Jayel Draco’s News Blog

Here’s a little update on a previously mentioned project I’ve been working on.
A Music Video for the song “History Lessons” by the band Dinosaur Feathers.

So the Studio shoot day on Jan.23 went really well. There where a couple of snags on production side that where quickly circumvented with cleaver spur of the moment problem solving. The shooting it’s self was excellent we captured everything we need on schedule despite delays. When we finally got the footage back a couple weeks ago, everything was crisp, in focus and as planned. The “R3D cam” it was shot with was an incredible piece of high tech whoopass. Editor Andy Giles cut a rough edit of the video and gave us the specific footage for compositing and effects.

The main bulk of green screen compositing went well. If I didn’t do the compositing myself, I might assume it was practical effects. It’s amazing what a difference ultra high res footage makes.

The animation went REALLY well. Corinne put together a library of animated elements and illustrations for me to put together in to scene which where used as background plates. The background plates then had the hero character composited in for the “Trippy Dream Sequence” . I got say I’m proud of it and can’t wait to see it on the big screen.

For now, it’s all back in the hands of Writer/Director Chris Piazza and Editor Andy Giles.
I’m certain that for the sake of the final edit, we’ll end up having to swap out some of our footage, but that’s to be expected and wont take long.

Looking forward to being able to invite you to the premiere.

Keep Rockin. . .
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Neil Halstead’s “Elevenses” Premiered today on 99dollarmusicvideo.com.
This video was made with a $99 budget, 24 hours, and a production team consisting of: Christopher Piazza, Sara Blake, and Jayel Draco.
It’s my pleasure to show you “Elevenses”.

Neil Halstead’s “Elevenses”

Excerpt from Panopticon NYC’s Newsletter:

NEIL HALSTEAD MUSIC VIDEO TO PREMIERE THIS THURSDAY

The music video for Neil Halstead’s song “Elevenses,” directed by Christopher Piazza, will be premiering on Thursday, April 30th, courtesy of our friends at 99 Dollar Music Videos. Neil was the lead singer of shoegaze pioneers Slowdive and indie-rock favorites Mojave 3. He is currently supporting his solo album Oh! Mighty Engine, out on Brushfire Records.

The “making of” the music video is currently being shown on the front page of 99 Dollar Music Videos. The video details how the video’s lofty concept was pulled off for just 99 bucks — $98.95 to be exact. The video itself will be on the front page – and elsewhere on the interweb – starting Thursday, April 30th.

JIGSAW SOUL’S MUSIC VIDEO FOR COCKROACH HOTEL SHOWING AT THE DELI MAGAZINE SHOWCASE

After a successful run on Much Music Canada and Fuse on Demand here in the U.S., the next stop for Jigsaw Soul’s music video “Cockroach Hotel” will be the Deli Magazine’s Best of NYC showcase. Jigsaw Soul is an alum of this event – they played the old Galapagos space back in 2008 – which features the New York indie scenes hottest up and coming bands. This year bands include Chairlift, Lowry, Crystal Stilts and The Gay Blades.

“Cockroach Hotel” was the official runner-up in the Deli Magazine’s music video search – second only to a very worthy clip from Home Video (see below). The Jigsaw Soul video will be played between the bands on the 8th of May and the 10th of May, at The Bell House in Park Slope-ish, Brooklyn.

The Deli Magazine Best of NYC Showcase

The Bell House

149 7th Street

Brooklyn, NY

May 8th at 7:30pm, May 10th at 6:00pm

$12, 21+

A well written terrific tidbit of information from
Christopher Piazza of Panopticon NYC.

Thanks Chris!

The latest music video that I worked on with Director Christopher Piazza for Neil Halstead’s “Elevenses” was a fun down and dirty job. My job was threefold. My first task was collaborating with Chris to figure out how to make the special effects in his video idea work using less than $100. My second task was to make the costume fast and cheap then stand by on set as Wardrobe, Art department and effects director. The third part of my task, on the post-production side,  was using compositing techniques along with some fancier cgi sorcery to compose some quick effects that look top grade. I’d say it was a fun project to have worked on.
“Making of Elevenses” | 99DollarMusicVideo

The Premiere of the behind the scenes is currently being shown on the front page of 99 Dollar Music Videos. The video itself will premiere on Thursday.