Teenage Cancer Trust Gig...

Last night I went to the Royal Albert Hall to see Biffy Clyro as part of a fundraising event that is going on each night of this week to raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust.

It was interesting to see Biffy Clyro in such a different setting as the Royal Albert Hall is very different to the type of venue they usually play. The lighting of the show was incredible and I wish I had a standing ticket because it was less atmospheric being so far away from the stage. However, there were advantages to where I was seated because it meant I could really appreciate the lighting, set up of the stage/equipment and the positions of the band members.

This would be really helpful if we were to film any more performance footage because I have gained an understanding of how stages are set up in the real music industry.

Stop Motion Soundboard...

Last night I went down to my church and filmed lots of 2 second clips of a soundboard and moved each sliding button so that when we edited it together today, it looks as though they are moving up and down of their own accord.

Today we uploaded and edited all of these clips together and then eventually I added the sequence into our actual video. However, here is the sequence of shots itself;

We decided to put an effect on these shots called Hard Light before desaturating the shot (to make it black and white) because it looked better for this particular shot than the Vignette effect we had used on all of the Performance shots. We chose to desaturate all of the band/instrument shots due to the colour of the curtains on the stage and the fact that we felt the shots were more effective when in black and white. This also fits in with my ideas for my CD Digipak.

I love this stop motion sequence of the Soundboard and I think it will be really effective in our music video for Charmer towards the end of the video; however, we will probably have to split up this sequence because it is slightly too long for our music video.