In an interesting way some of the energy I am up against in wanting to produce this "rockumentary" music video is starting to dispel.
In the earlier post on this topic I had two concerns. One of needing a second video camera. Hopefully, it looks like that issue has fallen to the wayside as I have found an online rental store that carries exactly what I am looking for. I like this site because I searched for what I wanted and the user interface returned pricing, insurance, and told me other technical details I need to know, plus it states it is currently in stock, which brightens my hopes to have it for my desired dates. And... the pricing is reasonable. All that remains is to secure the rental for the desired length of time.
Additionally this brings back to mind what my college professor of Radio and Television Arts once told me, use other peoples money to create projects, if you use your own you really are an artist, (and) never buy the equipment if you don't have to (again if you do you are an artist and feel the need outweighs the business aspect).
For myself what this does for me is buy me time. I do want one of these cameras for myself because I have started to enjoy photography, and these are top flight cameras, that generate wonderful results. But the important aspect is that they are capable of acquiring motion video at film quality. It really is a wonderful time to be a producer, if you have a decent story to tell. More on this at the end of this post.
Before that can happen though another issue has crept into the creation of this video. The band that will be the subject matter is being asked as of this writing if they'd like to do this. So I put the horse before the cart on this point. It wasn't my idea to "bloom" this into a music rockumentary, it was the idea of the lead singer of the band, whom I have contact with via Facebook.
And my production assistant has gotten back to me at least once via email that he is interested.
On both of these points I now have some other thoughts. One is that the price of the rental is reasonable enough that I may in fact rent two units. This will allow me to lock down a single video camera, and then have two people on the move with these other two rentals. This is known as triple camera format, you can see this on display in many sit-coms. A camera left, right and center. In the case of this live event the two non-center cameras will be able to be on the move.
Additionally what is desirable about these two cameras is that they have amazing zoom. The advantage here is the two camera ops won't have to encroach on the scene in order to shoot close-ups. It does mean limiting certain artistic aspects, like maybe a shot down the length of a guitar neck, but in my humble opinion, we aren't shooting a million dollar video, although my hope is by the end of the production line, it may end up looking like one.
And as an aside it has occurred to me that the tools for the creation of art have become plentiful and reasonably priced. And concurrently it does seem like industry may be stepping back and re-evaluating the de-valuing of the impact art and artistic design can have on product. More on this later.
-CRB
Postscript:
I mentioned above I'd have more to say about having a story to tell and the end of this post. I have over the last few years been struggling with trying to find a story to tell in video, and one that is worth telling. There have been a lot of wannabees but I think my search is finally over.
I have found two, one by accident, one by asking around and having been in the right place at the right time.
A few years ago I spent time making rounds with one of our church members who runs a thing called the Mattress Ministry. He essentially carries mattresses he finds at Salvation Army or Goodwill and takes them to the needy out the rural areas around town. He started to bore me to tears after a while because he kept telling old stories about wars, and then repeated the telling of them. But out of this came a story about a man that was on the run to save his own life here in the Steuben County area. Wrongly accused and taking place over 4 years, he was eventually hunted down and hanged. The first man hanged in Steuben County. A story that took place I believe over 2 hundred years ago. I hope to be able to properly present it in video.
The other story has come about only because I have kept a somewhat dormant connection alive. I did a doc video a few years ago for an independent film producer about the making of one of her films. I've kept in touch with her via Facebook and email. She has recently announced a call for entries for a show about what animals face from the encroachment of humans on the animal kingdom.
I suggested that I shoot stills of all the roadkill I see as I drive. And perhaps will title this group of images as "Prints of Death".
Wish me luck. Thanks.
-CRB
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