View Full Version : My HD Demo


Daniel Boswell
October 19th, 2006, 12:31 PM
Made with material shot with FX1's..and encoded in Flash 8 using On2.

http://homepage.mac.com/epiphany2002/hdgallery.html

Dee Boz

www.danielboswell.com

Jason Burns
October 19th, 2006, 01:01 PM
Dan - Looks awesome!!! You just convinced me to purchase a set of HD cameras? Has shooting on HD helped you gain more customers? Can you convert the finshed product to SD if needed?

Also, are you using a steadycam?

Great stuff!

Daniel Boswell
October 19th, 2006, 01:11 PM
Dan - Looks awesome!!! You just convinced me to purchase a set of HD cameras? Has shooting on HD helped you gain more customers? Can you convert the finshed product to SD if needed?

Also, are you using a steadycam?

Great stuff!

Thanks Jason. I got my Fx1's about a year ago fro ma former bride who worked for Sony. Got a great deal so I jumped on and never looked back. I cannot even look at a 4:3 screen anymore.

In LA, it will definitely help you get more gigs as it has me. Not a big deal to a majority of people..but there is a growing number of peopel who want HD coverage looking to the very near future for buying a player.

I downconvert everything to SD for customers. Its not a big deal at all..and the product looks vastly superior to SD aquired material IMHO.

No Steadycam. All handheld and monopod.

Thanks for checking it out Jason.

Jason Murphy
October 19th, 2006, 01:19 PM
Awesome work!

Mark Bournes
October 19th, 2006, 01:24 PM
Dan. it looks great. Obviously you know what you're doing. The picture quality is one thing, the type of shots "moments" you capture are another thing. I wish I would of had you shoot my wedding. I have been shooting for 2 decades now, like I said I appreciate the quality of the camera, but your shooting / editing is really good. Nice work.

Cal Johnson
October 19th, 2006, 04:56 PM
Nice promo!

Daniel Boswell
October 19th, 2006, 06:35 PM
Awesome work!


Thansk jason, checked out your Zombies trailer. Not a "gore guy" but it looks pretty damn good for an indie.

Where did you get the hot chicks? :)

Daniel Boswell
October 19th, 2006, 06:36 PM
Dan. it looks great. Obviously you know what you're doing. The picture quality is one thing, the type of shots "moments" you capture are another thing. I wish I would of had you shoot my wedding. I have been shooting for 2 decades now, like I said I appreciate the quality of the camera, but your shooting / editing is really good. Nice work.

Thanks for noticing tha tMark. HD is important to me, but obviously its meaningless without the content so I appreciate you noticing that!

Daniel Boswell
October 19th, 2006, 06:37 PM
Nice promo!

thanks Cal!

Michael Y Wong
October 27th, 2006, 11:08 AM
That was amazing!!!

Steven Gotz
October 27th, 2006, 01:57 PM
Nice. Artistically and technically superior material.

I have never been a fan of wide angle lenses that distort the image. But you do a pretty good job with them.

Kevin Shaw
October 27th, 2006, 08:29 PM
Speaking of wide-angle lenses, which one was used for those shots?

G. Scott Roberts
October 27th, 2006, 09:54 PM
Excellent shots! Still just a nubie, but that it one of the highest quality takes I have seen. Would have thought you would have taken many takes to get the video you did, great job!

Daniel Boswell
October 27th, 2006, 10:22 PM
That was amazing!!!

thanks Michael!

Daniel Boswell
October 27th, 2006, 10:26 PM
Nice. Artistically and technically superior material.

I have never been a fan of wide angle lenses that distort the image. But you do a pretty good job with them.

Thanks a lot Steven. I am probably a lil too attached to my FE lens but I do love the look it gives me and it definitely creates shots that would not be possible without it.

For instance the shot where the bride & groom were either side of the doorway would have been impossible with a standard lens.

Daniel Boswell
October 27th, 2006, 10:27 PM
Speaking of wide-angle lenses, which one was used for those shots?

This one:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?A=details&kw=CEVSFEWAHDS&is=REG&Q=&O=productlist&sku=361305

Daniel Boswell
October 27th, 2006, 10:29 PM
Excellent shots! Still just a nubie, but that it one of the highest quality takes I have seen. Would have thought you would have taken many takes to get the video you did, great job!

Thanks a lot G. Scott. Appreciate it!

Dana Acciavatti
October 27th, 2006, 10:44 PM
Very professional and impressive looking reel. Excellent cinematic quality to your work. I love the angles of your shots, and your masterful use of different lenses. Two questions: What lenses do you generally use? How many cameras do you use on a wedding shoot?

