After much deliberation, Aaron and I have dropped the plan of shooting a shot for shot remake of the hall and oats music video “Private Eyes” and have since adapted our idea to be another kind of music video.  This idea is actually a little more closer to home as it is the song which gave our film production group the inspiration needed for our name.  The band is Gold Panda and the song is “Quitters Raga”.  For reference, here is the music video that the band allowed a group of college kids to make and is now the actual music video!

We have decided that I will direct the music video and edit the footage, while Aaron will be the camera operator and director of photography for it.  The idea is to shoot subjects and images in a way that allows us to do very quick cuts that seam seamless in a way.  I guess in this way, the project is more of an experimental avant-garde style video.  We will be implementing theory and rule that we learned in this course such as COLOR, MOVEMENT, and RHYTHM to establish a concise storyline.

We will be shooting on a Canon C100 mk ii and using LED lights with gels to affect color within the frame.  Since this is a music video we will be using the song from Gold Panda with possible sound before/after the video itself.

The musical piece itself is less than two minutes long but I am considering looping some of it as I want something that is going to be a bit longer.  The biggest challenges I see are going to be developing a concise story with so many fast moving images because these images need to connect to one another in some way or another.

In closing, I think this idea will be an extremely fun and thought provoking project and I am looking forward to the process of developing something experimental with someone I consider to be a close friend and colleague.  Stay tuned for more!