Finished the filming phase of my ‘client’ Obsidian now. It culminated in the live gig at the Battle of the Bands competition at Ilkeston tonight. They rocked it up!

They won the votes out of the 5 bands playing so now they are in the finals. They did an excellent performance. The song I am doing which was previously untitled is now called ‘Can’t Do This’.

I set up my two cameras and took the VX2000 at the front row and got some close ups. I have many DVs worth of footage, so now begins the long and arduous editing process. No doubt there will be problems, but I’ve tried to shoot with the edit in mind.

The event organiser spoke to me as he saw me filming, and said I could send him a copy of the vid and he’ll put it on their website. Would be good to see that.

Was a good night, good audience response, but not so packed-out that I couldn’t film. Lighting was also really good, with changing coloured effects
I’m thinking maybe I should have used the VX throughout the filming, but then I doubt John would have let me frequently take 2 or 3 of them out.