{"id":131,"date":"2021-05-06T23:51:18","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T23:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nichevisuals.com\/blog\/?p=131"},"modified":"2021-07-09T21:52:59","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T21:52:59","slug":"a-videographer-and-music-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nichevisuals.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/06\/a-videographer-and-music-video\/","title":{"rendered":"A Videographer and Music Video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I am a professional videographer.&nbsp; As a videographer, I have produced a wide variety of videos such as corporate videos, event videos, wedding videos, but my favorite have always been music videos.&nbsp; These videos are often the most demanding types of videos for a videographer, but it is through music videos that I have crafted my cinematic skills. In fact, when I am asked by those who want to become a videographer I often tell them to grab any camera, find a musician, and film their video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Music Video Is Where I started as a Videographer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>My career began with a music video.&nbsp; At the time I had a band and we were in need of our first music video to promote the music we had just recorded.&nbsp; I found few graduates from a film school who were eager to help us out.&nbsp; Fortunately for me, some of them did not fulfill their commitments fully, especially in the video post production, and so much of the work fell upon my responsibility.&nbsp; Being forced to finish the video, I spent several months learning the editing software, and in the end I edited my first video.&nbsp; I fell in love with the process and a few months later I purchased my first DSLR with HD video recording capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Tioughnioga&quot; by Perpetual Process - featuring Sarah Holtschlag\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pPKGdaqVXGU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>My very first music video.  Our main actress did not show up on first day so I stepped in the leading role. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Music Video Blossoms Creativity&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Although creativity is essential for any video, from event video to corporate video, music video forces a videographer to push his\/her creativity.&nbsp; A videographer can get away with anything as long as the final video is appealing.&nbsp; Unlike a narrative film, the story line in a music video does not always have to make sense, follow strict rules of continuity, or resolve itself. &nbsp; In the 90s it was very common to have several unrelated story lines cut back and forth, and occasionally cutting to performing musicians.&nbsp; The only rule you do have to follow as a videographer making a music video is that every shot must be visually engaging.&nbsp; A good example of this is Closer by Nine Inch Nails.&nbsp; In a recent music video I have produced, I went with a crazy idea that could only be allowed in this creative format.&nbsp; We decided we would have the singer fly through an upside down world.&nbsp; This required some technical green screen shots and creative solutions to make the shot work.&nbsp; I have spent several days figuring out how to composite my green screen shots and upside drones shots.&nbsp; Initially it was a struggle but I finally found smoke overlays that looked like clouds and that glued the composite output into cohesive visual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"558\" src=\"https:\/\/nichevisuals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/flying-Ania-1024x558.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nichevisuals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/flying-Ania-1024x558.png 1024w, https:\/\/nichevisuals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/flying-Ania-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/nichevisuals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/flying-Ania-768x418.png 768w, https:\/\/nichevisuals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/flying-Ania-1536x837.png 1536w, https:\/\/nichevisuals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/flying-Ania-2048x1115.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Composite shot of Ania flying on green screen and upside-down drone shot.  I Ya-To-Yah &#8211; Vast Spaces. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Any Formats will Do<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Litery, you can film a music video using any camera, lens, and recording format.&nbsp; I have seen a videographer choosing to film using an old VHS video camera to achieve that retro look.&nbsp; No videographer has such freedom in the corporate space.&nbsp; Corporate videos tend to be the same because there is a standard of what is expected.&nbsp; Wedding videos are even more demanding of a certain standard expected by the married couples.&nbsp; The freedom of filming format makes a music video good practice for a starting videographer who does not have much invested in expensive video gear.&nbsp; A young videographer could use his phone to film a video and learn how to edit on free software that comes with most apple computers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">All Musicians Want Videos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It is not difficult to find opportunities to film a music video if you are a skilled videographer.&nbsp; Likely, music videos for unsigned musicians are not going to pay the bills for most videographers.&nbsp; However, there is much to be gained by offering one&#8217;s services for \u201cpizza and beer\u201d money.&nbsp; First, as I have mentioned, it gives a videographer an opportunity to try something creative and perhaps challenging.&nbsp; I have mentioned my green screen and upside down drone shot composite.&nbsp; On the other hand, when I work as a videographer for corporate jobs I tend to make more conservative choices.&nbsp; Secondly, a well crafted creative music video stands out in a videographer\u2019s portfolio.&nbsp; I have at least 10 videos that I think are perfect corporate videos with perfect lighting, sound and son on.&nbsp; Yet, in all honesty, these corporate videos do not stand out very much from another\u2019s videographer perfect corporate video.&nbsp; On the other hand a music video with a singer flying in upside down world is risky but at the same time unique.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/nichevisuals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ania-on-green-screen-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nichevisuals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ania-on-green-screen-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nichevisuals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ania-on-green-screen-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nichevisuals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ania-on-green-screen-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nichevisuals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ania-on-green-screen-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nichevisuals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ania-on-green-screen-1.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Videographers Marcin and I working on set of Vast Space by I-Ya-To-Yah<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a professional videographer.&nbsp; As a videographer, I have produced a wide variety of videos such as corporate videos, event videos, wedding videos, but my favorite have always been music videos.&nbsp; These videos are often the most demanding types of videos for a videographer, but it is through music videos that I have crafted &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nichevisuals.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/06\/a-videographer-and-music-video\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A Videographer and Music Video&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[17,14,5],"class_list":["post-131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-chicagovideographer","tag-videographer","tag-videoproduction"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/nichevisuals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Opening-scene-filming-ARTIFACT.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nichevisuals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nichevisuals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nichevisuals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nichevisuals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nichevisuals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nichevisuals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":138,"href":"https:\/\/nichevisuals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131\/revisions\/138"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nichevisuals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nichevisuals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nichevisuals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nichevisuals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}