Cauliflower Video Stills
Aug/100
Last week Dan le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip put up some stills on their site from the Cauliflower video I directed, you can find them here.
These are stills I pulled from the 4K RED footage and colour corrected myself as if they were photos, inspired by Greg Williams who recently has been conducting his photoshoots with a RED camera, creating videos and making his stills photography from the RED footage. The RED shoots at a 4K resolution (off the top of my head I think it’s around 12 megapixels or something) and with the quality of lenses a frame taken out of RED video footage is as good as any image taken on a DSLR.
Here’s two frames from the video I created as still photos:
It’s worth noting that neither of these stills actually feature in the final edit of the video.
Leni Ward – Opening Doors
Jul/100
The new music video I directed for Leni Ward went live today:
Shot over two days in a garage and part of Sherwood Forest (huge thanks to Don at The Paintball Jungle).
Please check out the videos youtube page for full credits.
Music Videos
Jun/100
More recently enjoyed videos:
Feeding Fingers – “Fireflies Make Us Sick” – Dir: Steven Lapcevic
Delphic – This Momentary – Dir: Dave Ma
Filthy Dukes – This Rhythm
New Showreel
Jun/100
I updated my showreel on my site today, it now features clips from recently completed work.
Here it is:
James Sharpe – Showreel 2010 (Updated) from James Sharpe on Vimeo.
Long Portrait of a Girl re-graded!
Jun/100
Long Portrait of a Girl (re-graded!) from James Sharpe on Vimeo.
New colour correction/grade on a little video I made a while ago.
Long Portrait
May/100
So I decided to do a long (video/motion) portrait of Lizabeth – I’ve had my 7D for ages now and I haven’t shot nearly enough video on it – I’ve liked the idea of long portraits for a while, but wanted to do it my own way (I believe long portraits are usually locked off shots with the subject acting as though a photograph is being taken of them) this is more a motion study I guess, something slightly abstract, capturing little moments and emphasising them in slow motion.
Long Portrait of a Girl from James Sharpe on Vimeo.
I’ve done very little colour correction here. I liked very much the way the camera captured the natural light and gave the image a kind of daylight dream quality to it. I’ve only shifted the colours slightly and haven’t touched the contrast at all. After experimenting with really contrasty images I’m going to pull in the other direction for a while and attempt to recreate a more filmic look.
Interesting Music Videos
Mar/100
I’ve been watching lots and lots of music videos lately mainly for research, I’d thought it would be interesting to start posting them up here for fun and for my own reference.
Here’s two I came across today:
Director: James Frost, OK Go and Syyn Labs
This is just genius. I love the amount of work that’s gone into this and the absolute chaos and seer barrage of stuff that’s flying about everywhere.
Director: Megaforce
Even though I can clearly see how the effects in this video have been done it’s still and really impressive and original video – I’d love to see all the planning, working out and tests done in preparation for the shooting.
Skhizein
Jan/100
I saw this short film last year at the Encounters film festival in Bristol and I loved it. You should love it to:
Skhizein (Jérémy Clapin,2008) from Bertie on Vimeo.
Currently sitting in a very warm edit suite, with my laptop getting warmer and warmer, re-grading an improved cut of The Curious Incident of Doug in the Night-Time which will be online and hopefully at festivals very soon.
David Gibb – The Oxfordshire Brigade
Oct/090
The new music video I directed for David Gibb is now up and available – Here’s the press release Dave sent to me earlier today:
‘Shot In The Dark’ For David Gibb’s Latest Music Video
The new music video for David Gibb’s latest single ‘The Oxfordshire Brigade is now available to watch.
Directed by James Sharpe (www.jamessharpe.co.uk) the video was shot on a field in the dark in roughly three hours after summoning a team of David Gibb fans – giving them the strict instructions to turn up with their very own torch, warm yet brightly coloured clothing and a sandwich (in case they got hungry).
The song is the touching and strangely magical tale of a boy and angel who fall in love and the time they spend together living in a small flat in Oxfordshire.
Playing a mix of pop, folk and soul, David Gibb has already received airplay on BBC Radio’s 1, 2 and 6, performed a live collaborative session for BBC Radio 1′s Huw Stephens with award winning hip hop producer Baby J, and supported the likes of Frank Turner, Sam Isaac and Jeremy Warmsley.
What’s in a Name? (Revisited)
Oct/090
I noticed it was Harvey Pekar’s 70th birthday today so I thought I’d revisit a monologue I’ve posted before from the film American Splendor. I have the original comic strip story of the monologue from the film but there’s something so much more powerful about the film adaptation.
See for yourself:
Happy Birthday Harvey Pekar.