Video Production Bobby Rush Concert

Video Creation:
The film footage created with the Canon Vixia HG20 camera and Adobe design software. Bobby Rush Concert day four of the event sunlight was bright and clear for video. However because the concert was at night video was not as clear no stage lighting was present.

Guerilla Video Production: Bobby Rush Concert (Android Raw Footage)

(Shot on Samsung Galaxy S5 [1080p/30fps, auto settings, no accessories])

1. The Disaster Footage Reality

• Original Clip Problems:

  • 3.2 hours of handheld footage with:

    • 47% overexposed highlights (concert lights)

    • 62dB background noise (crowd chatter)

    • 238% digital zoom artifacts

  • No B-roll, no slate, no clean audio

2. Adobe Premiere Pro Triage
Editor’s Salvage Process:

• Applied Warp Stabilizer on 89 clips (15% crop, 80% smoothness)

• Created fake multicam by duplicating timeline and applying different crops

• Used Auto Color as base, then manual adjustments:

  • Crushed blacks (-20) to hide noise

  • +200% vibrance to compensate for flat profile

3. Audio From Hell to Broadcast
Adobe Audition CC Chains:

1. Noise Reduction (20dB reduction, 50% retain)

2. Parametric EQ cuts:

   • -8dB at 250Hz (mud)

   • +6dB at 3kHz (vocals)

3. Hard Limiter at -3dBTP

4. Smoke & Mirrors in After Effects
Faking Production Value:

• Replaced blown-out LED screens with content-aware fill

• Created fake crowd shots by duplicating 5 clean audience members

• Added 35mm film damage to distract from artifacts

5. The Ugly Truth - Render Settings
Media Encoder Presets:

• 720p delivery (original 1080p was unusable)

• Bitrate: 12Mbps (to hide blocking)

• Loudness Normalization at -16 LUFS

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Android Filmmaker’s Cheat Sheet

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// AE Expression for Fake Zoom (paste to Scale property)  
x = thisComp.layer("Audio Amplitude").effect("Both Channels")("Output");  
linear(x, -30, -10, 100, 120)  

Survival Kit:

• Samsung Galaxy S5 (stock camera app)

• 32GB SD card (27GB free space)

• Editor’s tears (infinite supply)

Damage Control Metrics:

• 612 manual keyframes for exposure

• 89 instances of healing brush in Photoshop

• 17 hours rendering test encodes

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This workflow proves you can deliver watchable content with:
⚠️ No budget
⚠️ No equipment
⚠️ No excuses