Canon HV series -- various sample clips

Raul Navarro · December 12th, 2007, 02:15 PM

Hi, I made this clip for Parallels Video Contest (Parallels lets you have Windows and Mac on the same computer, and videos/spots had to be based on the slogan 'Why Choose?').
It was shot with HV20 cinemode + Letus Extreme + Nikon 17-35mm f2.8 (17mm on almost every shot) and a bit color graded on Premiere Pro.
Nothing spectacular but... ;)

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=ROz7vS3KlpM

Regards

Solomon Chase · December 16th, 2007, 01:18 AM

Shot with 3 light bulbs, an hv20, and an Audio Technica at897 mic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Bgshf4r5Ns

James E Lee · December 16th, 2007, 02:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Solomon Chase

Shot with 3 light bulbs, an hv20, and an Audio Technica at897 mic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Bgshf4r5Ns

That was an awesome video or should I say film. Really nice film look. Got any behind the scene shots of your setup/equipment?

Also, did you win the contest?

Glenn Thomas · December 16th, 2007, 05:28 AM

That was great.. really enjoyed it.

Jim Mahoney · December 16th, 2007, 11:54 AM

More info about this clip from the OP is here:

http://hv20.com/showthread.php?t=556&highlight=moth

Ernesto Mantaras · December 17th, 2007, 05:03 PM

Well, thanks! I've been receiving very good comments on this last short. I'm really glad people are liking it so much. But anyways, thanks for taking your time for watching it! ^_^

Dave Contreras · December 21st, 2007, 04:07 PM

Hey Guys,

I don't post here often but I thought I'd share. We shot this tournament a week ago on Sony FX1s. I had my new HV 10 in pocket and roamed the arena to pick up B-roll. We decided to cut the Teaser/Trailer with it. I think it came out pretty good. It's all HV10 edited on FCP. Some of the shots were done with a crappy wide angle lens adaptor.

http://www.stage6.com/user/BudoVideo...pionships-2007

Please let me know what you think!

Eugenia Loli-Queru · December 25th, 2007, 03:31 AM

A view of flashy casinos in Reno, NV, by night.
http://www.vimeo.com/451992
Music is licensed under the Art Libre license and the video under the CC-BY license. Shot with the HV20, edited with Sony Vegas Pro and Magic Bullet.

John Calder · December 25th, 2007, 05:19 PM

http://www.lulu.com/content/1715034
Lulu multimedia download - FREE of charge.
wmv format 1280x720p25 seems to deliver a 5 minute HD drama reasonably close to the original quality at a reasonable download size of 190MB. We get away with hosting at this size by presenting the file as an advert for another product sold on Lulu which is the newly published book "Askar" by Bronwyn Calder. Our number one film project is to shoot this as a low-budget fantasy epic in Jan 2009. These test scenes give the HV20 a greenscreen workout and results are looking promising. What you see here is a draft result with no special compositing processing at all - only a click on the default "bluescreen" preset in NLE "Ulead MediaStudio 8 Pro". Still todo applying the advanced "Nick's Filters" technique for this NLE. Some green fringing on character edges if you look hard enough. In our test audiences, viewers in the know about greenscreen can spot the effect but in talking to non-experts afterwards they had no idea.
I suggest that this shows that no-budget greenscreen drama is very do-able with the HV20 combined with professional greenscreen backdrops. Our backdrop cost the equivalent of only US$100 from a photographic supplier thanks to his contact with a chinese factory. These results are a big big improvement over our earlier productions using a Canon Optura with green and blue bedsheets.
My opinion now about getting the "film look" for indie movies. It works well for us to do greenscreen then blur the background on compositing. I suggest this is better than the "35 mm adapter" approach. I admit I have never seen one of these adapters "in the flesh" but from on-line info about them they strike me as messy comical mechanical contraptions that must degrade the image with all that extra stuff added to the lens system. I challenge those into such things to do some EIA1956 line resolution tests with and without their adapter.
Another opinion. With the real thing professional greenscreen backdrop buyable for only US$100 there is now no good reason for diy constructions.

John Calder · January 3rd, 2008, 04:53 PM

"Test scenes for Askar" now also posted on Youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fnJ_msEyb8
IMHO a good result for a Youtube display. I converted to DivX for the upload.

Glenn Thomas · January 6th, 2008, 05:01 AM

Looks great. If anything, the audio and acting could have been a bit better. But the overall look and framing, very nice :)

Wes Vasher · January 13th, 2008, 10:30 PM

http://www.vimeo.com/605776

Apple TV & Source M2T files zipped...
http://www.mediafire.com/?algmyt39mda

Joseph Fagan · January 13th, 2008, 10:30 PM

http://www.vimeo.com/606846

Please let me know what you think.

Thanks

Wes Vasher · January 14th, 2008, 07:51 AM

Very nice.

Tony Parenti · January 15th, 2008, 07:58 PM

Awesome!! how did you do the 2.35:1 ratio and did you use 24p or 60i cinema mode??

