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13. The Making of "Whatever Lola Wants"

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12. The Satin Dollz in "Whatever Lola Wants"

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11. Satin Dollz - FX Test

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Shot breakdown for the music video of "Whatever Lola Wants," starring The Satin Dollz.

Filmed in Hollywoodland, California in glorious 7-D.

Produced for less than $2000 on a DSLR. Check out the official video at vimeo.com/13762496

To learn more about The Satin Dollz, visit satindollz.com

For more from Dan Blank, visit danmation.com

Credits

Dan Blank
Director, Producer
Satin Dollz
Producer

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Bill Robinson 1 year ago

Very nice! The 7D footage looks beautiful...as do the ladies!
Daily Shenanigans 1 year ago

great!
Dontsov Evgeny 1 year ago

Super! Great work!
Ramier J 1 year ago

Loved it
Rex Barrow 1 year ago

Excellent! DSLR is the future of film making.
AB Productions 1 year ago

That was mind blowing. Who/how did you do all your visual effects? It was perfect even down to the curtain physics. The humans we also very well done. I am in awe.
Samuel Conlogue 1 year ago

Executed very well! The obviously excellent planning, pre-viz and creative shooting techniques are what make this pro IMHO. So tight.
steev hise 1 year ago

thanks for doing this making of vid. it's great to see some of how it was done.
Tore Frandsen 1 year ago

Nice! What program did you used to make smoke?
Dan Blank 1 year ago

Hey Tore,

The smoke was all done by filming smoke bombs in my backyard. They were then composited into shots using After Effects.
Poker Jedi 1 year ago

Would you recommend any specific video lessons from a company on the software you used in making this amazing video? What would you recommend so I get my feet wet on the learning curve...any info appreciated. Thanks.
Michael Blackwood Barnes 1 year ago

video co-pilot all the way.
The Film Artist 1 year ago

I really enjoyed the video and I think it's really great you have added the making of it too! :)
iamkalaniprince 1 year ago

definitely one of the best making of's I've seen so far! Well done!

Kalani-
Zulu 1 year ago

Outstanding work Mr. Blank. Like your style..
Jon Smith 1 year ago

Really great job on using CG and compositing in a beautiful but subtle way.
Lightronin 1 year ago

Ur my hero dan! Great work!
Travis Guerra 1 year ago

Omg!!!!!!! wow!
Sérgio M. Gottsfritz 1 year ago

How cool is that!

Amazing
Nico Aguilar 1 year ago

love it, man.
Arun Gowtham 1 year ago

Wow Great Stuff! ;-),can't stop appreciating!
Edwin van Ulsen 1 year ago

Stunning!
bradbell.tv 1 year ago

This movie is a great reference piece for compositing. Check out 0:30 for how to compose a crowd (of sorts). This movie is very rich.

At times the rationale for compositing isn't obvious. Example: at 2:27 we see the singer appear from the bottom, obscuring the line of dancers. Why not just shoot them together? After careful scrutiny - thank you HTML5 player - it seems it was composited to make the dancers disappear from the scene. And to gain the option to clean up the background. It's a very subtle effect that requires planning and the point of view of an animator. Great stuff!
howie_c 1 year ago

incredible work. how long did the entire production take?
Dan Blank 1 year ago

Shooting took a few weekends, post-production took a few months.
Different Take 1 year ago

Beautiful Work ..... even the making of video has real class!

More please.
Hannah Anderson 1 year ago

Your work is brilliant! Did you use After Effects for all of your special effects?
Dan Blank 1 year ago

almost entirely with After Effects. Some Illustrator, and Cinema4D.
Simon Allan 1 year ago

Looks great! Video fits the song perfectly.
Vanchy 1 year ago

Truly amazing work!
Charles Pieper 1 year ago

Incredible cleverness all over! Awesome, for sure.
Corneliu Cirdeiu 1 year ago

great work
Arthur Kulcsar 1 year ago

Amazing work, congratulation! What did you use for motiontracking and to duplicate the dancers at the begining? Really high class !!!
Cristiano MENDES 1 year ago

Congratulation! you made a very good work. Did you editing in what?
saverio pulice 1 year ago

GREAT!!!
LOVED IT!!!!!
Tom Guilmette 1 year ago

thanks for taking the time to do this bts composite vid. excellent work.
Felipe Rojas 1 year ago

Dan, This was just awesome. Thanks for sharing the details. Felipe
G Films 1 year ago

So the 7D was pretty easy to key out? What key plugin did you use?
Jean-François Després 1 year ago

Very interesting, I'm learning a lot with this composite.

