On September 29, 2010 by vard
This Sunday we’re taking a crew down to Daniel Oz Studio’s in Philadelphia to stretch our creative bones and try some new ideas out. While I’ve had the opportunity to work with Pan.a.ce.a a number of times covering live shows, we’ve never gotten together for the ‘real deal’ promo images. So that’s goal number one for this weekend. Rockin’ out a new series for the guys should be enough; but enough is too cliche…so we’ve set 2 other moderately lofty goals for the shoot as well:
- Shoot our first music video
- Live stream the event (and not embarrass ourselves in the process)
I’ve had a number of bands ask me about shooting music videos for them since January of this year…as I’ve never done this I’ve kindly declined more times than I’m starting to feel comfortable with. Pan.a.ce.a, on the other hand, hasn’t ask, which is why I asked them. ”We’ll get your new promo images guys, but give me a couple more hours of your time, and let’s shoot a music video and see what happens”…that was pretty much my pitch. They agreed and here we are; trying something new, challenging and exciting.
So, with the video idea agreed to I threw the last curve – “let’s live-stream some of the process of shooting promo images and part of the video shoot.” Let’s make it something people might want to take a peek at. The guys were in and we started laying out how we might pull it off. What follows is a brief timeline of what you can expect to see when you tune in on Sunday:
LIVE FEED SCHED:
12:30-1:00 – Band Radio with slide show of stills
1:00-1:45 – Live feed of promo images
1:45-2:30 – Band Radio
2:30-3:00 – Live with Pan.a.ce.a Q & A
3:00-4:00 – Band Radio
4:00-4:?? - Live feed of first two takes
4:??-?:?? - Band Radio
During the slots listed as ‘Band Radio’ you’ll be seeing slideshow images of the band submitted by friends and fans while listening to the entire Pan.a.ce.a discography. This is were Pan.a.ce.a fans can get involved in this production. While the guys have a pile of images to work with for these slide shows, the more the better. If you have any shots of the band handy feel free to post them to the bands Facebook Fanpage. We’ll take them from there and incorporate them into the feed. It’s a great way to BE part of the day. The breaks from the live feed also give us a chance to make changes and do the boring stuff that goes on behind the scenes. So, from 12:30-some time after 4pm on Sunday you’ll be able to tune in and watch the goings on.
We’ll be getting more info out over the next couple of days with the address of live feed – it’ll be a few places and we’ll make sure you can find them all. Following us on Twitter is a good way to stay up on what’s going on during the shoot as well – the studio Twitter account is @StudioDPhoto and you can follow the band at @PanaceaRock.
That’s about it for tonight…thanks for reading and we hope as many of you as can will be tuned in on Sunday.
Rock On!
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