I can't believe it's almost been a year since I started this, in almost 5 months it will have been a year since I filmed my first band which has put me on the path that I am currently at today.
Have continued to be busy working on Provisional, got 2 G Pros that I film with, If the bands pay $25 I set up the Go Pros on the guitar and by the drums and then film with my Handicam. Only have 1 multicam edit complete from January 25th and have several more filmed that still need work, becoming too much for me to handle on my own so am currently looking for editors and other camera people to help me out.
I've also made my first music video with the band One Day To Live for their song Who I Am. using my 3 cameras I filmed them jamming to the song multiple times as well as using footage of them performing it live. Compiled it all together and now have filmed, directed and edited my first music video which still seems surreal to me. I have several other bands wanting to do one, actually have a meeting with a singer tomorrow about doing one with his band.
One of the reasons I got into this as well was the opportunity to travel to new places, so far have filmed in 4 different places in Belleville (Also a basement so technically 5), once in Trenton, twice in Kingston and once in Toronto. I love experiencing new music as well as seeing new places and meeting more new people.
I also pitched my business to the Bull Pen in late February (Local business owners), out of 3 businesses my presentation impressed them the most with my enthusiasm towards the work that I do, the ideas on where I can take it and the knowledge I currently have about my work. They agreed to help me out with networking and sources for funding which is going to come in handy to expand.
So I'm starting to make some money, meeting more and more bands, videos are improving and I'm still having fun. Will update this again whenever possible, hopefully will have even more to talk about.
Also here is the link to the Provisional Productions promo that I made for the Bull Pen pitch that caught their attention. Enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnnTXWJGScg
Dylan.
Freelance Videographer, Photographer, Editor and Writer.
