I had to take a week off from vlogging, but I'm back! And with a vengeance!! Join me as I make my next music video, for Everson Poe's "No Comfort In the Void"!
Video Transcript:
Hello! I am the artist known as DEROSNEC, and welcome to my weekly vlog where I talk about making music, art, movies, and more.
I just recently put out an another album with my longtime collaborator Maxwell called “The Body is Not Sacred” - and, pardon me while I toot my own horn for a second, but I am really proud of my performance on this album. In particular on the song “No Comfort In The Void”, which I think is my new favourite song which I’ve ever done with him.
Anyway, I want to make a music video for this song, and thought I’d take you along with me as I make it. First and foremost, I gotta get all my ideas together, break them down, and make sure that I have all my ducks in a row so I can shoot it.
What Budget?
Neither of us have a budget for this video, so I had to come up with a storyline which I can film easily and cheaply. The song is about struggling with gender, so I knew that there was a lot that I could do with makeup, as well as drawing. Also, I can take advantage of the title of the song and basically put myself in a “void”, meaning that I could film everything very simply here in my garage studio.
After a bit of brainstorming, I got an outline done, so I’ve started breaking down what things I need to get. Without giving too much of the story away, here’s my big long prop list:
- Blue Paint
- Pink Paint
- Black Paint
- Masking Tape
- Makeup remover wipes
...that’s it!
Creative Planning
Because makeup is a big part of this video, it made sense to plan out the direction I wanted to go in. So I took a photo of myself and roughed out some guidelines for how I’d like my makeup to be for each part.
I’m obviously not going for extreme detail and beauty here - I can do that when I actually do the makeup. But this way I have my general concept down and can hit the ground running come shoot day.
Schedule and Logistics
Despite the easy prop list and setup, it’s actually a complicated video. Basically I will need to do four costume and makeup changes. I will also have a major haircut (GASP!), and be continuously covered in paint. So, despite only having 16 shots to actually shoot, it’s going to be messy, which means I’ll have to take a lot of showers and clean up everything in between shots.
Because of the amount of cleanup and resets I’ll have to do, I’m considering splitting the shoot up into two days. The pros of doing that is that I can take my time. The cons are, that I have set up and break down stuff twice, which means that conditions might change to the point where it will be difficult to make sure things match up from day to day.
This also means that it’s potentially harder to get people to come help me out. I can’t do this one all by myself. Thankfully I’m very lucky that I have some really amazing and generous friends.
If you’re into metal and haven’t checked out “The Body Is Not Sacred” yet, then head on over to eversonpoe.bandcamp.com or your favourite streaming service and give it a listen! I’d love to hear what you think.
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NOTE: These Thursday Vlog transcripts can also be found published on my website: http://derosnec.com
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I tried for about half an hour to download the video but it just wont load - I really wanted to watch it lol!!! I did get to watch your head roll at the begginning about 30 times - it was quite entertaining lol :)
oh no!! That's too bad, usually dLive has been good - well here's a Youtube version for you, hopefully that actually loads for you:
I'll be sure to actually add the Youtube version in the post moving forward!
Awww thanks - that's awesome - I may still watch your head roll on repeat for a bit though :D
hahaha well I'm glad there was still some entertainment value!! XD
hehehe I hope you do that on the next video as well :P
I have so much admiration for you... You are a good musician with a lovely voice and excellent songwriting skills. Your collaboration with Maxwell on this project is impressive. When you post a vlog, you include the transcript, which is awesome for anyone unable to watch the video. You post to Dlive and YouTube, both services which stream reasonably well. You are so artisitic with makeup. You are organized and a careful planner, as demonstrated in this video. You are wonderful at illustrations, as I have seen in the Planktown posts. You're so multi-talented, with a charming appearance and a delightful, down-to-earth personality! You totally rock, lady! 💖
you are so sweet!! Thank you so much @thekittygirl <3 Knowing that people like you are enjoying everything I'm creating is the best motivator that I could get to keep going, so thank you so much for watching and reading!!
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Thank you!! :D
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loading of the video reminds me of good old days of dial up internet :) i am not registered on dlive, is it always this way?
On the video, everything i photograph and film is with no budget and sometimes i think it makes you more creative :)
Lately I've actually had good success with DLive, but I haven't posted something this long before, so maybe it has more trouble with longer form videos. That totally sucks :( I guess I'll keep sticking with youtube for now.
But yes! I totally agree - limitation aids creativity because it forces you to think outside the box. Thanks so much for stopping by and commenting!
had similar problems with dtube but there you can reduce quality to 480p and then it work. did not find that option here
Yeah dLive is a little different in how it streams than dTube. But I could never actually even get an upload onto dTube, so I was excited that dLive was working for me up until now. Definitely sad to hear that people were having trouble with watching it :(
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I really enjoyed this vlog. I find it fascinating what goes into making videos. I've never done one myself and don't even know where to start. Thanks for sharing your methods.