Samurai
Joined: Mar 14, 2006
Posts: 2239
Kiev, Ukraine
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Posted on Apr 07 2023 08:48 AM
Let us share your ideas in making a video for your tunes
Surely best way is to shoot it, but let’s talk about budget friendly and funny alternatives. What ideas I have now for one of my tunes
- to use my scuba diving videos for some background video scenery
- to use live videos of my band
- to order funny animated video (if you have somebody to recommend would be great)
- to use some royalty free old moves (where do usually find them?)
- to use some animations from video making platforms (I guess it’s boring but cheap)
Other ideas, contacts or sources?
— Waikiki Makaki surf-rock band from Ukraine
https://linktr.ee/waikikimakaki
Lost Diver
https://lostdiver.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/vitaly-yakushin
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IceratzSurf
Joined: Oct 22, 2022
Posts: 284
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Posted on Apr 08 2023 07:03 AM
Go MTV 80s style and do it all mixed up and with many scene swaps.
Add some 50s Sci fi essentials, video and audio clips.
What video software do you have?
I have Power Director and can't express enough how easy and professional it can be. Some learning curve however.
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Samurai
Joined: Mar 14, 2006
Posts: 2239
Kiev, Ukraine
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Posted on Apr 08 2023 08:46 AM
IceratzSurf wrote:
Go MTV 80s style and do it all mixed up and with many scene swaps.
Add some 50s Sci fi essentials, video and audio clips.
What video software do you have?
I have Power Director and can't express enough how easy and professional it can be. Some learning curve however.
I have no video software and no experience with any)
— Waikiki Makaki surf-rock band from Ukraine
https://linktr.ee/waikikimakaki
Lost Diver
https://lostdiver.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/vitaly-yakushin
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SamDBL
Joined: Sep 19, 2016
Posts: 244
Tampa
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Posted on Apr 08 2023 10:14 AM
For old movies in the public domain, there are a few sites. I don’t remember them off hand. But a google search will do it. Tons on there to download.
All of your ideas will work fine. However, in this day and age of high quality phone video recording and stellar home editing software, a full-on video shot specifically for the video is really not hard to pull off. It can be an exhausting day of setting up and tearing down. But I really think it’s worth it.
We did this ourselves. No camera people, or anything. Just set our devices up on stands at different angles, played through a few times, and edited together. Because it’s specifically a live performance video, the hardest part was that I also had my mobile recording studio set up, and had to run that at the same time.
We’ve also done the ‘every guy films themselves performing the song in their own location’ deal. We then spliced in some public domain footage. Those came out well, too. And very easy to schedule as everyone does it at their own convenience. I just feel this format has been a little played out since Covid.
Without a doubt, having a crew, a director, and a basic vision is the best result for me. You really have to bust your tail to put it together. But plenty of aspiring actors, directors, and locations out there looking to do stuff for free or cheap. It really boils down to finding a great location and having a good eye for editing.
Our latest video for White Wedding was our first attempt at a larger scale video. It was a lot of work, but worth it, imo. And we didn’t pay a dime for it. The YouTube views are kind of low because I uploaded it separately to most places. But if you put together the views from all the platforms, it’s our best performing. And we plan on getting a lot of mileage out of it.
— Guitarist for Black Valley Moon & Down By Law
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Samurai
Joined: Mar 14, 2006
Posts: 2239
Kiev, Ukraine
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Posted on Apr 08 2023 10:47 AM
SamDBL wrote:
For old movies in the public domain, there are a few sites. I don’t remember them off hand. But a google search will do it. Tons on there to download.
All of your ideas will work fine. However, in this day and age of high quality phone video recording and stellar home editing software, a full-on video shot specifically for the video is really not hard to pull off. It can be an exhausting day of setting up and tearing down. But I really think it’s worth it.
We did this ourselves. No camera people, or anything. Just set our devices up on stands at different angles, played through a few times, and edited together. Because it’s specifically a live performance video, the hardest part was that I also had my mobile recording studio set up, and had to run that at the same time.
We’ve also done the ‘every guy films themselves performing the song in their own location’ deal. We then spliced in some public domain footage. Those came out well, too. And very easy to schedule as everyone does it at their own convenience. I just feel this format has been a little played out since Covid.
Without a doubt, having a crew, a director, and a basic vision is the best result for me. You really have to bust your tail to put it together. But plenty of aspiring actors, directors, and locations out there looking to do stuff for free or cheap. It really boils down to finding a great location and having a good eye for editing.
Our latest video for White Wedding was our first attempt at a larger scale video. It was a lot of work, but worth it, imo. And we didn’t pay a dime for it. The YouTube views are kind of low because I uploaded it separately to most places. But if you put together the views from all the platforms, it’s our best performing. And we plan on getting a lot of mileage out of it.
That looks and sounds great! Unfortunately with my bandmates in Ukraine it’s not easy, but I hope later we will make it!
— Waikiki Makaki surf-rock band from Ukraine
https://linktr.ee/waikikimakaki
Lost Diver
https://lostdiver.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/vitaly-yakushin
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