"Midnight Solo" - HD

*Official Selection - 2009 Arizona State University Short Film and Video Festival*

"...You are the music while the music lasts."
- T.S. Eliot

Direction, Editing, and Visual Effects
Alex Merrill

Subject and Saxophone Improv
John Stussy II

*****

One day, I was told my best was not good enough. So I got angry...

Several minutes later, I had met with a long-time friend, a master musician and saxophone performer. As I angrily told him of my troubles and desire to destroy that individual's perception of me, I was struck with a visual in my mind - I saw this musician playing a midnight solo under a lone streetlight. I interrupted the conversation - "We're getting my equipment and we're gonna make something awesome... Now!"

So we did.

Of course, this "something awesome" was to be determined, and was not made into what it would become until *after* the footage had been placed in the computer. I had no idea what I was going to do with my footage I had shot in this lonely park on windy night... so I let my imagination guide me and video skills pave the way, thus presenting to you, "Midnight Solo."

Taped on a Canon XH-A1: HDV, 24f
Compiled in Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0
Color Grading and Visual Effects in Adobe After Effects Pro 7

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• saxophone
• playing
• musician
• street
• light
• lens
• flare
• adobe
• after
• effects
• premiere
• pro
• canon
• xh
• a1
• thunder
• lightning
• atlantis
• legend
• entertainment
• seattle
• seahawks
• hat
• selmer
• hdv
• short
• film
• noir
• black
• and
• white
• video
• sidewalk
• sea
• sounds
• firetruck
• police
• car
• siren

[Brassman388]

That scared that living bejesus out of me. Good work man.