GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR - A Tribute

[aielaiel]

you cut out the best line

"and we fell into it like a daydream, or a fever"

love that footage of the man in a suit wandering around disoriented though.. fantastic shot.

[citrikp]

good!

[OnlyHighWhenDriving]

Very good.

[skatingsaves]

Also, I came up with the concept of the video and how it would be arranged, the flow, the pacing, how each image would possibly reflect the current part of the song etc.. I respect your opinions about the video overall, but think you are a bit too quick to jump to conclusions and I don't appreciate being accused of stealing work. As I cant change the credits in the actual video, I have changed the description here.

[charlieorozco]

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to say that you're stealing. I was just trying to say that you should be careful about what people would infer from your credits, and try and give credit where it is due when you're using someone else's work in yours (by the way, Lee Marvin does speak the words alright, but the words were writen by Efrim). Also, I didn't say you didn't write what you shot or you didn't think how you'd edit the video, but you didn't shoot the material with this piece in mind. [continues]

[charlieorozco]

(from my view, and considering what you can evidently do judging what can be seen in this video). I think the songs you used build very powerful images (some of which ar very specific) and you can say it's a matter of taste, but I don't see them there as strong as they could be. As for the editing thing, I have shot written, shot and edited several short films, and participated in two full length features. I know you can do better, and what's more, with no money. [continues]

[charlieorozco]

It's about being creative. And that's one of the things that this band has always inspired in me. To try and be creative with what I have at hand. All you need is people who share your love for the craft. Just hanging onto each other. Anyways, I hope I'm being clear. Regards.

[skatingsaves]

Your points are clear and make sense charlie, sorry for taking to the defense, I can tell now that your intentions were well meant. Good to know about the Lee Marvin spoken words, I wasn't sure about that.. Also, to be honest the reason I put all of the credits at the end was to keep the song going for a bit longer, so it ended up as one of those over done credit sections with the same name.

(continues)

[skatingsaves]

Anyways, I think we are on the same page here and I see where you are coming from, I was just taking your criticism as blind bashing when it was obviously not. Also, I agree that it could have been done better, in all honesty some of the effects are a bit cheesy in my opinion. So, with that said thanks for the comments and criticism.

[charlieorozco]

You are well aware of that, but most viewers might not know that those are words from the song "The Dead Flag Blues" from GY!BE, and your credits may lead an unprevented viewer to believe that's something you came up with. In a way, you are stealing work. You do list the songs to belong to GY!BE, but in all honesty I believe you should credit the words to them (or Efrim, for instance) as well. Sorry if I'm harsh, but I hold this band and their songs very dear. Regards.

[ProblemAudio]

I agree

[skatingsaves]

Um, first of all aren't the words by actor lee marvin? Then that would mean, THE WORDS SPOKEN ARE NOT THEIRS? So, should I credit him? Also, I dont know if you have ever done video editing but it doesn't involve just "throwing images that were nice for me and placing them one after the other until I ran out of them". So, thanks for demeaning the work that I did, which you seem to somehow know so much about. Also, I did write the scenes that you see with the man (it was an actual script).

[charlieorozco]

And one thing that really bothers me, because it's deceiving for the viewers: you list yourself credited as the writer, when in all honesty you didn't write anything. You just shot some stuff for whatever other reason apart from the idea of this video, and then put it all together (hence, there's no writing there), but also THE WORDS SPOKEN ARE NOT YOURS. [continues]

[charlieorozco]

Instead, I see that you just threw images that were nice for you and placed them one after the other until you ran out of them. They tend to try and build a certain atmosphere but fail to do so mainly because of the distracting VFX. The color correction looks ok, though, and like I said, most of the compositions are nice (specially when the man appears). But the ending looks cheap as well. [continues]

[charlieorozco]

Hi. I'm afraid I differ... I think this film falls quite short. The shots aren't that bad, but they feel cheap put together, along with the VFX (specially those cigarette smokes and bonfires that keep repeating). I don't like how the different songs are mixed together (although the second time they fade better). I believe it would have been more faithful to the spirit of the band if you had stuck with one song and found a rythm for the images to go along with the song. [continues]

[UnivocalTrash]

My god, beautiful. Tell me, how?

[miliano]

You said you shot that over a few years was your plan always to use GY!BE because it fits great.

[skatingsaves]

no, actually the whole beginning is test footage for the intro to a short film I was going to do and the end with the man in the town is b-roll from a video I did for local metal band cryogen. I just sat down with it all and it flowed well with the songs.

[CommunalRhythm]

this is really good.

thank you for this.

[skatingsaves]

thanks for the kind words, glad you like it.

[krixoff]

very nice job guy

[loltheworld]

Not sure why no one has commented on this, but excellent job. Really nice shots that go very well with Godspeed.