December 12th, 2007, 02:15 PM	#286
Raul Navarro New Boot Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 19	Little hv20+Letus Extreme clip Hi, I made this clip for Parallels Video Contest (Parallels lets you have Windows and Mac on the same computer, and videos/spots had to be based on the slogan 'Why Choose?'). It was shot with HV20 cinemode + Letus Extreme + Nikon 17-35mm f2.8 (17mm on almost every shot) and a bit color graded on Premiere Pro. Nothing spectacular but... ;) http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=ROz7vS3KlpM Regards

December 16th, 2007, 01:18 AM	#287
Solomon Chase Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Woodstock, Georgia Posts: 154	Home Depot Contest - The George Family Shot with 3 light bulbs, an hv20, and an Audio Technica at897 mic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Bgshf4r5Ns

December 16th, 2007, 05:28 AM	#289
Glenn Thomas Major Player Join Date: May 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 320	That was great.. really enjoyed it. __________________ Personal Website: http://www.avene.org

December 17th, 2007, 05:03 PM	#291
Ernesto Mantaras Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Santa Fe, Argentina Posts: 80	Well, thanks! I've been receiving very good comments on this last short. I'm really glad people are liking it so much. But anyways, thanks for taking your time for watching it! ^_^ __________________ "Because the guy who wants too much risks losing absolutely everything. Of course, the guy who wants too little from life might not get anything at all."

December 21st, 2007, 04:07 PM	#292
Dave Contreras Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 33	HV10 - Jiu Jitsu Tournament DVD trailer Hey Guys, I don't post here often but I thought I'd share. We shot this tournament a week ago on Sony FX1s. I had my new HV 10 in pocket and roamed the arena to pick up B-roll. We decided to cut the Teaser/Trailer with it. I think it came out pretty good. It's all HV10 edited on FCP. Some of the shots were done with a crappy wide angle lens adaptor. http://www.stage6.com/user/BudoVideo...pionships-2007 Please let me know what you think!

December 16th, 2007, 11:54 AM	#290
Jim Mahoney Tourist Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 3	More info about this clip from the OP is here: http://hv20.com/showthread.php?t=556&highlight=moth

December 25th, 2007, 03:31 AM	#293
Eugenia Loli-Queru Major Player Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bay Area, CA, USA Posts: 348	Casinos of Reno A view of flashy casinos in Reno, NV, by night. http://www.vimeo.com/451992 Music is licensed under the Art Libre license and the video under the CC-BY license. Shot with the HV20, edited with Sony Vegas Pro and Magic Bullet.

December 25th, 2007, 05:19 PM	#294
John Calder New Boot Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Auckand, New Zealand Posts: 13	Fantasy Drama test scenes with Greenscreen http://www.lulu.com/content/1715034 Lulu multimedia download - FREE of charge. wmv format 1280x720p25 seems to deliver a 5 minute HD drama reasonably close to the original quality at a reasonable download size of 190MB. We get away with hosting at this size by presenting the file as an advert for another product sold on Lulu which is the newly published book "Askar" by Bronwyn Calder. Our number one film project is to shoot this as a low-budget fantasy epic in Jan 2009. These test scenes give the HV20 a greenscreen workout and results are looking promising. What you see here is a draft result with no special compositing processing at all - only a click on the default "bluescreen" preset in NLE "Ulead MediaStudio 8 Pro". Still todo applying the advanced "Nick's Filters" technique for this NLE. Some green fringing on character edges if you look hard enough. In our test audiences, viewers in the know about greenscreen can spot the effect but in talking to non-experts afterwards they had no idea. I suggest that this shows that no-budget greenscreen drama is very do-able with the HV20 combined with professional greenscreen backdrops. Our backdrop cost the equivalent of only US$100 from a photographic supplier thanks to his contact with a chinese factory. These results are a big big improvement over our earlier productions using a Canon Optura with green and blue bedsheets. My opinion now about getting the "film look" for indie movies. It works well for us to do greenscreen then blur the background on compositing. I suggest this is better than the "35 mm adapter" approach. I admit I have never seen one of these adapters "in the flesh" but from on-line info about them they strike me as messy comical mechanical contraptions that must degrade the image with all that extra stuff added to the lens system. I challenge those into such things to do some EIA1956 line resolution tests with and without their adapter. Another opinion. With the real thing professional greenscreen backdrop buyable for only US$100 there is now no good reason for diy constructions.

January 3rd, 2008, 04:53 PM	#295
John Calder New Boot Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Auckand, New Zealand Posts: 13	Now also on Youtube "Test scenes for Askar" now also posted on Youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fnJ_msEyb8 IMHO a good result for a Youtube display. I converted to DivX for the upload. Attached Images

January 6th, 2008, 05:01 AM	#296
Glenn Thomas Major Player Join Date: May 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 320	Looks great. If anything, the audio and acting could have been a bit better. But the overall look and framing, very nice :) __________________ Personal Website: http://www.avene.org

January 13th, 2008, 10:30 PM	#297
Wes Vasher Major Player Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 440	HV20 Snow Globe Clip #2 http://www.vimeo.com/605776 Apple TV & Source M2T files zipped... http://www.mediafire.com/?algmyt39mda __________________ Clips \| Stills

January 13th, 2008, 10:30 PM	#298
Joseph Fagan New Boot Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 7	My first HV20 Footage! http://www.vimeo.com/606846 Please let me know what you think. Thanks

January 14th, 2008, 07:51 AM	#299
Wes Vasher Major Player Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 440	Very nice. __________________ Clips \| Stills

January 15th, 2008, 07:58 PM	#300
Tony Parenti Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Bristol, CT. USA Posts: 54	Awesome!! how did you do the 2.35:1 ratio and did you use 24p or 60i cinema mode??