Many thanks for putting this together:-)
David Belusic 1 year ago

This is wonderful!!!
OneClickFilms, LLC 1 year ago

Brilliant! I think the thing I loved most was you demystified and simplified the process. Everyone has questions about where and how they get a shot, which is why I loved the Captions of where you shot and what you used like the treadmill. Fantastic! Love it! Nice job!
Nicholas Whitaker 1 year ago

absolutely fantastic!
Craig Whipps 1 year ago

Damn! That was AMAZING. I still don't get it... how did you... what did you... oh hell, I'm not even far enough along to ask the right questions. But, I hope find out how you did all that one day. It's incredible. Thanks.
AntonyMeadley 1 year ago

One of the best "Making Of..." I have seen. Thanks.
Donato Greco 1 year ago

we all are eager to read more details (such as motion tracking, keying tricks and the hard work) on your blog.

don't let us keep the brathe for too long ;-)
Jose Maria Noriega Fernandez 1 year ago

Excellent work and the making of was the cherry on the cake
Blue Dawn Studios 1 year ago

very insipring and creative!
pakopino 1 year ago

Uooooo
Christopher Kemp 1 year ago

Full of EPIC win! Seriously beautiful and inspiring. Thanks for the shot breakdown!
Manny Felarca 1 year ago

I'm in awe! Just Amazing!
Giulio Sciorio 1 year ago

Thats really cool! I bet you'll get a lot of jobs that pay two grand. Should be a fun challenge for you to educate your future clients not to go buy a 7D and shoot their own videos or to hire you for a reasonable budget so that you and your crew can actually make a living.
Jimmy Reynolds 1 year ago

10 points!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
saif azmi 1 year ago

hi dan it's crazy i'm reading all the comments and you more than deserve all of them.
Question- I understand generating different backgrounds using 4D but what about the people that you added in the frame. Did you always shoot the people ?? like the last shot when you tracked back and there all the people watching the performance.
Wonderful work !!
Mini 1 year ago

incredible work! well done^^
Hunter Senftner 1 year ago

just to be a hater, but why do you claim it only cost $2000, you say it took weekends to shot and months to edit, with food, gas, rent, the cost of the camera, computers, software... not to mention the green screen location, lights, costumes, props... If you did a real budget of how much time and expenses it would go way up. And you did all this for free. So what did you spend the 2000 on, some wardrobe and a makeup artist and the rest was free?
ThePloeg 1 year ago

You have a point, was thinking the same thing, important to but a price on your TOTAL time, equipment costs and your skills if you ever want to get paid correctly for you work.

Potential clients could be looking at this and then call you to do it for them for $2000 - could you... :0
Daniel Tremblay 1 year ago

i should have read all comments prior to comment as i did ... same point!
DeCe? 1 year ago

Superb!
ThePloeg 1 year ago

wow, impressed!
erin yaeger 1 year ago

beautiful work, dan!
Philip Bateman 1 year ago

Really appreciate this, great work, thank you for sharing. FYI I think I found this via a videomaker.com article :)
Hoisun Kim 1 year ago

thanks_!
Igor Alekseev 1 year ago

Amazing!
rabid deniroe 1 year ago

brilliant!!
which lenses did you use for the greenscreen?
Tieuel Legacy 1 year ago

Very nice compositions. Lighting is top notch as well. Character choice is good. The Satin Dollz look familiar but I think this is a good promo tool for others that aren't as familiar with them. They're attractive. Tieuel Legacy!
Session 7 Media 1 year ago

Awesome, thanks for sharing!
flopfilm 1 year ago

Hollywood needs to learn from artists as yourself. Excellent work if I must say so.
Four Legged Features 1 year ago

Are there any specific camera settings you recommend when using the 7D with green screen to ensure the best keying in post?
ANTHONY JACKSON 1 year ago

Back to the drawing board for me !!!!!!!!!!!!
Philip Johns 1 year ago

For $2,000? I'd hire you for post work!! You should really be charging more. AWESOME job and perfectly executed.
Daniel Tremblay 1 year ago

Amazing job... just one point, you spend $2000 from your bank account, how many hours you and your friends did to produce it...
1000 man-hours?... 50$ an hour it worth $50000.....
Too many peoples dont take account of hard work, commitment, talent etc. etc.!... all worth a fortune!
I am not price tagging your work! Just saying it worth lot more then $2000!!!!... great work!
Paul Wilson 11 months ago

truly mind blowing, and goes to show that the technology is never whats controlling the quality of the production, its not even a very expensive camera for gods sake! epic work, fantastic vision and pulled off with military precision.
João Garcia 11 months ago

amazing :)
Rickard Bengtsson 11 months ago

Very nice!
Looks great
Mark Harmer 9 months ago

You made that look so effortless - and I mean that as a big, big, compliment. True, thoughful, fantastically technically clued-up artistry. Wow, wow, wow.
David Stone 9 months ago

sorry for the stupid question!

What's up with the two different screenshots. The video scenes look similar at times, such as the one with the performer on the stage: once with a crowd, and a second time without one. Same stage... Does this allow better dynamic range by combining them to form (what I'm guessing) a composite? Learned a lot from this!
Stanislav M 9 months ago

Bravo!
What is the budget of clip?
Mario Cavalli 9 months ago

Smartly done!
andi 6 months ago

amazing job..
what is the function of dot point on a green screen?
Ivan Kander 5 months ago

Tracking points.
andi 5 months ago

tracking points?but how to delete it again in keyer software? what software do you use? could you bring me in a good tutorial website..?

so i'm confuse now.. i'm still an newby..
but thanks to explain me..

many many thanks
milohume 5 months ago

I have to ask. Do you feel this could have been done with the 60D? I read there is a 2 bit difference in the processing of the images but I didn't know if that was for stills or video or both. Do you happen to know?
Anton1982 5 months ago

Nice works,I love it.非常棒：）
Ray Diaz 1 week ago

Thanks for sharing some of your secrets! A beautiful result!