A music video for the Goldfinger cover version of 99 Red Balloons :)

This was coursework that me and a friend did for this year's practical unit of Media Studies.

It was shot on a Cannon XM2, and AlamDV2 and Chromanator were used for the special effects sequences - some of which have turned out better than expected, other which aren't as perfect as we would have liked them to be (the morph that was thrown in the day before it had to be handed in springs to mind!). If we weren't working to a strict deadline, we would have re-shot quite a substantial ammount (or infact, we would have been able to take our time to get it right the first time!).

This was also my first attempt at using Chromanator, so it was tough trying to work out how to acomplish shots and get the keying right, while still being new to the program and working to a deadline. However, the chroma-key shots in the video seem to have come out a whole lot better than they would have done if we had relied on Adobe Premiere's keying tools.

We've received mainly positive feedback about the video from the people who've seen it so far - we know that there are bits that seem as though they aren't quite right, but in terms of A-level coursework, me and Rob think it's pretty good.

The compression has reduced the quality a fair ammount - but it's made the file a more managable size.

Major kudos goes to Rob for helping to make some proper bo dreams come true ;) Also MAJOR thanks goes to Slick and Marek for hosting the file. Please visit www.afcommunity.com!

Constructive criticisms are welcome! I hope you enjoy it :)