My next project has been put into motion. As I planned, I attended that band party this past Saturday. Fun times were had. Whole thing lasted until nearly 2 AM (and this was in Pennington, NJ, nearly an hour from home). My cousin Lauren did a lot of work and provided some good food, including two platters of macaroni and cheese everyone was raving about. The area these bands were playing in was a sweat box of a basement, and I was stuck down there losing a couple of pounds in liquid as I filmed the bands. Regardless of comfort levels, the bands were a lot of fun and I was getting good vibes from filming. I think the footage came out better than the first band party I shot and edited back in April; lighting was better, my aperture was wide open, and I got some good closeups to make for more dynamic footage than before. The best part was that some patrons were taking notice; some band members thanked me for shooting them and asked about the project, and a pair of young women asked if I'll be selling DVDs. It felt good to know other people were interested.
The first band party was set up so that each band's set could be viewed individually. With this one, I plan to keep them all together in one movie file (north of two hours), with each set leading into the other through titles and transitions to tell a semblance of a story of the night. It'll likely require two discs. The first step, of course, is dumping the three tapes' worth of footage into my computer and taking it from there. Considering the party was held in honor of my cousin's boyfriend's band releasing their first record - a split 7" vinyl with another band from Chicago, I'm tentatively titling this project Release the 7"! Why yes, I had Liam Neeson as Zeus in my mind, why do you ask? The bands included on the release will be:
A F***ing Elephant, the hosting band celebrating their first record
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