http://www.ockhammedia.com the business of art and personal growth Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:58:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en More before/after stuff. [caption id="attachment_369" align="aligncenter" width="444" caption="Before"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_370" align="aligncenter" width="444" caption="After"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_362" align="aligncenter" width="446" caption="Before"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_363" align="aligncenter" width="456" caption="After"][/caption] http://www.ockhammedia.com/lighting-in-post-production/ YAY YAY YAY! Beginning to add the beauty into the music video. I'll be posting before and after pics for my (and possibly your) amusement over the next several weeks. I'm always a little appalled at how ugly raw video footage is. This particular location we shot ... http://www.ockhammedia.com/adding-the-look/ As mentioned in the previous post I was dealing with some major mental blocks in my career. Over the years I've adopted some fear-breaking techniques and thought I'd share what works for me. I use these techniques all the time without thinking about it. It only recently occurred to me ... http://www.ockhammedia.com/burn-baby-burn-and-other-fear-busting-techniques/ Some of you might know that I am a recovering self-help junkie. One thing that always comes up in self-help stuff is FEAR and how to handle it. After reading way too many of these books and experimenting with my own FEAR, here is my own little self-help series on ... http://www.ockhammedia.com/thoughts-on-dealing-with-fear-when-making-music-videos-or-other-stuff/ We wrapped up shooting the music video today. I must say I was so impressed with the band's performances. Each one rose to the occasion and I got some amazing footage as a result. I'm also grateful to my wonderful Production Manger and all the Production Assistants through out the ... http://www.ockhammedia.com/shooting-is-done/ I'm a big believer in the power of intention. Allow me to share this little story about the current music video I'm shooting. In my mind I saw shooting the band scenes in a Gothic-style church. There's plenty of them around, so how hard could it be to get space ... http://www.ockhammedia.com/the-little-chapel-that-could/ The music video crew had to go to the hospital yesterday (for some shooting...uh...video shooting that is). This location was a blast. It is a nursing school that is closed for the summer, so we got the whole wing of the building to ourselves. After racing down the halls in ... http://www.ockhammedia.com/wrapping-it-up-at-the-hospital/ [caption id="attachment_293" align="aligncenter" width="520" caption="ACTION!"][/caption] I've been quiet lately because I've been feeling sorry for myself. On Tuesday the biggest shoot of this music video fell through. Well, it didn't "fall through" really. I bailed on it. The band, my crew and I were all set to shoot next week at ... http://www.ockhammedia.com/no-failures-only-blessings/ Here are a few still frames from the footage we have so far. This is raw footage, so no effects or filters have been applied yet. http://www.ockhammedia.com/still-frames/ Occasionally there comes a moment during the production process when you know it's all worth it. All the hours of tedious preparations and work pay off in an instant. I experienced that moment this evening. I was looking back over today's footage and one shot just sent chills through me. ... http://www.ockhammedia.com/birds-and-bedrooms/