Next week, a very talented singer/songwriter named Sonnet (www.sonnetmusic.com, www.youtube.com/sonnetsings) is coming to Provo/Orem from Los Angeles to shoot a real music video and perform a house concert which will be broadcast over the Internet. Sonnet is well known in Utah for her “You’re So Good For Me” song, which was featured as the music for the 2009 Lagoon Park advertising campaign. If you were in Utah last summer, you most likely have heard the song. Her other music is just as good.
My role in it all? Well, I kind of organized the whole thing, and I’m providing the equipment to make it all happen.
Before you stop reading thinking, “I don’t have any technical skills, so I can’t be of any help” please do take the time to finish reading. While we do require some technical skill for some tasks, most of those are already filled, and many of the remaining roles do not require any technical expertise.
Music Video – Tues-Wed, June 8th & 9th
We’ll be shooting the music video for her new song “Seesaw” on Tuesday and Wednesday (June 8/9) at various locations in and near Utah valley. We have technical crew more-or-less covered for these events, but we could use a few extra people for various other things that it takes to shoot a video: extras to appear in the background in a few scenes, people to hold reflectors and other lighting elements, someone to be in charge of music playback, people to move props and equipment, and maybe even run errands at various times both days.
Unfortunately this whole project is being done pro-bono so we can’t offer any sort of financial compensation. You will, however, appear in the credits for the video, and food will be provided while we are shooting.
For the technically minded, we are doing something new and trendy: we are shooting the entire video on Canon digital SLR cameras, just like this season’s finale of House, and some feature films currently in production. The video quality is amazing! We’ll also be doing a significant amount of green-screen work. This is the real deal here, folks – it’s going to be shot professionally, complete with special effects, and is going to look fantastic.
If you’ve ever wanted to be involved in the creation of a real music video, whether as an extra, or crew, this is a great opportunity. And certainly something that can go on the resume of anyone wanting to do any video or film work. We don’t require that you be available all day, but if you have a few hours to help out it, we would be very grateful. We’ll have a schedule of events finalized by this weekend, which I will send to anyone who expresses any interest in helping.
House Concert – Thurs, June 10th
Rather than doing a big concert in a regular venue, we have elected to do a small, intimate concert. House concerts are currently popping up everywhere, and are becoming quite popular, even for well-established artists, so that’s the directly we have elected to take. Her concert will be next Thursday at 7pm in Orem.
Sonnet has invited about 30 guests, giving her the opportunity to actually interact with those who attend and talk about her music in an informal setting. We will also be shooting and broadcasting that event over the Internet for any of her fans to view (at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/sonnetlive). The resulting video will be re-edited later and be uploaded to her web site and YouTube for all to see.
Even though it will be informal, from a technical point of view it will be very sophisticated: we’re going to be shooting on 6 cameras, have everything professionally lit, and audio will be first-rate. It will have the feel of something small and intimate, but look and sound like a first-rate production.
We have most of the technical assistance we need (though we could use one additional camera operator), but are still looking for a little bit of additional help. We need someone to welcome guests and make sure they are seated comfortably. We need a few people to assist the camera operators by making sure that cables stay out of the way. We need someone to help with the camera dolly. We might need someone to help with controlling the lighting. A few additional hands to move equipment in and out in the morning and evening would be very much helpful. None of these are difficult tasks, but we’re a bit short on people-power.
Again, we can’t offer any financial compensation, but your name will appear in the credits, and you’ll get to attend a concert with excellent music, and meet the artist.
Can you help?
If you’re at all interested, and are available any time Tuesday through Thursday next week, drop me an email at sonnetevent@djmail.org and let me know what interests you and when you’re available. And if you know someone who is interested in this kind of thing and would be interested in being involved, please pass a link to this blog post along.
Thank you!!!
