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bits & pieces N On-set with the New York Dolls EWARK, NJ — Jim Geduldick was re- cently called on by his friend, director Jeremy Johnstone (http://rockadee. com), to help create a music video for the New York Dolls. Fool For You Baby is off the band's new album “Dancing Backward in High Heels,” and was shot using the Red One MX equipped with Angenieux lenses. Geduldick served as a Red advisor, DIT and post supervi- sor on the project. The concept for the Fool For You Baby video is of a collage of activities taking place at a circus sideshow. A long, slow-motion, dolly shot, inter- cut with other shots, reveals the characters. Guitarist Syl Sylvain plays the ringmaster. Other characters include a fire breather, a strongman, and a sword swallower. Singer David Johansen initially appears in the background and slowly dances forwards as he sings. Some of the slow motion effects were cre- ated in camera, recording at 120fps. Additional retiming and speed ramps would later be per- formed in using After Effects and Re:Vision Ef- fects’Twixtor. On set, Geduldick took the first test shots and loaded them into The Foundry's Storm app, allowing him to quickly place them on the timeline as an assemble edit.The director, crew and band could then see how to adjust their performances to achieve the desired effect. The video's circus-style lighting created shots with a sharp fall-off.“We were shooting at 500 ASA to 800 ASA on the MX sensor at 2K, so I knew we would have the latitude to push the image around,” notes Geduldick.“I was con- cerned to ensure that we could protect the highlights and the mid-tones, especially when the talent got close to the spots.” He used Storm's grading tools to audition the looks, starting with its base preset looks. “Using the Storm preset looks meant that I could generate a look incredibly quickly, such as a sepia vignette, adapt it to suit JJ's vision, then save that to apply to other shots,” he ex- plains. “It saved me so much time and meant that everyone could see what it was going to look like.” Geduldick performed all of this on his Mac- Book Pro, without additional hardware.At press time, JJ was handling most of the editorial using Final Cut Pro. Geduldick would perform the color grade using Blackmagic's DaVinci Resolve. Jim Geduldick, Red supervisor, DIT and post supervisor on the video, Fool For Your Baby, is pictured with Syl Sylvain (left) and David Johansen (right). Aural Exciter now a plug-in S UN VALLEY, CA— WavesAudio (www.waves.com), in associ- ation with Knoxville,TN’s Aphex, has released a plug-in ver- sion of the original Aphex Aural Exciter.The Waves Aphex Vintage Aural Exciter plug-in is based on one of the two original tube- powered prototype units developed by Aphex during the mid-1970s. The original Aural Exciter model 402 traveled from studio to studio as an ex- clusive rental unit, bring- ing its distinctive sound to select sessions by leading recording artists. It was regarded for its ability to increase and en- hance presence, bright- ness, and detail on vocal tracks and masters. The plug-in is available for $250, or as part of the Waves Mercury bun- dle (native/500 TDM). 8 Post • March 2011 www.postmagazine.com