I finished a music video

Somewhere between finishing finals, graduating, and starting a job, I managed to shoot and edit a music video.  If it wasn't for my college apartment-mate Amanda bringing the sweet sounds of the musically inclined at UVA into my life, I wouldn't have to gotten the opportunity to get to know Tim Ouyang who starred in my thesis film The Write Note, and is the lead singer of the band Tim Be Told.  Their musical ability and chemistry has grown and blossomed in the year I've known them and I am extremely excited to see them go on the road this fall as well as record new songs.  

So inspired, and ready to make use of the little time I had access to some High-Def cameras, I felt inclined to shoot this video.  It's original concept being that Tim would start off in his home state NJ, and then travel to Charlottesville where he would join the band as a metaphor of all the forces and talent coming together to produce the music you hear.  Scheduling and budgets (ok, what budget?) didn't work out so I went with a way to display movement, travel, and a creative spirit by using a projection system and some footage I had shot and color corrected in order to produce something more studio, more live.  

I only hope that what is presented captures part of the essence that is Tim Be Told, both fun-loving rock prodigies as well as sophisticated musicians that take risks that have mass appeal and stellar sound.  I know that this is only the beginning for them and look forward to the day I can say, I knew them when....