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Nicky Campos · March 29th, 2008, 03:45 PM

Hi all, Ive just started uploading some of our best work on Vimeo, my brother and I own and run Gorilla films - a production company here in South Africa.

http://www.vimeo.com/gorillafilms/videos

Some feedback would be appreciated.

Richard Gooderick · March 29th, 2008, 04:19 PM

Hi

To me they seem well edited and shot.

I don't know what chroma key studio is. I thought chroma key was like a blue screen but these look more like a real environment.

It's difficult for me to comment on the creative content as I'm not a huge fan of most Hip Hop music.

However all Hip Hop videos seem to look very much the same to me: low angle shots of a performer mouthing to the words and gesticulating. I wonder if there is another way of doing this?

But what the hell do I know. I'm too old to comment really :-)

Nicky Campos · March 29th, 2008, 06:25 PM

LOL... "Gesticulating" I like that word.

Only the black&white video is live action, the rest is shot in a chroma key studio - eg. blue or green screen background, then the color is keyed out and generated backgrounds are put in.

Perrone Ford · March 29th, 2008, 07:02 PM

Very, very good. Camera work is excellent, audio is excellent. And while I realize that budget is often limited, I would have liked to see a bit more in the way a scene changes in the B&W video. The change to the inside of the car was good though.

I loved it.

John C. Plunkett · March 31st, 2008, 03:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nicky Campos

LOL... "Gesticulating" I like that word.

Only the black&white video is live action, the rest is shot in a chroma key studio - eg. blue or green screen background, then the color is keyed out and generated backgrounds are put in.

Were you matching background movement with camera zooms or were you shooting them full screen against the chroma background and controlling all the camera movement in program? It's hard to tell when the video is formatted for the web and I would be interested in knowing because the end result looks really good.

Jim OBrien · March 31st, 2008, 04:35 PM

Outstanding work, those chroma key shots with the generated backgrounds are seamless and the perspective is right-on.

Nicky Campos · March 31st, 2008, 05:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John C. Plunkett

Were you matching background movement with camera zooms or were you shooting them full screen against the chroma background and controlling all the camera movement in program? It's hard to tell when the video is formatted for the web and I would be interested in knowing because the end result looks really good.

Ye, everyone shot static seperately then virtual camera moved in post.

Craig Parkes · April 2nd, 2008, 11:44 PM

Awesome work on the Entity video especially, very clever compositing and it's also a very very well directed vid in terms of the composition and 'shot choices' (kinda funny to refer to shot choices in compositing, but it's a similar thing.)
And you certainly nailed the depth of field in a lot of the shots, something that I generally find is usually the clearest sign of a poor composite job over a good one.

March 29th, 2008, 03:45 PM	#1
Nicky Campos Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Johannesburg, South Africa Posts: 35	My best work on Vimeo! Hi all, Ive just started uploading some of our best work on Vimeo, my brother and I own and run Gorilla films - a production company here in South Africa. http://www.vimeo.com/gorillafilms/videos Some feedback would be appreciated.

March 31st, 2008, 04:35 PM	#6
Jim OBrien New Boot Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 19	Outstanding work, those chroma key shots with the generated backgrounds are seamless and the perspective is right-on. __________________ http://www.horizonprovideo.com

March 29th, 2008, 04:19 PM	#2
Richard Gooderick Major Player Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: London, UK Posts: 795	Hi To me they seem well edited and shot. I don't know what chroma key studio is. I thought chroma key was like a blue screen but these look more like a real environment. It's difficult for me to comment on the creative content as I'm not a huge fan of most Hip Hop music. However all Hip Hop videos seem to look very much the same to me: low angle shots of a performer mouthing to the words and gesticulating. I wonder if there is another way of doing this? But what the hell do I know. I'm too old to comment really :-)

March 29th, 2008, 06:25 PM	#3
Nicky Campos Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Johannesburg, South Africa Posts: 35	LOL... "Gesticulating" I like that word. Only the black&white video is live action, the rest is shot in a chroma key studio - eg. blue or green screen background, then the color is keyed out and generated backgrounds are put in.

March 29th, 2008, 07:02 PM	#4
Perrone Ford Inner Circle Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Tallahassee, FL Posts: 4,100	Very, very good. Camera work is excellent, audio is excellent. And while I realize that budget is often limited, I would have liked to see a bit more in the way a scene changes in the B&W video. The change to the inside of the car was good though. I loved it.

April 2nd, 2008, 11:44 PM	#8
Craig Parkes Major Player Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 444	Awesome work on the Entity video especially, very clever compositing and it's also a very very well directed vid in terms of the composition and 'shot choices' (kinda funny to refer to shot choices in compositing, but it's a similar thing.) And you certainly nailed the depth of field in a lot of the shots, something that I generally find is usually the clearest sign of a poor composite job over a good one.