Piano ramblings on a cold thursday night

This piece was basically just hitting record on Ableton and sitting down and making stuff up as I went along. I did a first take which was so-so. The second take (this one) was more expressive and I only became self-conscious of what to play next around the 3-minute mark. The indecisiveness made me end the piece shortly after that but that brought it to under 4 minutes in total. I murder the pedal in many parts and apart from the glaring (whoops, missed that note) chord fubs which there were a handful I went into Ableton and conveniently edited those out. The rest is as it was played. Hope you like it. I really didn't know what I was doing --- you know, you just get in to one of those moods when you just want to, well, play the piano for fun.

Please feel free to download it also. It's just 4 minutes of piano ramblings anyway...

Early Scene Footage from What Goes Around Will Karma Round

Oren Ben-Moshe and Amanda Jermyn star in this early cut of a scene from the comedy short film What Goes Around Will Karma Round (2014). Directed by Stanley Joseph for WPA Films.

Behind the scenes: Christopher Hanna Platinum 2012 shoot - April 2012

My decision to use a 50mm prime lens on an APS-C sensor (bringing it to approx 80mm tele-zoom territory) allows all the shots to be taken further back and reduce the "perspective" effect by reducing the perceived distances betwen objects in the foreground and background. This way I get nicer facial features with less distortion and everybody seems closer together!

The wide-angle was used sparingly every now and then and for the closing shot.

EQUIPMENT USED:
Camera 1: Steady-cam setup with EOS 550D, Canon 50mm Prime f1.4 Lens with *no* lens hood - for those extra lens flares that seem to be in fashion.

Camera 2: 0.75m Glide-track setup with EOS 550D, Canon 10-22mm f3.5 wide-angle with FOTGA DP500 rail kit, follow focus and matte box.

Special thanks to: Sam Badawi from Christopher Hanna Platinum, Fashion Photographer Ben Scott running the show and Donald Deejay D Q for his help with the steady cam and glide work.

Filmed on-location at 501 Studios Surry Hills.