Here’s the brand new video I produced for How to Build a Life Raft by Dancefloor Storytellers, Saturday Night Gym Club, it was shot on a tiny budget on my 5d2 and edited in Final Cut Pro, look out for their debut EP this summer, it promises to be off the old heezy, blow ya horn!

Just putting the finishing touches to a new promo for Saturday Night Gym Club, a new Anglo-Irish Electro-pop band who describe themselves as ‘dancefloor story tellers’ according to the BBC page for their upcoming Radio One Big Weekend show on Saturday the 14th May. I think they’re awesome and really enjoyed working on this video with them. Finished article should be up here in a day or two.   Read more about SNGC & preview some of their tunes at the floowing locations www.saturdaynightgymclub.com  www.facebook.com/saturdaynightgymclub www.myspace.com/saturdaynightgymclub

Just putting the finishing touches to a new promo for Saturday Night Gym Club, a new Anglo-Irish Electro-pop band who describe themselves as ‘dancefloor story tellers’ according to the BBC page for their upcoming Radio One Big Weekend show on Saturday the 14th May. I think they’re awesome and really enjoyed working on this video with them. Finished article should be up here in a day or two.  

Read more about SNGC & preview some of their tunes at the floowing locations

www.saturdaynightgymclub.com 

www.facebook.com/saturdaynightgymclub

www.myspace.com/saturdaynightgymclub

Skype

I have a new Skype account on my phone, it’s paulhighammobile, catchy eh.

Dirty gull, Brighton beach

Dirty gull, Brighton beach

Here’s the finished version of ‘There is a Spark’ by the brain-bendingly, up-my-street, Heat vs Light. We shot this on my Canon 5d2 with a Canon 50mm 1.4 prime, 17mm-40mm 4.0 L series and a crappy 75mm-300mm EF zoomer. I ran the camera and JP Keenan took a directorial role. We edited it together and JP graded it.

Tutorial video on how to create music within the timeline of Final Cut Pro, a technique pioneered by Lasse Gjertsen about 4 years ago in his video Amateur. it can also be seen in action in my iPhone Music Apps video. It’s not the most entertaining video I’ve created but it does explain the most important parts of the process. I can only apologise for my distinct lack of charisma during this tutorial.

I just finished editing these visuals for Saturday Night Gym Club’s remix of the Ellie Walker track ‘I know’. All of the timelapse footage was downloaded from the amazing openfootage.net and stockfootageforfree.com, both sites have a small amount of free HD footage, no massive libraries, just a little collection of really great clips.

Feels like ages since I’ve done anything creative, work has been really dull lately, churning out corporate internals or swinging spanners for cash, this shoot for Heat vs Light for their incredible There is a Spark was highly enjoyable, I love this band and I’m very thankful for the opportunity to work with such talented young men. These stills are from the shoot, more news on the finished video as it unfolds.

iPhone Music Apps vid from last year, music made from snips of video all done in the timeline of Final Cut Pro.

Le Mans Dudeparty 2010 - Trailer created from the roadtrip movie we shot on our recent boys holiday to the Le Mans 24 Hour Race. I’ve just finished the full thing as it happens but won’t be hosting it on YouTube due it being utterly laced with licensed audio. Let me know if you want a copy - 07872 968 125

Scafell Pike - May 21st 2010

Here’s a video I recently put together for Trend Micro, the Anti-Virus people.

Taken in a stinky old derelict mill in the Glossop area.

I tagged along to the final days shoot of Negative Slant Productions’ ‘The Fortune Teller’, a dark short Written, Produced and Directed by Daniel Kenyon. I was there to supply track and dolly for a couple of shots using Skintdolly [don’t pay a megabux for a T & D system if you’re a poor Indy kid, look on YouTube, there are many DIY tutorials]. (Click the picture to see Skintdolly) I had a thoroughly nice time, learned a bunch of stuff about storyboarding and am looking forward to seeing the edit. I’ll post here with a little review when it’s completed.

I tagged along to the final days shoot of Negative Slant Productions’ ‘The Fortune Teller’, a dark short Written, Produced and Directed by Daniel Kenyon.

I was there to supply track and dolly for a couple of shots using Skintdolly [don’t pay a megabux for a T & D system if you’re a poor Indy kid, look on YouTube, there are many DIY tutorials]. (Click the picture to see Skintdolly)

I had a thoroughly nice time, learned a bunch of stuff about storyboarding and am looking forward to seeing the edit. I’ll post here with a little review when it’s completed.

Currently piecing together some footage from last month, shot at the Moon and Sixpence in Glossop, an acoustic performance by three fifths of Rook and the Ravens. Only one Canon 5d mk2 was available [mine] so the other footage was grabbed using a couple of Panasonic camcorders on loan, it’s not perfect but after a good de-interlacing & a spot of grading it looks OK. I’m hoping to hand these clips over to the band this evening assuming I get finished in time. Click the picture to go to their myspaz page. They’re well worth a do, kind of Americana but with a lovely Northern English thing, delicious vocal harmonies feature throughout.

Currently piecing together some footage from last month, shot at the Moon and Sixpence in Glossop, an acoustic performance by three fifths of Rook and the Ravens. Only one Canon 5d mk2 was available [mine] so the other footage was grabbed using a couple of Panasonic camcorders on loan, it’s not perfect but after a good de-interlacing & a spot of grading it looks OK. I’m hoping to hand these clips over to the band this evening assuming I get finished in time.

Click the picture to go to their myspaz page. They’re well worth a do, kind of Americana but with a lovely Northern English thing, delicious vocal harmonies feature throughout.