary about a band?! I have 12 hours of footage, so yeah.. a shitload to choose from. 12 hours isn't very much footage at all. I usually like lots of live footage--complete songs--maybe intercut with interviews. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyjunior Posted December 20, 2008 Author Share Posted December 20, 2008 So I'm busy editing right now and this is going to be my first HUGE project.I've never made anything longer than 10 minutes. So I was wondering what you guys think is interesting or whatever to have in a documentary about a band?! I have 12 hours of footage, so yeah.. a shitload to choose from. 12 hours isn't very much footage at all. I usually like lots of live footage--complete songs--maybe intercut with interviews. I have three complete live shows, with backstage footage, interview footage, sound check footage. I spent three days with them, I think it's enough for a nice little documentary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
translatingthename Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 sounds like a cool idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
preston Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 12 hours isn't very much footage at all. I usually like lots of live footage--complete songs--maybe intercut with interviews. I have three complete live shows, with backstage footage, interview footage, sound check footage. I spent three days with them, I think it's enough for a nice little documentary. Was it a multi-cam shoot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidamnesiac Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 I think the Death Cab For Cutie DVD is an excellent example of a great band documentary. Lots of live footage, interviews, sound checks and the like. Personally I don't like the live footage to be full songs. I get a little ADD. It's always rad though, if it's going to be a DVD, to include full live concerts in the bonus features. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyjunior Posted December 21, 2008 Author Share Posted December 21, 2008 I have three complete live shows, with backstage footage, interview footage, sound check footage. I spent three days with them, I think it's enough for a nice little documentary. Was it a multi-cam shoot? No, but that is why every show was shot differently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthemjfan23 Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 how is the audio from the live shows? nothing worse than having really great video and the audio to go along with it sucking. i'd almost rather not watch it if the bass if flaring up the whole time, and most of the time i actually will turn it off after about 45 seconds if it's like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyjunior Posted December 22, 2008 Author Share Posted December 22, 2008 how is the audio from the live shows? nothing worse than having really great video and the audio to go along with it sucking. i'd almost rather not watch it if the bass if flaring up the whole time, and most of the time i actually will turn it off after about 45 seconds if it's like that. It differs. Most of the stuff is really good/perfect, but sometimes the bass is flaring up yeah.. that's cuz school fucked me, they gave me a shitty camera one time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthemjfan23 Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 that's alright.... for those parts you can overlay the interviews and use that audio while you use the video from the concerts. then you get to use the footage without it going to waste (if it's good) and you make your documentary look even more professionally done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyjunior Posted December 22, 2008 Author Share Posted December 22, 2008 This week I'll be making a proper trailer, so look out for it. For now, something a lil' experimental http://vimeo.com/2363487 I made this a while ago, I've become a lot better at editing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthemjfan23 Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 yeah, i watched this before when you put it up. not sure how? was it in another thread or something? either way, it's really cool. i'm excited to see your film, even though i'm not so into the band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyjunior Posted December 22, 2008 Author Share Posted December 22, 2008 that's alright.... for those parts you can overlay the interviews and use that audio while you use the video from the concerts. then you get to use the footage without it going to waste (if it's good) and you make your documentary look even more professionally done. http://vimeo.com/2242557 there's one show that sounds better and one that's shittier than this show. yeah exactly or just use the real tracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyjunior Posted December 22, 2008 Author Share Posted December 22, 2008 yeah, i watched this before when you put it up. not sure how? was it in another thread or something? either way, it's really cool. i'm excited to see your film, even though i'm not so into the band. ha okay, cool! but why aren't you that into portugal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthemjfan23 Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 yeah exactly or just used the real tracks. that can be tricky, though, sometimes. if the audio and the video don't match up EXACTLY it ends up working against you. so unless they play the song live literally the exact same way that it's recorded in studio, it looks stupid. trust me i've made that mistake before and it took me hours to fix everything that i had after it all timed out 'perfectly'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthemjfan23 Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 i'm not sure why i'm not into them so much. maybe i'm just telling myself i'm not because i don't have the cash to buy all their shit. i think they're one of those bands that i have to be 'in the mood' to listen to, and normally i just don't think of them when i'm actually in that kind of mood. from what i've heard they're not bad by any stretch, just not my cup of tea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthemjfan23 Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 also, a word for your future live-show shoots: unless you're doing a multi-cam shoot, be VERY easy on the zoom feature. you can zoom in and out, that's fine, but do it really slow. otherwise it makes it look very amatuerish. if you're doing a multi-cam shoot, then go crazy with it, and you can splice back and forth between the two (or however many) cameras when one is mid-zoom. just be careful with it. other than that, you really seem like you know what you're doing. all that comes with practice, though. you're definitely on the right track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyjunior Posted December 22, 2008 Author Share Posted December 22, 2008 i'm not sure why i'm not into them so much. maybe i'm just telling myself i'm not because i don't have the cash to buy all their shit. i think they're one of those bands that i have to be 'in the mood' to listen to, and normally i just don't think of them when i'm actually in that kind of mood. from what i've heard they're not bad by any stretch, just not my cup of tea. have you ever seen them live? i've loved p.tm for 3 years now and i've seen them live three times this year. it's just, you need to see them. i love them even more after seeing them live. it's a totally different experience. and they are a band that changes with every record. the first record is more electronics, beats and the second is like you're back to the 50s with muddy waters, it's very groovy and the latest record you could listen to all the time, it's timeless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthemjfan23 Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 nah, i actually haven't had the time/money to see them live yet. i go to school in carbondale, il, which is 6 hours from chicago, which is really the closest city to good concerts from carbondale. st. louis is only 2 hours away, but rarely has anything as good as chicago. it's pretty lame. i'll check them out live eventually, i think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyjunior Posted December 24, 2008 Author Share Posted December 24, 2008 Uncensored Colors Preview will go up today! Just So You Know: Some of the camera movements are weird, but that's because of people knocking the camera! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyjunior Posted December 24, 2008 Author Share Posted December 24, 2008 check it out! http://vimeo.com/2620115 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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