Due to several comments asking for a decent quality version of this clip, I'm pleased to offer the full HD version of Henri Herbert's performance on the public piano at St Pancras International railway station for your viewing pleasure.
I uploaded the original as a low bit rate, low resolution quickie, due to having a lousy internet connection where I was at the time. A big regret now, given that the clip went crazy viral - but how was I to know??
So here it is, Boogie Woogie sensation Henri Herbert in full HD 1080p glory, along with a slightly remixed audio - a little more of the ambient camera sound, because the disbelievers out there are convinced this was over-dubbed, somehow. As well as the camera built in (rubbish) audio, I placed a Zoom H4n stereo recorder just behind the piano to record good quality sound with less of the background noise audible, to later synch in post production. This resulted in also picking up the sound of broken strings inside the piano, which many people are convinced is the sound of a hidden percussionist somewhere, playing a hi-hat, and therefore it must be an overdub fake studio recording setup or something!
It's shaky here and there, because I had planned to intercut my shots with those of a colleague filming on his phone (he can be seen in some shots), and therefore moved around for some different angles in the 'crowd'. However, he didn't film the whole performance and I ended up simply whacking the whole thing up on youtube as I'd filmed it. Sure, it's not the best advert for my camera operating skills, but apart from one or two haters, some 30 million people don't seem to mind too much.
This clip is copyright Graham Trott (MrTrotty57) ©2013. To licence this video in a broadcast, or for commercial use, contact me at mail@grahamtrott.com or call 44 (0)7836 227278.
Any infringements/illegal copying and use of this copyright work will be pursued, through the courts, if necessary.
26 апр 2017
