Research and Reference
Reference and Research is important for figuring out what to do. For art it's the most important rule - Have a reference.
In this case the official Hall Of Fame music video existed which I listened to over and over with my eyes closed to try and imagine a scenario in my head for what I wanted to do. But there was this specific part where the character interacted with the song through a Loudspeaker, which is a nice touch but it messed with my imagination. I don't listen to Spotify often so I didn't really think about listening to it there. I had mentioned this to a friend and he suggested to look up the song name alongside the word 'Lossless'. I didn't think much at the time since compression probably didn't do that much to change the song but,
I was very very wrong
With headphones on it felt so much more immersive, it was way louder than the actual track and you could hear every little detail in it. It helped so much in concentrating and imagining a scenario. I was able to get my hands on the .flac of Hall Of Fame and I'll be using that in the video.
I then began looking up tutorials for how to film Music Videos and just like last year there were plenty of results.
This was the first result and the two important things it taught were:
1) There should be a sequence ready as a backup just in case you need it. Even if you never use it. This sequence should just be a start to finish motion of your singer singing the entire song from start to finish, and emphasis on singing, even if the sounds don't match it's still far more natural than lipsyncing. Be it handheld or on a gimbal or a tripod stand. It's kind of like applying glue to bring together broken pieces in a timeline.
2) The song of choice should play while you're recording the performance so you can then make use of a neat little feature in most editing software called Multicam, which syncs all video recordings based off the audio, and you can then use whichever camera angle you want.
There's so many videos to watch but I'll continue watching, though so far I haven't really found anything to be different than any other filming. In the film opening as well it was the same, Plan thrice, Film once, Work with your actors. The more prepared you are the less stressed you'll be on set and after.
Having a plan. Storyboard, Moodboard, Shot List, whatever, just don't go in and improvise.
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