After the overwhelming reception, we decided it will be a shame to leave the project as it is.
We are currently planning to develop the documentary into a series and as an opportunity arises attempt to cover further gigs/provide interviews to acquaint people better with the Scottish DIY music scene.
As of now we are not exactly sure how many episodes/documentaries there will be, however we are planning to swing our cameras around in Glasgow by the end of June and produce the subsequent part two.
Keep your fingers crossed!
The final product/ Reception
All corrected, it was ready to go.
We released two versions, one which had the original colors and the other with colour corrections.
Original
The same except colour corrections.
This, to compare is Jamie's final product, the 20 min long documentary:
Again the critical reception was much more than we hoped for: the trailers were viewed over 700 times whereas the final movie (which was featured on several websites) has scored a total of 1400 views (as of 10/05/12).
Review 1
Review 2
We released two versions, one which had the original colors and the other with colour corrections.
Original
The same except colour corrections.
This, to compare is Jamie's final product, the 20 min long documentary:
Again the critical reception was much more than we hoped for: the trailers were viewed over 700 times whereas the final movie (which was featured on several websites) has scored a total of 1400 views (as of 10/05/12).
Review 1
Review 2
Development: trailer part3: the missing something.
As agreed before we opened with the Cleavers' 'phewwww' but with voice alone. I moved the opening titles a bit and featured myself. In this way the voice over sequence was of good length and I did not have to adjust anything.
The font was corrected so it matched the one used in Jamie's documentary (which was ready to go by then).
I added the final sequence which introduces every band which performed. It still was missing the SUFFERINFUCK, as I had no footage of them playing, only the inteviews.
There were two ways to on this: one I could choose a bit from Jamie's footage, and two I could just proceed with the interview bit. Since the standard definition of Jamie's camera looks completely different in therms of quality plus it was a fixed position camera, we decided it's best to preserve the continuity and use the existing interview footage.
This time again I used the music of one of the performers (Billy Liar) so again it got closer to what one would expect in the actual documentary.
This version has the corrected font, and the logo, all it was missing was minor sound corrections and re-adjusting the fade to blacks as sometimes when clip 1 was fading to black, clip 2 was visible for a split-second. I also had to re-adjust the timing of the intro screens etc.
All to be sorted out for the final release.
The font was corrected so it matched the one used in Jamie's documentary (which was ready to go by then).
I added the final sequence which introduces every band which performed. It still was missing the SUFFERINFUCK, as I had no footage of them playing, only the inteviews.
There were two ways to on this: one I could choose a bit from Jamie's footage, and two I could just proceed with the interview bit. Since the standard definition of Jamie's camera looks completely different in therms of quality plus it was a fixed position camera, we decided it's best to preserve the continuity and use the existing interview footage.
This time again I used the music of one of the performers (Billy Liar) so again it got closer to what one would expect in the actual documentary.
This version has the corrected font, and the logo, all it was missing was minor sound corrections and re-adjusting the fade to blacks as sometimes when clip 1 was fading to black, clip 2 was visible for a split-second. I also had to re-adjust the timing of the intro screens etc.
All to be sorted out for the final release.
Development: second edit: dialogues, more bits
The second edit is where the background music faded away and I used more interview parts and general dialogues. The sequence features a fast-paced mixture of the live-music bits,
Despite using the rather 'soft' Beastie Boys song I included some examples of what the bands really sound like (in the 'simple reef' section).
Jamie liked this version except for the opening sequence as it features one of the bands which was not covered live, so he asked me to remove it.
As the sequence was catchy and gave briefly what the clip is all about I decided to still keep it but without showing the performers, so as to keep the continuity.
According to Jamie this was nearly ready to go other than cleaning up the dialogues a bit (fade ins and outs).
To me it was still missing something. More on that in the next post.
Despite using the rather 'soft' Beastie Boys song I included some examples of what the bands really sound like (in the 'simple reef' section).
Jamie liked this version except for the opening sequence as it features one of the bands which was not covered live, so he asked me to remove it.
As the sequence was catchy and gave briefly what the clip is all about I decided to still keep it but without showing the performers, so as to keep the continuity.
According to Jamie this was nearly ready to go other than cleaning up the dialogues a bit (fade ins and outs).
To me it was still missing something. More on that in the next post.
Development: the first edit - why.
Going back to the research on punk philosophy the word that I came across most often was individuality and how crucial for the punks it is to emphasise it via all the means possible ranging from controversial political views to even more striking clothing style.
My first step was to showcase this range of individualism among the audience and the performers alike. This was pretty easy to pin-point as the performers ranged in the genres of the specific music. Some would wear military, some would wear leather, the haircuts ranged in anything from dreadlocks to long hair as well as some of bald-heads. And of course I had to throw in the classic symbol: a mohawk.
This was the first bit I produced which I showed Jamie.
My first step was to showcase this range of individualism among the audience and the performers alike. This was pretty easy to pin-point as the performers ranged in the genres of the specific music. Some would wear military, some would wear leather, the haircuts ranged in anything from dreadlocks to long hair as well as some of bald-heads. And of course I had to throw in the classic symbol: a mohawk.
This was the first bit I produced which I showed Jamie.
Development: trailer music.
As said the choice in music was crucial.
Not only it had to be a track relatively 'easy' to listen, but also the band should have a proper status (the use of bands such as Offspring, Green Day etc. would not be appropriate due to their commercial status and the fact that according to many punk performers they are too mainstream/pop to be considered true punk).
After browsing my music library , spotify and youtube I decided to pick Beastie Boys' Egg Raid on Mojo.
Beastie boys despite their commercial success maintain a respectable reputation and are quoted to draw inspiration from the Clash, one of the bands thought to be initiators of the punk movement.
As such I was sure that the music choice would not be pretentious.
The song also meet my image of fast paced sequence of the trailer with the intro reefs
Next: the first steps of the trailer.
Not only it had to be a track relatively 'easy' to listen, but also the band should have a proper status (the use of bands such as Offspring, Green Day etc. would not be appropriate due to their commercial status and the fact that according to many punk performers they are too mainstream/pop to be considered true punk).
After browsing my music library , spotify and youtube I decided to pick Beastie Boys' Egg Raid on Mojo.
Beastie boys despite their commercial success maintain a respectable reputation and are quoted to draw inspiration from the Clash, one of the bands thought to be initiators of the punk movement.
As such I was sure that the music choice would not be pretentious.
The song also meet my image of fast paced sequence of the trailer with the intro reefs
Next: the first steps of the trailer.
Research: the trailer
The purpose of the trailer is to capture as big audience as possible, as I got out of working on the research for my previous project.
The difficulty I had for this project was how to expand target audience for such specific music.
On my subjective opinion, I could guess that this sort of music would not be appealing to an everyday music listener
As such I decided to browse the footage for the bits that sounded 'less hardcore' as well as pick some punk tracks which would be appropriate for the genre.
At the same time, I was pointing out the crucial dialogue bits for the purpose of the trailer.
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