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I think having experience as a DJ just helped me understand music, which is a huge component in directing music videos. It helped because I wouldn't have to rely on someone to cut music for me, and typically I could come up with my own ideas. As a director, I think the more you know about every aspect in filmmaking, being wardrobe, music, lighting, costumes, make up, etc, the better off you are. So I try to learn as much as I can. It's part of the fun!
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Anything that records!! Honestly, just get out there and start shooting. It's never the camera that takes good photos, always the person behind it.
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Thanks for the question! I think coming up with energetic and colorful material is a constant challenge. I'm always thinking of new ways to showcase something in a bright new fashion. For the videos I direct I have an amazing production designer, and costume designer. I typically explain what I am looking for, and then they go do their best, and we then collaborate together on what would be appropriate for the video. It's a collaboration, but yes I do have a say.
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Most definitely a Liger.
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haha thanks! I'm glad ur rockin' it! We actually filmed it fairly quickly. I needed the long shadows in the desert, so the window to get that with the sunset was about an hour. We got there early, set up and waited for the sun to be right. I filmed the high stuff first where you could really see the shadows, then moved the camera lower to put the sun behind me. After that we went back to my place and filmed in the garage with lights and the smoke machine. I think we started at 4pm and ended at 10pm. It took maybe 3-4 days to edit and color time the video. It was a great time! I can't wait to do another one.
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Formspring question of the day
asked by FormspringThat's a good question. After moving into my current place about a year ago, I am finally getting around to decorating and designing it (I still don't have a coffee table!). But I've been looking a lot at design magazines. Styles I gravitate to are definitely more modern, but not ultra-modern/ minimalist, I tend to stay towards modern, yet functional. It would most likely be in the hills, and have a big backyard with lots of hiding spots. I've always wanted like a gazebo / arbor hidden behind some trees I can sit in and read so it's like you're chillin' in a forest. Talk about the bee's knees!
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ColeWalliser via Spring
One time I gave a gift so awesome that when I gave it to the recipient it evaporated into thin air and a puppy died. That was probably the best / most impactful / most majestic gift I've ever bestowed.
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Well, if you're in the advertising agency, you'll have half the battle won. Making things in one thing, but marketing them is another.
For me, one of the reasons that brought me to where I am was that I had enough initiative to just go and do something. I wanted to make films, so I got a camera and started telling my friends where to stand. I believe this can be applied to anything. If you want to make jewelry (which I think is such a cool idea!) go and make some jewelry! Start small, maybe a pair of earrings, and keep building and experimenting. Do research and try different things out. Most of all, make it fun! You aren't going for long, if it isn't fun. And the way you get good at something is just practicing!
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Initially I tried to learn everything, which I think is good. The more you understand about all aspects of filmmaking the better off you'll be.
Plus, that way you don't have to try to find someone to do something. If you can write, and shoot and edit, and write you own music to a film, then you can make your own film! You never have to wait on anybody to learn or experiment.
Once you get to a certain level, I'm sure you'll find people that you want to bring in, so you no longer have to manage everything, which only helps ease the project and make it better.
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I did mostly freelance during my early beginnings. I would shoot dance recitals, or promo videos for friends, cut peoples dance reels and such. I never worked at a company. I do think it can be a good idea to do so, you can learn a lot and quickly, I just never did it.
It depends what you ultimately want to do, sometimes when I work with bigger post production houses I don't know what they are talking about because I don't understand their structure and workflow, so it's good to get experience there. Just keep at it, always make stuff and good luck! -
A question similar to this exists below, but the answer is: Many. Many freaking drives.
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Hi, yup things are good! There's a multitude of ways. Here's Three:
1. Film a long time and speed up in the footage in an editing program.
2. Have a video camera that has a time lapse function (you still usually end up speeding this up). Typically it will record like 1 second every minute? You can often change the settings.
3. Have a still camera with a time lapse setting. It will take like one picture every 5 seconds or something like that.
These all need to go into an editing program and the footage is then sped up to your liking! But that's essentially the gist! -
I have a home studio where I do most of my editing, for different processes I go out (like use of digibeta decks, or right now I'm sitting in a color timing studio). I run everything off of a quad core Mac Pro. I think I have 5gb of ram and two 24" screens.
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I basically have a myriad of drives laying around the house. For bigger jobs, drives usually get purchased, but for smaller stuff I just kept buying space, it was tricky at first, but basically there isn't much of a solution, you just need to buy a lot of drives. For really important stuff you could RAID 0, or backup your main HD onto a separate drive.
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ColeWalliser via Spring
Thanks! When I set out to write them I sat down with the show director Baz and we brainstormed. He said he wanted to do some carnival / freak show themed videos and we asked ourselves what we could do. We came up with the ideas of a ring leader, super tall woman, bearded lady and a beach themed one (for the beach balls).
From there I really just took that and tried to figure out what kind of little stories I could tell with each character. I suppose inspiration came from every short film or movie I've seen, there isn't really one place I drew from for this project. I just asked "what would be funny / cute to see?!" -
ColeWalliser via Spring
When I started editing I knew I wanted to be sorta serious about it, so I got Final Cut Pro. I skipped using iMovie ... To this day I still don't really know how to use it! And I'm still on Final Cut Pro.
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I don't think there's any "best way". I think the best advice for you, is to not spend any energy worrying about how to market your page, and spend that same energy on making awesome videos! If you come up with something catchy, or cool, you pretty much don't need to market it.
Sometimes I'll make videos, I'll pass it around to a few friends, some will take off, and some won't at all.
Also, you can never be afraid about wasting time, or the attention you receive. If you love being creative and making videos, as long as you are doing that, you will never ever be wasting a moment, nor will you be concerned about the attention you get or do not get.
If you want to make it in the industry you have to MAKE YOURSELF make it. It will never be up to anyone else but you. So if that's what you want to do, make that decision and do it 110%! -
In some regards I don't think it's switched over yet. I still do it for fun, but sometimes that gets tricky, when you stop work and then you start your fun and it's the exact same thing. :P
But I'm sure you're asking about getting jobs. Well, really, I just started showing friends videos, and shooting and editing everything I could. I used to dance a lot (still do here and there) so I got into filming performances and showcases and stuff. It was good to get some experience and start making a little bit of money. From there it really just grew. I kept making my own videos, kept filming things. Every so often the jobs would get bigger, or cooler, pretty much all the way up to Miley and P!nk.
If it's fun, keep doing it with all of your heart, you'll find a way to make a career out of it. There's no set way to do it, so just have at it! -
If you don't know the video in question, here it is! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nirUywDk_Qc
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Cole Walliser’s Bio
I am a director. Some of my credits include P!nk, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Britney Spears, Whitney Houston, Toni Braxton, The Beat Freaks and more
