Just recently I was approached to provide videography services for upcoming Preston night BASS KLINIC. After brief discussion, myself and the organiser figured that we could work together and I suggested that he and the night would benefit if I was to throw together a teaser for the event. That was several days ago and the first of the two products has been delivered. Here are some of the stills from said teaser
I find your lack of BASS disturbing
Started with the project bereft of video footage. The only resources available were photographs from the previous events. I decided to run with that and arrange them into a flick book-esque montage that would accompany the beat to the selected track; which in this instance was Killer by Trolley Snatcha. While that provided the backbone to the whole concept, it still needed some substance. The tried and tested Star Wars reference struck a chord and ask tied into previous events run by the organisers, so ‘I find your lack of bass disturbing’ became the opening tagline for the vid.
Some basic manipulation was added to the track itself. As the video was to be no more than 40 seconds, a coherent beginning and end was selected and arranged in the timeline. Once set, the first half of the new arrangement was duplicated and filtered on both tracks with an automated reduction on the filtered second track. The resulting audio was a neat phase effect that ushered in the heavy beat.
I find your lack of bass DISTURBING
The early stage of the vid was reduced to black and white and distorted through severe pixelation. It allowed some photos to be reused which helped minimise the workload. The new ‘cubed’ footage would be used throughout the track to add some extra dynamics to the visuals with the help of some colour correction and additional distortions. Some basic animation was added as an visual extra element during the pauses on the track.
Title card 1
The titles presented some difficulty as I was unsure how strict my guidelines were. The font that was provided did not match up with that on the event posters. By deliberately mixing the text within the realms of good taste, I think a happy medium was achieved. So long as ‘Bass Klinic’ was visible and in the style that was requested.
Just a still
The rest of the teaser plays out in a chaotic fashion before ending on a massive reverb hit and low end bass bomb. Dates, location etc, the usual details for such an event. The project was most definitely an exercise in resourcefulness and speedy delivery but that is what I enjoy about these jobs.
For more information on the events itself check out Bass Clinic‘s Facebook page and give them a well earned ‘like’.