Light Across The Fields - New Song & Video

[Gazebo]

As I was given a wah pedal for Christmas it was only polite to give it a run out.

 

This is a song I wrote about my morning walks during lockdown, which were both therapeutic and inspirational.  The footage is from some of those walks.

 

Light Across The Fields video.

[john]

Hey

 

I enjoyed the track. A nice light-feeling song.

 

Video wise, Some nice shots. At times I was shouting “steady cam” at the screen. Other than that some sort of visual narrative, putting the shots in context, or a connection beyond light across the fields between the visuals and the lyrics would have helped. Perhaps a verse/Chorus approach to the video work? Even conceptually. So, for example, verses, tight, confined, close, narrow alleys etc, so the chorus visual of wide open expanse really hits...

 

I get that might not chime with your COVID walks, but it would make for an engaging video that goes beyond a trail diary.

 

That aside, I actually did enjoy it overall

 

Cheers

 

John

[Disconnectica]

Great song.  The video wasn't bad.  I like the time-lapse parts zooming down the road.  I'd like to see the changes from time-lapse to stationary more synchronised with the music.  Some where, but often not.  And the stationary shots might be better with the camera on a tripod and not panning at all.  Alternating between stills and time-lapse could be more dramatic I think.

[Gazebo]

Thanks for watching.

 

You are both absolutely correct.  This is my first attempt at a video, and I had no storyboard or theme, just a bunch of video images from my phone.

 

I had the song and thought there was a thematic link, so stuck it all together.  I quite like it, but there are glaring problems on watching again after sleeping on it.

 

The good thing is I can see a lot of the issues and you have been very constructive in your criticisms, so thankyou very much.  It gives me food for thought for next time.

 

[GregB]

Hi.

Thanks for joining the music video club. Have you done any more since since this first one you posted?

 

Remembering that we are all biased by personal preferences:

• Shakey cam CAN work for many reasons. Stabilisation (if needed) is often available in-camera or in editing software.
• Pans on the scenery can be dizzying if too fast.
• The eye notices when speed and direction don't flow so, when joining two clips, take care with the content immediately before/after the cut.

It would have great to fake a 'light' in the sky for emotional impact in some of the scenes.

 

Nice music by the way. Did you note the slight resemblance to "Summer in the City" by The Lovin' Spoonful?