Happenings from M.D. Shivers

Well - I've actually been working on this and really glad that I have. I wasn't sure if I would have time, or if I could come up with something, but I have. I've been shooting all week here and there and am mostly done filming. I may have a little scene here or there to do but it's mostly done.
It's the first time that I have worked on a project in HD, so it's been a great learning process. I use to do this type of stuff all the time in college, but the past few years I really haven't had a chance (nor time).

But it's fun to put in some work that is all about art and being creative. That kind of stuff get's my blood pumping.

We are in the midst of Holiday season- and just trying to keep my head on to complete some projects and get them out the door.

The Sigur Rós video is due December 5th so i've got to get the ball rolling. I'll be posting it to youtube soon and of course a higher quality version on my site.

If you don't know what I am talking about at all, read my last post :)

Posted by Michael Shivers at 09:16 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Now this is really cool. I think I'll pass on the Tori Amos video for this new competion. I just stumbled upon this a second ago- while browsing Sigur Ros' new mini site for their new DVD/ album that is coming out this month. It's available everywhere except here in the states.
The premise for this contest is that you download all the extra footage from the film and put it together and upload it to Youtube. The judges will be the band, the managers and the editor of the film.

THIS IS AWSOME! As you can tell some of the videos I have on my site are with Sigur Ros songs so this will be great to do. If I were to choose between the Tori Amos and this contest, this one would win hands down.
Hey- it's all about how you spend your free time.

Anyway-the details aren't up yet when the contest starts/ends but you can go ahead and start downloading the footage.

Link
http://www.hvarf-heim.com/contest/index.php?section=instructions

happy editing and downloading.

Posted by Michael Shivers at 02:55 PM | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0)

What a great idea that Tori Amos came up with. She's providing high resolution video clips of her new music video to download from her website. You can download all the clips and make a version of your own and enter it into the contest. Aspiring editors will be able to do what ever they want to it and make it their own. The footage has green screen all over it, so not only can you do some fun edits, you can key the green out and put your own footage, art graphics in it.

Needless to say, this sounds like a fun opportunity. Hopefully I can devote some time to do this... deadline is November 24th. Winners get an I-Pod Touch and tickets to the concert.

http://www.sonymusic.com/artists/ToriAmos/bouncingoffclouds/

happy editing!!

Posted by Michael Shivers at 03:48 PM | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0)