https://youtu.be/24wmymrUU1I

Recently i’ve been listening to a lot of ‘club’ music from the 70’s and 80’s (disco music pretty much). This song is classified as Italo-Disco because
1. It was made in Europe (Italy)

2. It features electronic sounds, drum machines, catchy melodies, vocoders, overdubs, and heavily accented English lyrics

I found this song on the radio station ‘Beats in space’ but i didn’t know its name. Shazam didnt recognise it so i had to go though the arduous process of deep internet searching. I finally found it.

Things ive noticed:
The vinyl costs $100 USD so its a reasonably rare/wanted
The track really reminds me of the song A real Hero by College & Electric Youth.
I really love this song

For the past 5 weeks i’ve been working for a friends Dads who owns a wine equipment business. Every Tuesday i’ve been slowly photographing his stock which will then be put into the new online store. Ive never taken photos in a ‘studio’ environment so i did some research before the first shoot.

Youtube was the first place i looked followed by a few blogs here and there. A few days before i checked out the photography equipment that the business had bought from China. I did a mock setup and tested the lights as well as the settings on my Camera (Canon 6D). It was quite a DIY set up. I taped white flute-board to table against the wall. I then and curved another  one so it ran from the base of the flute-board to the wall, showing no corner. By doing this, the items photographed would appear to be on an infinite white plane.

For consistency i set the camera to manual and placed it on a sturdy tripod. I also followed these guidelines i made from previous tests

• The white balance was set to fluorescent lighting mode
  • To balance the colour temperature
• The relative aperture to was kept within f/4 to f/11
  • To hide the detail of the fluteboard
• Exposure time was kept within 1″ and 1/5 (of a second)
  • To balance the light levels  when adjusting the f-stop for larger items
• The focus was set to manual
  • Autofocus cant be trusted in studio setting
• I used a remote to take the photos
  • if i pressed the button on the camera to take the photo it would have come out blurry due to the fast shutter speed
• ISO set to 100
  • No need for high ISO

I would systematically tick off each product as i took a photo, changing the settings depending on how white the object was in comparison to its background.

After the photo shoot i would then go home and edit the photos on Photoshop. This was a tedious process. I would have to applying colour correction to each individual photo (i created shortcuts), then have to tinker with the levels to get the blueness out of the whites. Before exporting i had to change the name of the photo to match the products name in the system.

On reflection I feel like this project was a stepping stone and a good learning process. This would be an easy way of making money form small businesses that need semi-professional photos taken of their product.

Slightly depressing at the start, the lo-fi song builds and explodes. It reminds me of Daniel Johnston’s music. Another reason why i like this is because of the melodica-esque piano used.

I can safely confirm that friend is not a four letter word

To me, coming from you,
Friend is a four letter word.
End is the only part of the word
That I heard.
Call me morbid or absurd.
But to me, coming from you,
Friend is a four letter word.
To me, coming from you,
Friend is a four letter word.
End is the only part of the word
That I heard.
Call me morbid or absurd.
But to me, coming from you,
Friend is a four letter word.

The whistle is just so majestic…..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIDqHfJ-FDU&list=LLRbgvZkbV127DEFpdPrTLvg&index=12

Australian new wave group initiated during the late 1970s by Harry Vanda and George Young, both former members of The Easybeats.

I first heard this song on a Mixtape (cant rememebr it if was Mixcloud or soundcloud) but i instantly loved it because of the Lyrics poeticness and the slow pace in which they are delivered. I especially love when it gets to the Aye ya, ya ya ya ya. I think i night buy an album of theirs on vinyl

In the middle of the star swarm
An overfill of life There’ll be a blinkered star child
Balanced on a knife
Lost to all the glory
Inward looking eyes
Extroverted hero
Losing paradise

In the wheel of turning circles
In an orbit of the moon
Through a maze of moving pathways
There floats a spinning spoon
In spite of its existence
A test for weary heads
A marker for the new man
The road ahead

I’ve been making videos for a longtime. Ive progressed from imovie ’09 to After Effects and Premiere. After watching many hours of tutorials on youtube and many hours of films i would like to think i have learnt some valuable lessons.
The recurring style i have in my own videos is the cut to a rhythm or a beat (a few of my videos are on my other Vimeo account). Its an element that has to be used in music videos but also feature films. Commonly in horror movies the orchestral strings will rise, causing the pace of cutting to increase until it can go no further *cue jump scare*. The church scene in Kingsman: The Secret Service is a great example of editing to music as the speed of the footage is ramped up and down to fit to the song. That scene could be a stand alone music video.
Ive always been fascinated towards music videos which are well synced to the song. A simple way to tell if the video is rhythmic is by watching it without sound. It allows you to actually see the rhythm of the song instead of hearing. I’ll end this blog with a quick compilation of films that have been edited into music. Its really interesting how the editor has transitioned from one cut to another, as well as one song to another. Its a good watch.