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Video Etude #2

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My second technical exercise on the a57 - up close with some old machinery.

I have had varied responses as to the thoughts and emotions this evokes - I would love to hear yours - positive, negative, a little different - this has proved something of a strange looking-glass, and I really do like to hear what you feel in it!

Mostly old manual glass - MD Rokkor 50mm + 2x converter on bellows, with glassless converter

Ambient sound recorded onto the camera from an Rode NT3.
Music: Portions of JS Bach's Toccata in Dminor, the rest original. Performed and recorded from a Yamaha DGX690, then all edited in Reaper.

Edited in Corel VideoStudio 5.

4 afternoons effort

Note that the Vimeo version vimeo.com/56551847 is of significant higher colour and tonal quality than the dA HD render. Send me a note if you would like the original 44MB (7Mbs) version.

All comments and feedback appreciated - anything that will make for a better product!
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JoeBlu's avatar
That was brilliant, people often overlook the little mechanical miracles of everyday use. I like how you've edited the video to the music, it's like looking into a Gothic industrial age. Good job :)

(a little note if i may, I found the little camera shakes to be odd, it feels like it goes against the cold, crisp, calculated little world )