For immediate release - October 2006, London, UK.
BARAKA’S ELIOT MILBOURN GIVES NEW GIRLS ALOUD PROMO FUNKY EFFECTS – SOMETHING KINDA OOOOH!
Baraka Post Production post produced the latest
Girls Aloud music video with song title: “Something Kinda Ooooh”
produced by Jon Adams and directed once again by well known DoP
and Director, Stuart Gosling who has previously directed one of
Girls Aloud’s music videos. The video portrays the five stunning
Girls Aloud artists Cheryl Kimberley Nadine Nicola and Sarah
singing and dancing glamorously to their latest tune. Scenes of
them singing the song from a sporty car also feature in the
piece.
Eliot Milbourn, compositor and grader at Baraka used various
effects to give the promo a funky style. He graded the shots and
adding blurred light trails that shone on top of the sexy
dancing girls. Close ups of the girls were given a stylised
speeded-up backdrop by the clever use of green screens. The
light trails were made to envelope the car, which was stationary
and in a studio to give a sense of movement and speed as well as
adding subtle "digital camera shake" to many shots. Car wheels
were made to spin around, joins in the two back projection video
screens behind the girls were patched up seamlessly and the set
equipment in the background was disguised or removed. He also
ensured that the girls faces were not obscured by their hair
blowing into their faces while they danced in front of a fan,
and he used the most flattering images of the Girls Aloud team
to piece it all together into a stylised and fun video.
The song will be airing imminently on all music channels.
Producer: Jon Adams
Production Company: Panda Pictures
Director: Stuart Gosling
Post production company: Baraka Post Production
Compositors and Colour Grading artists: Eliot Milbourn,
Compositor and Grader at Baraka
Baraka provides postproduction services to the
motion picture industry. Established in 1996 by senior
compositors David Cox and Chris Gilbert, Baraka specialises in
finishing, special effects and design in all areas of production
including commercials, feature films, TV-station branding, music
videos, corporate presentations, TV-programmes and “virals”.
Baraka partners its clients, on a project-basis from
script-to-delivery using the very latest technology to create
the most visually engaging images on time and within budget.
Baraka has four specific areas of operation, which include
editing, finishing, special effects and graphics. Dubbing and
deliverables, such as DVD authoring and web approvals, support
these activities. CHOP is Baraka’s dedicated editing division
focussing on the skill of cutting using Avid Adrenalines
connected to Avid’s Unity LAN.
Baraka’s finishing and compositing suites uphold the company at
the forefront of technology. Its Mistika suites, running on
Linux, are all SD, HD, 2K, 4K capable and include timeline-based
online editing, infinite layers of compositing and feature film
quality colour grading. No other postproduction system includes
so much in a single suite, and this makes Baraka’s finishing and
effects suites unmatched for speed and efficiency. Mistika is
the most powerful postproduction-finishing tool available.
This year marks Baraka’s tenth year celebrating the company’s
success and achievements.
www.baraka.co.uk & www.chopsoho.com