Hey guys ...
I know that this posts title states that I´m obviously the wrong guy for the job;)
What would you do if you had to graphically enhance a videoclip, consisting out of about 230 cuts in 3 minutes, with no example of what the client likes? The video is about surfing, shoot on 5 locations (all mixed up), tells a few storys (e.g. the guys playing Domino with the locals, a girls gets fired cause she rather likes to go to the beach, etc.).
I´m totaly out of ideas ...
Re: need creative input by Dave LaRonde on Jun 10, 2008 at 4:50:56 pm
[Christian Buettner]"What would you do if you had to graphically enhance a videoclip, consisting out of about 230 cuts in 3 minutes, with no example of what the client likes?"
I'd talk to the director or the writer. Only if I struck out with those two would I talk to the client.
And if YOU are the director or writer, you've got some fundamental problems in this particular project and it will be tough for us to lend a hand.
Dave LaRonde
Sr. Promotion Producer
KCRG-TV (ABC) Cedar Rapids, IA
Re: need creative input by Simon Dunn on Jun 11, 2008 at 12:51:10 pm
If the different stories are intercut with one another across the piece, why not give each story a unique but subtle look - colouring one story blue, another redder etc. Then use some nice funky transitions between each story - ie, Twitch.
Re: need creative input by Christian Buettner on Jun 12, 2008 at 8:23:18 am
Hey there ...
I´m quite lucky because I´m not the director or the writer;) I´m just the editor.
I already gave all the different storys a different color grading. I think what the client maybe wanting is sort of a "dirty" vignette, if you know what I mean. So what would be the best way? I think trying stuff like film damage wouldn´t do the trick. I would need something like expression driven "grow stuff" or other ornament like objects which react to the beat.
I personally agree that a decent color grading is all that this clip needs and that adding graphical elements is a waste.
