A Fresh Look At Music Videos, Director Arno Salters
For all of you Final Cut Studio Artists out there who continue to wonder if an iMac G5 can give you the performance you're looking for when it comes to an intense project, take note of the name Arno Salters. This French-born music video director is making waves with his unique style of mixing live-action with stop motion animation and his clientele is growing by the day.
"What I'm trying to get out of is that glossy, sterile, corporate look the music video industry has sunk to, where everything looks and sounds the same," says Salters.
Bringing the live footage they shot with a Panasonic HVX Camcorder into Final Cut Pro, Salters picked the shots he liked and matched them to the song. Before he begins shooting his stop-action footage, he places markers in the Final Cut Pro 24p timeline, in-step with the music he is working with, and carefully plans each edit.
After shooting his stop-motion footage, Salter's and his wife commences to cutting out 2,500 digital stills. The iMac G5 and Final Cut Pro are his choice tools. Take a look at the story.
