I've been filming more Heavy Metals at The Unicorn in London. Its a cool little venue I go to sometimes. Between Camden and Holloway.
I filmed some bands there not so long ago and this is how they turned out.
I might be doing some else with the guys in Nebukadnezza sometime in the future if we can arrange the time.
Nebukadnezza are a great thrash punk band. Choppy razor sharp riffs that never stop. Great fun and great sound live. I think I've captured the energy of their live performances on this video.
However, it occasionally looks like the vocals are out of sync. I can assue you it is all in sync, I think it was to do with the sound in the room being picked up on the camera maybe a fraction of a second late. These things happen when you're using the live audio rather than a direct recording from the mixing desk.
Point learned.
I also filmed another band on the night called Ghee.
I had some trouble with this band, and two others on the night. Because the vacalist wouldn't stay on the stage.
This isn't uncommon at Hardcore Shows, but it's a real pain in the ass for me if I'm only shooting from one camera. I can only stretch my coverage so far before I have to start deliberately editing things out of sync, which I HATE.
Anyway, I opted to just put some atmospheric effects over the screen and enhanced the lights and darks.
Luckily the band were sounding good enough and were interesting enough to watch that the video is still enjoyable.
I didn't cut together any of the other bands on the night because it wasn't interesting to watch a video that consisted of the singer standing in the dark with the audience.
For these kind of shows, I think I'll try and incorporate two camera's to make sure I can get coverage of the band, and the walkabout vocalists.
Another point learned.
I filmed The Atrocity Exhibit again too on the same night, but I haven't had time to cut those pictures yet.
Should do soon though.