Michael Y Wong
October 28th, 2006, 01:19 AM
Very professional and impressive looking reel. Excellent cinematic quality to your work. I love the angles of your shots, and your masterful use of different lenses. Two questions: What lenses do you generally use? How many cameras do you use on a wedding shoot?

From teh footage it looks likea mild .3X fish eye + MAYBe a standard wide adapter. My guess is that 2 HDV cameras are used.

I was considering getting a .3X FE myself for my HC1 for weddings and after watching Daniel's footage I finally decided to take the plunge. He is one of the few people that IMO use it well.

LOL: just read thru the entire post and it seems .3x FE & 2 FX1's is indeed what he uses.

Excellent usage of different angles, moving cameras, and just having 'the eye' and being able to recognize and deliver clips with an epic feel to them. Far beyond the standard of what I am used to seeing in wedding videography.

Rafael Lopes
October 28th, 2006, 03:05 AM
Very nice, Dan. What did you do on post to obtain this awesome look?

Michael Y Wong
October 31st, 2006, 03:34 PM
Btw Daniel (or anyone else who would know) what is the name of that burn to white transition? It is very classy and when used well in this demo it lead to a very 'epic' moment IMO.

I notice alot of FCP users are in love with that transition, but I can't seem to find it in PremierPro 2.0. Would any one know which software application has that transition?

Thanks in advance.

Daniel Boswell
October 31st, 2006, 06:29 PM
Very nice, Dan. What did you do on post to obtain this awesome look?


Just basic Color Correction. Boost the saturation and crush the blacks a bit.

Daniel Boswell
October 31st, 2006, 06:34 PM
Very professional and impressive looking reel. Excellent cinematic quality to your work. I love the angles of your shots, and your masterful use of different lenses. Two questions: What lenses do you generally use? How many cameras do you use on a wedding shoot?

Like I said elsewhere just a FE lens and 3 cameras were used.

Thanks Dana!

Daniel Boswell
October 31st, 2006, 06:35 PM
Btw Daniel (or anyone else who would know) what is the name of that burn to white transition? It is very classy and when used well in this demo it lead to a very 'epic' moment IMO.

I notice alot of FCP users are in love with that transition, but I can't seem to find it in PremierPro 2.0. Would any one know which software application has that transition?

Thanks in advance.

Its from Nattress Film Effects package but I have seen similar things done with PC platform just not sure which one.

Mekhael Trepanier
November 1st, 2006, 10:02 PM
this may be a stupid question

but i have a regular LCD monitor and just good old computer you mention you have to convert alof of footage back to SD.

is what i just watched there a true representation of HD quality or is what im seeing just SD quality shot with an HD camera

sorry if this is confussing

on a seperate note amazing work love your camera work and the way the whole thing is put together..

thank you

MEKHAEL

Michael Y Wong
November 1st, 2006, 11:41 PM
^ SD downconverted from HDV. However from teh high PQ I would bet that Daniel used solid programs/workflow to do the HDV->SD software downconvert, as opposed to outputting in SD from the camera itself.

Daniel Boswell
November 2nd, 2006, 12:13 AM
this may be a stupid question

but i have a regular LCD monitor and just good old computer you mention you have to convert alof of footage back to SD.

is what i just watched there a true representation of HD quality or is what im seeing just SD quality shot with an HD camera

sorry if this is confussing

on a seperate note amazing work love your camera work and the way the whole thing is put together..

thank you

MEKHAEL


Good question Mekhael.

It was all shot in HDV and edited in HDV (actually Apple's AIC) and then resized and encoded for the web within Flash encoder so it was never really downconverted to SD until encoded for the web.

Jason Michael Holly
November 13th, 2006, 01:09 PM
Great work! Looks fantastic!

Daniel Boswell
November 26th, 2006, 02:39 AM
Great work! Looks fantastic!


Thanks alot Jason.

Adam Beck
February 24th, 2007, 02:28 AM
Nice use of the music. This is a great example why to invest in HD now, it does make the SD look a lot better.

Keep up the Good Work.

Daniel Boswell
February 28th, 2007, 02:23 AM
Nice use of the music. This is a great example why to invest in HD now, it does make the SD look a lot better.

Keep up the Good Work.


Appreciate it Adam!

Greg Quinn
February 28th, 2007, 07:34 AM
Daniel, which ON2 software did you use for the Flash convert?

Daniel Boswell
February 28th, 2007, 12:28 PM
Daniel, which ON2 software did you use for the Flash convert?


I just used the software that comes with Studio 8 to be honest. I think it does the best job.