Hello. I made a video with musical assistance from Lee (Henman).
Please have a ganders at our effort:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXGTG1MjkTo
Thanks.
End Of The Court - Ball Boyz II Men
Its the dogs balls!!!
Like it, a lot. The old guy is sooo cute!
Great production values; no real laughs though.
It's all a bit gentle; akin to four trendy vicars teaming up and releasing a record for 'charidee'.
I agree with Don.
It looks & sounds great & the idea is a good one.
I think it might make a really funny sketch with little snippets of the song in there.
I think there were two ways to do this - just have it as another no holds barred, balls-out internet comedy piece, or be fairly gentle to be in with a chance of it being featured on TV Wimbledon coverage or BBC sport online or whatever. It's the type of thing that could be shown on This Morning during a tennis feature. Nothing wrong with that.
Anyway, I was pleased to be involved musically and wish it every success.
Quote: don rushmore @ June 24 2010, 10:02 PM BSTGreat production values; no real laughs though.
So I'm in a 'real' band then? I think most music video parodies live and die on the idea; as opposed to specific pay offs/ laughs during the video. And tennis fans, if our market research is correct, find ball men and the Boyz II Men original music video mildly amusing to amusing.
I thought it was great and the line 'come on baby give me some Wimbledon' is hilarious.
How did the music collaboration work??
I love it and thought it excellent
Ta Marc. I wrote the original lyrics. Lee added some (including your favourite line!). Then the 'men' each sang their separate verses/ the chorus in bedroom studios. Sent them to Lee who also talked/ sang the older gent's part. Cobbled the entire mish mash together. Sprinkled on some pitch correction dust (no doubt). And hey presto.
Cheers Simon, very informative/impressive. 
No woz. There were some more 'jokey' moments filmed but they seemed to detract from the earnest/ sincere vibe when chucked into the edit. Also, you might, or might not, be interested to know that we filmed on what is primarily a stills camera. The Canon 5D. In video mode obviously. Anyway it seems to have gone down pretty well. Although I concede it's a gentler sort of piece. My mum likes it. Which is usually a bad sign!
Was it a Mark II SImon I have been trying for weeks to get my hand on one!
Yup. We pretty much film all our music promos and shorter content pieces on those or the 7D. As does everyone else! Interesting times as people now can achieve that cinematic depth of field for under £3,000. I'm waiting until the second generation come out before buying one myself (when the various issues have been sorted). But the magician is still more important than his wand, eh!
What are the various issues Simon - pm me if you like to save cluttering up your thread