Thursday, August 8, 2013

Ben replied, "Straight up now tell me..."


What do you mean "It's not Tuesday"?!

Well I've been super busy.  Busy painting.  Painting murals, painting rooms, and painting myself.  Luckily, I've heard that paint fumes are extremely healthy for you.  So I guess I have that going for me.

On to the show!  A few years back my cousin and her husband were celebrating their 10 year wedding anniversary.  I wanted to do something special, so I snuck (I refuse to believe that's not a word) into their home, set up a green screen, and recorded their kids dancing and singing to Paula Abdul's "Straight Up Now Tell Me".  We got all of the nieces and nephews in on it.  It made for a fun evening, even thought none of them could remember and of the words to the song.

Also, I was able to splice in some of the background elements from the original video and added some post effects to try and match the film stock.

I had a great making this and thought you might enjoy it.  Scroll down to see some "making of" pics.

-Ben
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All the kids with my brother, Nick.

5 comments:

  1. This is AMAZING! Did they totally flip when they saw it?!

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    1. Yeah, they loved it. The kids still watch it occasionally. Glad you liked it.

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  2. I still enjoy watching it, way cool!

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  3. Can't watch this enough. They had a ball doing it. I know Candice loved it. Great job!!!! Can't wait to see more of them!!!! Hint Hint!!! lol

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    1. Hmmm. I don't remember writing that. Damn my drunken self congratulation.

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