Thanks so much to everyone who tuned in to the sharing of my experiences with the new Nikon D7000 camera in this post here, where I featured the behind the scenes video and a new short film: Benevolent Mischief. It just so happens that I’ve been sitting on another little nugget since then that I’m excited to share today: the Benevolent Mischief REMIX featuring MC Victor Shade and MTK.
Without losing you in the details, this remix came about in a completely natural way and was so fun to create. The the protagonist in the video is Ryan Abeo. We cast him for the part based on his look and his acting ability, but he’s also a well-known hip hop MC by the name of RA Scion (you may recall we hosted him on this episode of chasejarvisLIVE a while back…his current project is Victor Shade, but he’s also from Common Market.) While Erik and I were editing the original release of Benevolent Mischief, we were listening to the Victor Shade album and stumbled on a track called “AutoGraffiti”. Since our film was about an automobile getting graffiti’d, we thought we’d give it a listen…lo and behold it matched the film we’d put together pretty nicely – as in was the exact length, with several lyrical references that matched perfectly with visuals we’d already created–PURELY COINCIDENTALLY.
So, like any curious artists we began playing with the combo–we got in touch with Victor Shade and his producer MTK and asked them to remix in the cello work we’d done with Dan and Joshua. We pulled some footage from the Victor Shade LIVE performance on the earlier chasejarvisLIVE, played around in Final Cut for a bit, and within 24 hours we had ourselves a completely reverse-engineered music video. I love remix culture, and I hope you do too.
So now, for the first time on the interwebs, I offer you Benevolent Mischief – the autograffiti remix featuring Victor Shade and MTK. Which to you like better – the original or this new version? Love to hear your thoughts.
[Get the Victor Shade album here on iTunes.] [Check out the Nikon D7000 camera here from B&H.]
this one is def better:)
I just finished watching your live stream so I got a bit of the background story on the new remix. What did you shoot the older performance footage on? 5D/7D? It has a colder color tone like Canons have but the latitude made me think Red. I can’t wait to get my hands on a D7000!
The older performance video was shot with a Panasonic HVX200. That’s the camera we use for all of the live broadcasts. The HVX has a specific graininess to it that I think serves this piece perfectly.
The performance footage was actually taken from a Chase Jarvis LIVE broadcast we did with Ra Scion, so that was shot with a Panasonic HVX200.
Did you shoot the HVX200 in 720p or 1080i?
Either way, am looking to compliment my own HVX200 with my newly purchased D7000… Yes, Benevolent Mischief whet my appetite, but a trip to the Nordisk Filmlabs Lustre Suite convinced me.
Having tested 5D Mark II, 7D and D7000 against a gold master shot in Super16mm Kodak Vision3 500 (on an Arri 416 with Zeiss T1.3’s), they all stacked up, had pluses and minuses, but, for my purposes, the D7000 was king with regards to quality and versatility. In most circumstances the D7000 was both cleaner and more “pleasing” (personal bias) to the eye at higher ISO’s. Oh, and, which other camera maker out there has a body, in 2010, that functions with my pre-AI 85mm 1.8 that’s over 40 years old, straight outta da box!?!?!? That, and small but appreciated bonuses like built-in intervalometer (timelapses baby!), dual card slots, sweet bright viewfinder and well… you know the rest.
P.S. The remix is my personal fav.
Prefer the first score! Hit the drama and anticipating moments spot on!
Great imagery and a very good example for the D7000’s movie qualities. Do you see any differences between Nikon and Canon HD-Video?