BRIDEZILLA - BEACHES

FINALIST
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  • Oliver Heath Thank you to everyone who voted and wished me luck. Fingers crossed!
    9 months ago - comment
  • tonyb It is good for you that you have got a place in the final but I think it would have been fairer if the band had told people outside Australia that it was not worth entering.

    Is it some instinctive chip on the shoulder that causes this cultural chauvinism?
    9 months ago - comment
  • Chris Petro I love you
    9 months ago - comment
  • Chris Petro I love you
    9 months ago - comment
  • Deano & David Hey Oli. Interesting look you have gone for.
    We entered with Beaches as well.

    Theres some great clips out there & very tough competition. Good luck with yours mate. May the best entrant win.
    Deano
    9 months ago - comment
    • Oliver Heath Thanks, it's fun to see so many different interpretations of the same material and cool that even before the judging stage all the videos get exposure to new audiences. The range of reactions from voters is interesting too - tastes are so polarised. I guess it'll be the same for the bands, it'll come down to what the bands dig. Impossible to tell. Good times!
      9 months ago
  • Kirks Really, no offence is meant by this, and please take it as constructive criticism, but I don't get it.

    What is this clip meant to represent??? And how has it got all those votes! It hurts my eyes to watch it!

    To me, it looks like you have added some random footage, bumped up the exposure & blown out the contrast and put an adobe line drawing filter over it.
    I really don't see it!

    I love this bands sound though, very eclectic and interesting. Nice choice on the song, but the footage really doesn't fit.

    I'm guessing that you must have a lot of nice school or college friends voting for it.

    Maybe next time try underexposing, using a high contrast & heaps of colour saturation. Then use your sketch or line drawing effect. It will give you an amazing look. And will be much easier to watch for the viewer.

    Try it out!

    Kirks
    9 months ago - comment
    • heartdavy No, offence, but "i don't get it" doesn't really seem like constructive criticism to me.

      To me it looks a little ethereal, and there is a story to follow. Foe whats certain, my eyes do not seem to be damaged. So far there are some quite good entrants in this so called competition, but this is up there. Good Luck
      9 months ago
    • jel I agree with you - you REALLY don't get it.
      9 months ago
  • sonke nice clip.. suits the song.. more please!
    9 months ago - comment
    • Oliver Heath Cheers, I'd like nothing more :-)
      9 months ago
  • Ben Frost Its amazing. Love it.
    9 months ago - comment
    • Oliver Heath Thanks Ben, was sweet to see you on TV tonight.
      9 months ago
  • Marf Loth Oh man!. This is great - Super dreamy! a perfect marriage for the music. If we know anyone who wins this absurd comp i say victory beers are in order. What else is there to do with four grand.

    P.S

    I like the card tricks as well, they should make a cameo appearance in a possible future clip for "Queen Of Hearts" another Bridezilla song.

    GLORY!
    9 months ago - comment
    • Oliver Heath I'd go for victory beers, and perhaps something really extravagant like victory groceries :-p
      9 months ago
  • JuliaF Congrats.... the linework is terrific and ephemeral. I've achieved that effect with photos in Photoshop ... Filter>Find Edges. What Filter in Final Cut Pro?
    9 months ago - comment
    • Oliver Heath haven't tried that filter before. Mainly After effects and some photoshop batch work assembled in FCP, many many filters. The grade and the blur was really important in getting the comp to look right. Thanks
      9 months ago
  • digital Really nice editing and a beautiful washed out look. Top work!
    9 months ago - comment
  • jel This small film is just so haunting and evocative of half forgotten memories and half remembered dreams - and I love the use of the filters - and the cropping perfectly matches the rhythm of the soundtrack. Congratulations.
    9 months ago - comment
    • Oliver Heath Thank you for such a beautiful description
      9 months ago
  • Julie361 what sort of filter did you use for that effect? pretty
    10 months ago - comment
    • Oliver Heath Thanks. It's a bunch of different filters to varying degrees for different shots. If you're interested in trying it out the best tutorial I've seen was one on batching video through photoshop, I think it was on creative cow. The thing that made the biggest difference was planning the shots, narrow DOF, high shutter, and being clever with exposure helps allot. If i'd had a budget I would have opted for a studio and experimented with makeup and virtual sets. next time :-)
      10 months ago
  • Tellemac the technique reminds of a movie scanner darkly, nice though!:)
    10 months ago - comment
    • Oliver Heath Sweet. Loved that film. Been wanting to try doing something like this since I saw Waking Life.
      10 months ago
Artist: Bridezilla
Song: Beaches
06 Nov 2009 833 100 26

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You're not meant to look back.


Credits:

by Oliver Heath. Thanks to everyone in the video.

Australia By: Oliver Heath
06 Nov 2009

Country: Australia

URL: www.instituteofexcellent.com

Bio:

Oliver Heath is an emerging director specializing in Art, Music and Fashion video. 2010 will see the premiere of his short film 'Rooms for the Memory" for fashion house Saint Augustine Academy, "Boob Tube" his second collaboration with pop artist Ben Frost, and numerous music videos. His work is currently seen on Australian TV, Online and has shown in galleries in Sydney, London, Newcastle and Vienna. He was born in Hollywood, grew up in Australia and currently works from his studio in the infamous Hibernian House, Sydney. His sights are firmly set on the big screen, maybe one day LA will be home again.

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