Hackney Colliery Band Go Pro at Golden SqnnEast London brass music outfit Hackney Colliery Band, who performed at the London Olympics 2012 c...
Hackney Colliery Band Go Pro at Golden SqnnEast London brass music outfit Hackney Colliery Band, who performed at the London Olympics 2012 closing ceremony, have just released a video for their new track ‘Rolling in the Deep,’ and Golden Sq’s VFX artist Matt Stevens was heavily involved from the start. nnHackney Colliery Band agreed with Nick Scott that he would direct three promos for them. Nick and Matt have a long standing working relationship, having previously collaborated on the short film ‘Earth to Earth’ which was selected as one of 10 shorts screened at Straight 8 2005 in Cannes. Matt suggested that for ‘Rolling in the Deep,’ the band could strap GoPro cameras to their instruments whilst performing, and the band jumped at the idea. nnMatt gives his background to the shoot and the concept; n“We recorded the song at one of their gigs at Hoxton Hall last October. We researched where each camera should go on which instrument – for example the best place on the trombone was to position it on the slider, whereas for the cameras on the two drummers we put one on a drumstick and one as a head-cam. It was a slightly experimental approach, and so we were very pleased with the footage that we captured on the night.nnAltogether we filmed eight different instruments/musicians, using eight Go-Pros and three DSLRs. The editor Gareth C Scales, synced the footage of all eight cameras, then roughly set the size and position of each instrument’s footage, creating a multi-channel edit in Final Cut. I then took the cut into After Effects, refined the spacing and worked on the look of the boxes in the video. We went for something that echoes Saul Bass, which ties in with the style of the band’s album artwork. nnI graded the selected shots for each instrument, which was quite a challenge due to the nature of the footage, as it contained a lot of movement and varying stage lighting, and also due to time pressure as we had just two nights to complete the video.nnMeanwhile Ben Gulvin @ 750mph mixed various live feeds from the night with a studio recording of the track. This gave us the opportunity to bring up individual instrument solos, to help the viewer realise which part of the multi-channel edit syncs with which sound.”nnDirector Nick Scott commented: n“I'm very grateful to the creative team at Golden Sq who have been incredibly supportive of my work over the years. They always bring their own skills and talents to the job. Matt Stevens has been a great long-time collaborator, and always elevates the original idea with his creative direction and post work.nnHackney Colliery Band is a fantastically vibrant group of musicians. Seeing them live is an amazing experience. We wanted to try and do justice to that experience, and also visually unpick the way they arrange their music.”nnThe track can be downloaded for free from the band’s website - http://www.hackneycollieryband.co.uk/ and you can view director Nick Scott’s work here: www.nickdavidscott.comnnCreditsnGolden Sq VFX - Matt Stevens - www.goldensq.com
nDirector - Nick Scott - www.nickdavidscott.com
nEditor - Gareth C. Scales - twitter.com/garethcscales
nAudio post - Ben Gulvin - www.750mph.com nnDetailsnShot in HCB-O-Vision using GoPros.nRecorded live at Hoxton Hall on October 18th 2013.nhackneycollieryband.co.uknfacebook.com/hackneycollierybandntwitter.com/hackneycolliery Less
