Hi all
Don:
The camera doesn't have crystal sync, I just played the track from an ipod connected to some speakers.
Matt:
While I respect your opinion I don't really accept that you can 'never' open a video with one type of shot or editing style over the other. Unless I've not been given a copy of the rule book :)
I wanted the pacing of the video to be that way, starting off slowly then picking up speed. Like the song. As for the sync, it's not that bad. It's certainly not putting people off from watching it as far as the manager and plugger tell me. And as I've posted before the whole thing is supposed to be reminiscent of old indie videos so making it too 'slick' is the polar opposite of the concept which got me the job. in fact a lot of it, including the 'dull' opening shots, are references to videos by the Clean, from around '80, '81.
And his accent is real, Murray's from Aberdeen so he really shouldn't change it. They're only based in Brighton to take advantage of the scene and proximity to London labels. And the beach.
Thanks again everyone for all the comments.