A music video I am involved with"music video"

free2view · Joined: 26 May 2009

This video was made on a budget of 500 pounds UK.... The band is unsigned
Title of the track is SHINE by Defacto
We thought we would make a video just to see if it would get hits on the net ie youtube etc. So any votes will help
Would be interesting to see if internet users could make a small video big?

Here is the video and after is the outtake video.

Outake video

pirtybirdy · 'Native New Yorker' Joined: 29 Apr 2006 Location: FL USA

I'll give it a vote. It was pretty good, and I'm impressed it was done on just 500 pounds. I also liked the outtakes. Nice one!

free2view · Joined: 26 May 2009

Yea for the money it was good. Be interesting if it gets noticed out there too. we will see. I loved the outtakes...;)

faceless · admin Joined: 25 Apr 2006

I thought it was quite well made, but wasn't too keen on the scenes with the singer walking towards the camera. He has too much of a swagger

Kezza · Gone To The Dogs! Joined: 30 Apr 2006

I liked the outtakes, too - that Jen is quite a character!

free2view · Joined: 26 May 2009

Yea Jen was nice. She has quite a portfolio too... lol. ;)

free2view · Joined: 26 May 2009

funkyfunkpants · Joined: 05 Oct 2008

From Rob "Chappers" Chapman's YouTube page

Regularly ranked in YouTube's Top 5 most viewed musicians in the UK, Chapman began to turn heads within Barnes & Mullins and Youtube/Google when they noticed that his videos were receiving 10,000 views per day from his loyal social networking following. It all happened so fast Said Chapman, I just remember reaching 1.5M views on Youtube and then I got the contact from Google offering me a contract to become a partner. I firmly believe that my online success is largely due to my determination to keep my content inclusive and interactive always inviting a response from the audience. Basically, I like people - I still reply to every email or comment if possible and the guys on YouTube really like that personal touch.

It seems the key is interaction with your audience. Rob is doing some great things on YouTube he has some amazing competions and is releasing a signature guitar that has involved his followers (monkey minions) with the design. I am sure if you contact him he will give you some pointers.

The Monkey Lord Forum

free2view · Joined: 26 May 2009

Thanks funkyfunkpants, we did contact him and this was his reply haha

"
I'll be honest with you because I think you deserve honesty. There are many things I would change about your video including the editing, location, shoot style, title, search tags and the production of your song...

This is not a negative assault on your band/video, you guys clearly have talent and direction I just believe you are going at it backwards.

I often advise bands on this kind of thing, I have personally been involved in five professionally shot music videos and two DVDs, on location at Abbey Road, Metropolis and accross the states working with major labels and top producers including my good friend Eddie Kramer (Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin).

If you would like some honest/constructive advice feel free to book me by emailing ************ I charge £35 per hour, we could chat over breakfast in Bradford on Avon.

Chappers"

Love it. best part was the 35 quid an hour bit.

Just for fun we are going to meet him for this 35 quid and see what he has to say!

He maybe right in all what he says yet I do think he missed the point of the video really.

It was made on a shoestring as a bit of fun.. As an experiment..

Yet hey it would be good to add to are blog and channel on youtube;)

faceless · admin Joined: 25 Apr 2006

I thought the editing and location were fine and he's pretty cheeky to attack it on basically everything else. The stuff about tags is just petty irrelevance and speaks more about his dependence on youtube than much else.

It sounds very much like he's just in it for the cash as an advisor, but £35 an hour is opretty cheap for someone who's claiming international success. A good quality camera operator alone would be 2-3 times that.

funkyfunkpants · Joined: 05 Oct 2008

Cheeky cnut! I thought maybe he would give you some pointers on how to make the best of YouTube. Tell him to stick the 35 quid up his arse.

What sort of social network stuff do the band have already? You could ask followers of the band to embed videos and mp3 of the bands music into their own myspace/farcebook pages, involve the fans in spreading the word.

A band I am a fan of released their second album as a free download through myspace (with sponsorship), it got 30,000 downloads in under 3 months and a following of over 80,000 on myspace.
http://couchtripper.com/forum2/viewtopic.php?t=10153

They also get fans (where possible) free entry into gigs if they have band related tattoo, but that's a extreme form of advertising.
Tattoos

free2view · Joined: 26 May 2009

Thanks guys, Yep he is a twat. The band contacted him and they asked him straite out. you slated every part of the band from start to finish. But you mentioned talent.. They asked what talent did he see in the band.. he said the passion. I think he may of got a harsh reply to that.. which i cant print on this forum lols.