LehrerDance
21/09/09 06:38 Filed in: Video
LehrerDance is a non-profit dance company based out of Buffalo, NY. They’re the one client that keeps me busy the most. It’s somewhat like Robert Duvall’s character in the Godfather; “I have a special practice, I handle one client.” Except my work is relatively legal. LehrerDance is a company that emerged from the brilliant mind of Jon Lehrer in the summer of 2007. Jon is a former associate director of a little dance company called Giordano Jazz Dance, based out of Chicago. By little I mean they are one of the largest Jazz companies in the world. Jon moved back to Buffalo in winter 06/07 and quickly formed his troupe together with dancers from all around the country. He picked me up to be his Director of Visual Media, encompassing photography/video/web and all that jazz.
I had been working on a new promo for 2009 as the last one we cut together was in early 2008. We had a show recently at Artpark and we had our intern shoot some close up footage with a consumer level Sony Handycam. I’ll admit I wasn’t impressed with the Handycam until I fiddled with it between pieces because our intern commented on the poor quality. I will admit for a consumer level camera there’s a lot of manual features that can make the video look pretty solid, the only problem is they are not readily accessible (all menu based options). That being said below is the video I cut together for LehrerDance:
There are a few clips that have a little to much noise for my taste but, again, for consumer level you have to expect a little of that. Encoded using H.264, heck of a codec if you ask me. Edited using Final Cut Pro 7, and only one motion graphic was made in Motion because FCP’s text editor and I were not getting along.
You’ll likely see more LehrerDance work up here shortly since, as I said: “I have a special practice, I handle one client.” - The Godfather.
I had been working on a new promo for 2009 as the last one we cut together was in early 2008. We had a show recently at Artpark and we had our intern shoot some close up footage with a consumer level Sony Handycam. I’ll admit I wasn’t impressed with the Handycam until I fiddled with it between pieces because our intern commented on the poor quality. I will admit for a consumer level camera there’s a lot of manual features that can make the video look pretty solid, the only problem is they are not readily accessible (all menu based options). That being said below is the video I cut together for LehrerDance:
LehrerDance 09 Promo from Nathan Benson on Vimeo.
There are a few clips that have a little to much noise for my taste but, again, for consumer level you have to expect a little of that. Encoded using H.264, heck of a codec if you ask me. Edited using Final Cut Pro 7, and only one motion graphic was made in Motion because FCP’s text editor and I were not getting along.
You’ll likely see more LehrerDance work up here shortly since, as I said: “I have a special practice, I handle one client.” - The Godfather.
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