Friday 13 March 2015

Cosmic Carnage, and other live events.

I've been quiet of late, concentrating on my musical project, MERRIN.
However, I've still been busy at making some films.
Below is a collection of live works I've taken over the last 3/4 months at Cosmic Carnage shows in London, at either The Windmill, or The Black Heart.

Video-wise, I'm really happy with how these have turned out (and there are more on the way), editing with one camera to look like two, or three camera's is demanding, but feels great when I pull it off.
However, audio-wise, it's still lacking a fair bit.
I finally managed to borrow a Zoom mic for the final video and I was blown away by it's clarity and deep, clear low-end. I'll be investing in one for myself next month, which can hopefully push me towards even better works.

Blown Out, Live in London from Chris Purdie on Vimeo.
Lots of fucking around with colour's on this video. It looks quite simple but took an age to render.
The finished film is a little dull to the eyes, but it sounds great and the camera movements are fluid.

Casual Nun from Chris Purdie on Vimeo.
This turned out okay too. The Black Heart is a tough venue to film at without getting in the audiences way. As a result, half the band is obscured here. I threw a ton of effects on again simply because they suited the piece and added to the spacey feel of the song. The audio was updated later on, so it sounds pretty listenable.

Grey Widow - Live in London 2014 from Chris Purdie on Vimeo.
A hectic and energetic edit. I was pretty far back and couldn't see much, but as the singer insisted on stomping around inside the audience, this was probably the only way I'd be able to shoot him anyway. Fairly happy with the audio, even though it's a little muggy. You get a sense of the place.

Slomatics - Under Canopy - Live in Brixton 2014 from Chris Purdie on Vimeo.
Some gnarly audio here, which is a shame because I'm really happy with the overall look of the film, and with my camerawork and editing. Under the circumstances (Slomatics are a loud band) the audio could have been much much worse - this is exactly the kind of audio I want to avoid capturing in future.

Early Mammal - Live in Camden from Chris Purdie on Vimeo.
I was unhappy with this video - the actualy video looks great and it's one of my better edits - but damn if my audio mic isn't suffering. The problem with this venue is that not only is it loud, but you can't see past the crowd unless you're at the front so there is no escape from the amps.
Everything else I'm dead happy with though. Although the band tell me I cut off half the song (I didn't know) so hopefully I'll get another chance in the future.

Nitkowski Live at The Unicorn 2015 from Chris Purdie on Vimeo.
This was shot over at The Unicorn in Camden and I was pretty happy with how it turned out.
Audio is a little rough again, but there is enough clarity to forgive it that, I guess.
I used a variety of angles to get this film edited, and I'm happy that it, at times, looks like a three-camera set-up. I feel like you really get a sense of the atmosphere in this video. I'm really happy with it.
This is a great band.

With my new Zoom I'm getting in April - expect the same looking films, but with listenable audio (depending on the band, haha)
Many thanks to Cosmic Carnage, and all the bands so far, for letting me shoot them.



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