archived-videos Rough Cut: What would you do with it?

What is it? A demo for the dancer, music video, showreel? I suspect the first.

The background is blown most of the time. Other than that, it seems fine.
 
Sweetie said:
What is it? A demo for the dancer, music video, showreel? I suspect the first.

The background is blown most of the time. Other than that, it seems fine.
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This was deliberate. An 'angelic' look which contrasts which 99.999999% of other pieces of the same genre. This was shot for a few, different reasons.
 
there seems to be an over-usage of the warp stabilizer at 0:20 and 1:23. I found it a little boring after a minute or so, the dancer is doing the same thing over and over (at least it seems that way, I'm not a ballet dancer :huh:). i was slightly confused by why there were so many credits, but perhaps there is more here than meets the eye. not bad though!
 
Thanks chaps. Dance pieces get complicated in some areas. Especially with zero time.

Any other thoughts on the blown-out background before I take this down? It's clearly experimental (hence the experimental section) and I think it works but then again, I'm biased...
 
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I think that if you're going to blow out the background, really go all the way with it. It's kinda hovering in between dance demo and experimental music video at the moment. Perhaps try some luma curve magic :)
 
WhiteOpus said:
I think that if you're going to blow out the background, really go all the way with it. It's kinda hovering in between dance demo and experimental music video at the moment. Perhaps try some luma curve magic :)
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That's a good idea. Will look to push it some more and see what happens. Maybe open up some lens flares etc...

Will think about this. Might not go with it but it's a good idea.

Could even flash the occasional lens flare across to disguise a couple of bits of shaky camera work.
 
I would expose properly for the background and bring soft lights (or just a giant reflector) on the subject.

If you're shooting with a good enough camera, you probably don't even need ti additional lighting, you'll have enough dynamic range to expose for both and some post-production work will lighten up the subject.
 
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