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Skeleton King: Quick Peek for upcoming music video

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It has now been multiple weeks, since I started to make the music video for my track called "Skeleton King" and boy that was a very rough ride. It will be released on the 6th of September, so I would be happy if you will check it out. Maybe you will enjoy it, since I am mainly a DNB head. However, sometimes I'm also going into the direction of hard electro beats on 120-130 BPM per second, when I get the proper idea or inspiration.

The creation process was fun, fascinating and filled with some "happy accidents", as the famous Bob Ross would have said, albeit also being quite frustrating, especially in the fine tune department. Sometimes my creative vision would clash with the execution, since it just didn't feel good.

Finally I am coming to an end and am very happy about it. There is a point, where it just drags on and you want (or rather need) to finish it, since I always would nitpick and find something I could change.

Anyway, I have some screenshots to show before release, so here you go ~.

The video is scheduled to be released on the 6th of September. I'm located in Germany, so I'm in the UTC/GMT +2 timezone.

~ I just love moons, especially clad in red. And graves are just cool, especially when skeletons are involved. Took me forever to get the camera movement right.

~ I just love moons, especially clad in red. And graves are just cool, especially when skeletons are involved.
Took me forever to get the camera movement right.

~ When the skeleton king takes a walk, even the light has to walk behind him. To get the shot to my liking was a nightmare. It needed a lot of iterations, so I would be satisfied.

~ When the skeleton king takes a walk, even the light has to walk behind him.
To get the shot to my liking was a nightmare. It needed a lot of iterations, so I would be satisfied.

~ I used a lot of different lightings to increase the dramatic effects. The music track controls various effects in the video based on the kick's strengths, including light sources.

~ I used a lot of different lightings to increase the dramatic effects. The music track controls various effects in the video based on the kick's strengths, including light sources.

~ Running with scissors is dangerous. So swords are naturally included in that. We can safely ignore that, since there is nothing to cut and Mr. Skeleton King is undead anyway. To get the angle right and the smearing to my liking, I had to tweak a lot.

~ Running with scissors is dangerous. So swords are naturally included in that. We can safely ignore that, since there is nothing to cut and Mr. Skeleton King is undead anyway.
To get the angle right and the smearing to my liking, I had to tweak a lot.

~ Well, just get with the flow, even when it's hot. To tweak the movement speed in this section was heartbreaking. It never aligned, when I changed things around ;) .

~ Well, just get with the flow, even when it's hot.
To tweak the movement speed in this section was heartbreaking. It never aligned, when I changed things around ;) .

~ Look me in the eyes and tell me you don’t love me. Well more dead eyes, anyway. The slide down portion of the music video was actually the most fun, even when I had to restructure the shot.

~ Look me in the eyes and tell me you don’t love me. Well more dead eyes, anyway.
The slide down portion of the music video was actually the most fun, even when I had to restructure the shot.

~ Falling down the heavens into the deep abyss. There are multiple shots there, which quite were in conflict with each other. Basicly it was a mess, but I've solved it eventually.

~ Falling down the heavens into the deep abyss.
There are multiple shots there, which quite were in conflict with each other. Basicly it was a mess, but I've solved it eventually.

~ Fire at will. Or will of fire? Well either way, it needs to be defeated. Nothing stands in the way of the skeleton king. That was a fun shot, which required a lot of tweaking, but it was actually born out of an "happy accident".

~ Fire at will. Or will of fire? Well either way, it needs to be defeated. Nothing stands in the way of the skeleton king.
That was a fun shot, which required a lot of tweaking, but it was actually born out of an "happy accident".

~ The summoning of the avatar of the skeleton king. Well, the skeletons are gladly invited to take their proper punishment. This was one of the really cool visuals I'm proud of. Since I'm such a donghua lover, I just needed to have it in here.

~ The summoning of the avatar of the skeleton king. Well, the skeletons are gladly invited to take their proper punishment.
This was one of the really cool visuals I'm proud of. Since I'm such a donghua lover, I just needed to have it in here.

~ "Hit me with your best shot, fire away". Yeah, that's all there is to say. To make the effects was pretty demanding, but I am very satisfied, how it turned out in the end. The tweaking was here more of a nightmare, but very fun.

~ "Hit me with your best shot, fire away". Yeah, that's all there is to say.

To make the effects was pretty demanding, but I am very satisfied, how it turned out in the end. The tweaking was here more of a nightmare, but very fun.

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