Quinn Brabender
New Music Video: “Never Forgive, Never Forget” // The Dear Hunter
Really awesome period piece design here. Haven’t listened to the Color Spectrum yet…need to get on that.
It’s here, ya’ll!
Last night we had the official music video premiere at the Czar Bar in Kansas City. Thank you to everyone who came out and showed support. Afterwards, The Atlantic played a really sick acoustic set (with new member, Jordan Thompson).
This video is my baby. It’s something I worked incredibly hard on. Hours of productions and post. Multiple cuts. And the hardest part was keeping this thing under wraps when all I wanted to do was show it off! I’m proud of this, more proud than anything else I’ve ever produced. Yesterday, I sat down and had a conversation with my Honors Seminar professor. He told me that, after all the judges for this year’s Tensie awards had watched all the videos, they all choose mine as the winner. He said it was no contest. Little stuff like that is what really pushes me to keep creating and keep moving forward. Watch it, and let me know what you think. Obviously, constructive criticism is ALWAYS welcome.
Big thank you to Micki Hadley and Alec Nicholas for helping me shoot this. Without Micki’s camera work and Alec’s awesome equipment and vision that he brought to the table, this video would not have been nearly as cool. Thanks to everyone who let us borrow their lamps, too!
All that said, I’m officially graduating from college in two days. The end of the longest “era” of my life is here. No more school (at least, for now). It feels strange and refreshing all at the same time. I’m ready to get out there, be on the road, and shoot pieces for incredible people/bands/companies. If you know of anyone who is in need of traveling director/cinematographer, or anyone who needs work produced, point them my way! It would be greatly appreciated.
Last, but not least, I’m currently in the beginning steps of working with the Lawrence chapter of the United Way to produce a few short pieces for their new campaign. I’ll be pairing up with a graphic design teacher from KU to create cohesive material for United Way’s marketing strategies. The opportunity looks very promising, and the final product should be out by the end of the summer. I’ll keep you all posted!
Thanks again, for all your support. It means more to me than you can imagine.
Q
I’ve been rather busy the past few days, and will continue to be busy. It’s Finals week here at KU…my last Finals week ever. Come Sunday, I’ll be walking down the hill, graduating, ending what could be considered the longest era of my life: one of education.
The past year I’ve worked incredibly hard to try and create video media that pushes the boundaries of what “good” is. For the most part, I worked by myself, running 2 or more cameras simultaneously at shows, recording seperate audio, and editing everything as quick as possible so all of you could see the most recent sets from your favorite bands. In that sense, I’ve progressed far more than I ever thought I would. I made a bunch of great friends along the way, and I can’t wait to make more.
That said, this Saturday, KU held the annual Tensie Awards: the end of the year awards for Film Students. I entered three music videos, 2 shorts, and a small documentary. My most recent music video was nominated for Best Music Video, and I walked out of Liberty Hall with the award in my hands. I have never been so proud of myself. I have never won an award for anything film related that I’ve done, so to be given this award, especially in the field that I desire to work in the most, is a huge honor. I was also nominated for Best Body of Work, which came as a complete surprise, and I was incredibly grateful to even be considered.
Hard work pays off.
You will be able to see this award-winning music video for my friends in The Atlantic on May 11th. It premieres at the CZAR BAR in KC on the 10th, at 7:00pm. If you’re local, come out!
As always, thank you to all of you who follow and support me. Without you, I wouldn’t have an audience to bounce ideas off of or receive constructive criticism from. This is just as much your award as it is mine.
Can’t wait for you to see this.
-Quinn
Now, Now have released a new music video for “Thread.” Watch it below by clicking “Read More.”
Some videos are just elegantly simple. Light is so captivating and attention-holding. This is proof of what you can do with some fluorescent lights and an awesome space. I hold to that principal with a lot of my videos. It’s often more about light than it is about the actual image.
Drake - HYFR - Music Video
I was really surprised at how great this was. I mean, when his video for Headlines came out, I was a big fan on the wide angles and the quick cuts/split screen stuff they did. But this video was really fun to watch. The atmosphere was really cool, there was a lot of honesty in it. If you ever see me making rap videos, you better believe their gunna be like this.
There is a mountain of editing to get done in the coming weeks.
Things I have for you in upcoming days:
- The official release of the Jockin’ My Fresh 3 documentary.
- Live songs from Balance and Composure and La Dispute.
- The Atlantic’s tour video.
- The Atlantic’s official music video for “Aftermath”.
- KU Alternative Breaks video profiles
Keep your eyes peeled.
“Thanks lord, but I don’t need anymore
poor advice, poor advice”
Shooting a music video for these dudes this weekend. Absolutely cannot wait.
Now I gotta build a dolly…
Anyone have some blueprints, instructions, videos on how to build one? I’ve seen a few, didn’t know if there way something anyone would particularly recommend.
In the meantime, check out The Atlantic by clicking the picture above.
RIYL: Brand New, Manchester Orchestra, Thrice
The boys in The Atlantic killed it in Lawrence last night.
Here’s a live video of them playing their brand new, unreleased track, “Aftermath”.
We’re got something else brewing for you involving this track, too. Keep your eyes and ears open…
-Q
The Chariot - David De La Hoz
One of the best music videos of 2010. So great. I LOVE one take videos.
(via cameronbirdsall)
Letlive. - Muther
This video has been up for less than 12 hours and I’ve watched it 6 times already. Something about it just really catches me. It all flows so perfectly together. The setting, the art design, the faceless people, the rising internal conflict that builds throughout the video… It’s all so well put together.
Daniel Davison did an incredibly job editing this. I love the lyric overlays. It stays true to the art design of the album with the cursive, scratches, and random tints of red. The yellow film reel overlays work well too. The color grade is phenomenal: a perfect balance of desaturation and vibrant light.
This is easily in my top videos of the past year. Letlive. just gets better and better.
Forgot I had some Listener videos from Unsilent Night! Gunna be editing them tonight and posting them up ASAP. Keep your eyes peeled!
Up late, listening to Native and watching the snow fall outside my window. Thinking about everything I’m grateful for, everything I’ve accomplished, and everything I have yet to accomplish.
I’m not quite sure how I’m going to reach those destinations. Nonetheless, I’m excited to keep working on everything.
To all the bands in the Midwest region (or even national, I can fucking drive), lets make some films.
As I wrote this, the street outside went from “wet” to “covered by snow”. So happy Kansas is finally seeing some snow.
Goodnight.
Posting this up again for those of you who may have missed it. Like it, Reblog it, show your friends, and hit that FOLLOW button up in the right hand corner!
BREATHE CAROLINA - WOOLY
So here it is, Breathe Carolina fans. The music video I’ve been talking about. Lots of color grading and effects work on this one, and I’m proud of how it came out.
The day after I shot this, I went out and bought my 28-75mm F2.8, and in retrospect I really wish I could have gotten it BEFORE the shoot. Nonetheless, I’m happy with the end result and I’m excited that I’m still “on track” for my monthly video goal.
Enjoy, and if you LIKE the video, please click the “Follow” button on my blog and keep yourself update on more video work I’ll be doing for bands in the future!
-Quinn
