I've become an MVP!

...by which I mean, I have been Producing Music Videos over the past few weeks. It's been a lot of fun, and definitely the best way to get a crash-course in how to shoot more cinematically (rather than journalistically), how to storyboard, and how to coordinate productions. This has been keeping me super busy, and is the main reason why my blog has gone neglected over the past few weeks.

CCTV is starting a group that produces music videos for local artists, which is a great idea. Our group chose a pretty hot track by Rebel and the Truth, a live hip-hop group that sprung out of Berklee, for our pilot. The song is called "Reminisce," and reminds me of old Will Smith/CL Smooth tracks from long ago. It will not leave my head. We just finished shooting the performance sequence at The Middle East Upstairs, and are going to shoot some vignettes illustrating the lyrics throughout the rest of the week...



(photos courtesy of Matt Landry. Mine were crap.)

Also editing a video by The Lost Crusaders for a track called "Whose Name Will I Call?" The track is a bit maudlin, but pretty good. And the shoot I assisted last Sunday was a lot of fun. I also served as Media Manager, which meant sitting in a U-Haul with a bunch of computers all day, uploading data from P2 cards, and generally bopping my head to Hot 97. I could get used to a permanent gig like that :) The vid was shot on those P2 cards rather than to tape, so I'm probably going to need help treating the footage correctly (MXF files, anyone?) Luckily, I've got people.


(Cam-whore auto-portrait. Who could resist?)

Finally, I started teaching HTML at CCTV. The group I teach is kind of advanced, and interested in learning CSS along with a primer in basic page structure, which thrills me, because CSS is fun to teach. What's cool is that the ladies in my class are all non-profit professionals, whose organizations have actually sent them to CCTV to learn how to enhance their web presence. Having that responsibility feels kind of awesome!