As a big fan of Berlin Philharmonics, I have subscribed to a 12-months subscription to watch all of BP's archives for a year. All of their music is of course superb, but something else they do amazingly well is their digital videos.
I have worked on filming and editing lots of videos for my music-major friends for their auditions and recitals, and it is probably one of the hardest freelance jobs I have ever done. Since no one likes to dedicate time and effort for a non-paid project just to help out a friend, all filming and editing is a done by one person: ME.
So, as someone who has experience in working with live concerts, recitals, and sensitive musicians, capturing the concert in one shot with one angle is hard enough. However, BP always captures the right instrument with the right angle at the right time. The camera work is smooth, and there is no mistake whatsoever.
Out of the numerous amazing concert archives, I've watched Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. The music is amazing -no surprise there- but the camera work is truly superb.
I have never seen a concert that shows each orchestra member on screen as they play their music. In this specific concert, the camera captures most members on screen one by one ( I am pretty sure that this was possible because of the small number of people on stage, and the short length of the song).
I am not a music person, but to me this piece almost sounds like each star in the sky coming together to form a galaxy in the sky. The music starts out with this darkness with small and individual clashes of stars, and then these stars float around to make a universe of their own.
The video actually starts out with Dudamels' hands conducting, and then moves on to show each member with his and her own instrument that look so different from everyone else's instruments. Everyone has different expressions, which just adds to the story of the video. If my interpretation of the piece matches with Tilo Krause's, Director of Video, then I am so glad that I got to understand this story with what he and the conductor had in mind.
Unfortunately, the Youtube video only shows a quarter of the whole video - the total length of the video from start to end is about 12 minutes - so it is only a short clip, but the idea of what the Krause wanted to show.
Although Director of Photography is so under rated in concert videos most of the time, I clearly noticed the amazingness and loved every single moment.
I have worked on filming and editing lots of videos for my music-major friends for their auditions and recitals, and it is probably one of the hardest freelance jobs I have ever done. Since no one likes to dedicate time and effort for a non-paid project just to help out a friend, all filming and editing is a done by one person: ME.
So, as someone who has experience in working with live concerts, recitals, and sensitive musicians, capturing the concert in one shot with one angle is hard enough. However, BP always captures the right instrument with the right angle at the right time. The camera work is smooth, and there is no mistake whatsoever.
Out of the numerous amazing concert archives, I've watched Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. The music is amazing -no surprise there- but the camera work is truly superb.
I have never seen a concert that shows each orchestra member on screen as they play their music. In this specific concert, the camera captures most members on screen one by one ( I am pretty sure that this was possible because of the small number of people on stage, and the short length of the song).
I am not a music person, but to me this piece almost sounds like each star in the sky coming together to form a galaxy in the sky. The music starts out with this darkness with small and individual clashes of stars, and then these stars float around to make a universe of their own.
The video actually starts out with Dudamels' hands conducting, and then moves on to show each member with his and her own instrument that look so different from everyone else's instruments. Everyone has different expressions, which just adds to the story of the video. If my interpretation of the piece matches with Tilo Krause's, Director of Video, then I am so glad that I got to understand this story with what he and the conductor had in mind.
Unfortunately, the Youtube video only shows a quarter of the whole video - the total length of the video from start to end is about 12 minutes - so it is only a short clip, but the idea of what the Krause wanted to show.
Although Director of Photography is so under rated in concert videos most of the time, I clearly noticed the amazingness and loved every single moment.