This was an experiment. The beginning of this month Dani and I went back to DC/VA and I thought I'd try to make a project while on vacation... a lip-dub with a DSLR. I'd recently been listening to Derek Webb's album, "Mocking Bird," and really like the lyrics to "New Law" and "Love is not Against the Law." I like the latter the most but "New Law" had a great ending that I could visualize.
Listen the the lyrics... that is why I used this song. It's a Christian artist who is rebuking/repenting for the Church. I love it.
In DC I got a little busy visiting friends and didn't have too much time with them so I decided there wasn't enough time to devote to my project and when I got home realized I was missing a lot so I just threw in the other random photos of our trip. That still wasn't enough... luckily we were on our way to Michigan for Dani's cousins wedding and I took some pictures of the leaves changing colors on our drive back from the lake house in Gaylord--that's something I miss here in LA.
For the lip dub I basically slowed the song to 25% and had people mouth the sounds as I shot them and then set the frame rate to about 10fps... give or take. In the future I'd get a ND filter and slow the shutter and use a tripod more with and moving background... or shoot more at night with lights in the bg.
Like America, some of the greatest British journalists and analysts also happen to be comedians. Watching The Last Laugh with John Bird (in the guise of investment banker, George Parr) and John Fortune (together known as the Long Johns), the same can certainly be said in Britain as well.
This is a transcript of this insightful comedian team who brilliantly and accurately describe the mindset of the investment banking community in this satirical interview. It was especially insightful considering this was recorded last year.
