I have successfully completed the song for my music video collaborating with my previous interviewee Louis Quinn. This was a long process as we had to work together to examine the correct sound and feel I was trying to explore through the music he was producing. This process involved a lot of team work, expression and communication. We spent a long time working on it and I am extremely grateful for his time and putting up with me pushing back certain ideas and mixing and matching concepts. It was almost like a giant puzzle we were both putting together. However, in the end the music came out exactly how I wanted and Louis was happy (and tired) from our collaborative experience. This really taught me how to interact better with musicians and gave me a huge insight into the old and new media devices and tools we were using.
Writing the script/treatment on a typewriter was extremely hard and I’m not 100% sure I am completely happy with the finished product. My thought process without being able to press backspace as much as I needed was tiresome and a little frustrating. Although I really enjoyed the connection between myself and the keys, and the wonderful sound the typewriter produces, I think this experiment was fun, but in the future ill stick to traditional script writing software. A lot of planning and paper went into this process before the script was completed.
Wiring an old black and white television so that static could move with the sound of the music was probably a little dangerous… The technical process that went into this was very confusing for me but having someone else to help me made me extremely lucky to achieve the final product for my production.
Hiring equipment from RMIT for my shoot was easy. The guys in building 9’s loans room were extremely helpful and catered to my needs for all required equipment.
Unfortunately, after a long back and forth between actors I had nobody available on the day to use in my shoot. This is where improvisation came in to play and also a trip back to the typewriter for a script change was necessary. This was probably the hardest ordeal during the production process.
Luckily on the day of shooting I had Nicholas Paton as my DOP. He worked well with the camera and followed my directions extremely well. We also had Louis on location too so we were able to get a great shot of the inside of an old piano playing along to the song he produced for me. Production went smoothly and the owner was nice enough to give us space and shoot anywhere we liked within the location.
I am now up to the post production process and will be editing this video clip myself. I am happy with the shots we got on the day but may go out alone to film some extra shots that relate to the video/genre. If so, back to the typewriter again (oh no).