short clip with xha1 for my showreel
 

i've done a short clip for my showreel some weeks ago and i was amazed
about the xha1...never could play with DOF like that before with my pd-170!

http://www.beyondthewall.info/purelove/LoveMyPet.mov

regards - dom

Woah. That was freaky, not gonna lie. lol.

You got DOF shots like that without a 35mm adapter? Wow. That was really good. Heh, when I saw "Love My Pet" I was like "hmmm, well this is gonna be another cute clip of a puppy, or a kitty or something." Definitely threw me off guard. lol. But good job man.

That was a little unsettling! Loved the effects and textures you used. Were they just overlays or did you use a bump map? Nice use of color too. Great editing.

@Jerrod

lol- thx...yes it's without 35mm adapter..but i had a shooting last saturday with
a letus35fe, but will make a post about that later...btw first i liked to have her hold a big dead fish...but friends convienced me that this would be 2 much.(still not shure about that...lol)

@Jim

the texures were just overlayed with composite mode...

I don't know. I liked the rat. It seemed creepier than a dead fish. A dead fish would probably just make me laugh. lol.

maybe...but i think not on the one i had in mind...lol

very well done creep factor. I'd say you're ready for Silent Hill.

Trish

That was really impressive! May I ask how do you exactly make those shaky transitions and effects? are they done manually, or with a plugin? Thanks in advance.

Kids always add such a high 'creep' factor... Nice video... Very original... What NLE?

@dough - i use fcp 5.1.4 - thx

@carlos - i made it manually and then worked with speed changes in fcp...dont know if it is a good 2 do that now with the letus adapter and a heavy lens..lol -maybe i have to get a stable rodsupport system first...

It looks very good, I had the feeling that the dof was enhanced during editing using masks and blur? Can you give some more info on the effects you used?

all the blur was done in camera...no special fx, only fcp cc and a lot of editing...

That's cool, when you refer to blur in camera, you just turn the focus ring to get a blurry image? Where there specific settings you used for the camera?

@noa - yes i had the zoom and focus speed on high in the prefs plus i used the panalook preset because it fitted well for my needs in this particular situation...

That was damn beautiful!
Seriously, I love that kind of editing and vibe.

I do have a question though. What were those symbols at the end? And was that just me, or did I see a faded image of Jesus doing a peace sign?

could you please share your encoding methods to get outstanding quality. also could you explain your process of editing and what settings were used. not to apply effects but the general capture to final product uploaded. Software used and codecs etc....

thank you in advance. it looked really good

I agree... this info would be helpful.

Cheers,
Dennis.

@jerrod - the symols are the logos from the company i work, my logo for the non-commercial artsy-stuff, and the logo from the graphicdesiger i work with...

...and ehh yes there is an image of jesus. i was looking for an old book on the
flewmarket and there i found this 100year old Bible...

@trent - its just h264 single pass 5000Kbit/s...IMO the best codec arround those days...
not shure what u exatly want to know else...4 cam settings look at the previous
posts in this thread...finalcut was just normal hdv capture & timline.
so if u still have a specific question - feel free 2ask

regards - dom

great work. loved the folded paper look. is this something you filmed and just matted out or is it a product that can be found/bought? also the time remapping and camera shakes were these done in FCP or After Effects?

Sound Effects - i hear a slide projector or is that a page turning (either way i like it)? also what music are you using for this piece? sorry for all the questions but i really liked the style and is generating tons of ideas....

excellent work my friend:-)

nice editing gr8 video quality :), was this shot HD or HDV

@ zach - the texture is filmed and overlayed in composite mode...like written
earlyer in this thread its all done in fcp...the sound is the actual noise of turning paper.

@ monish - it is filmed with the xha1..so its hdv.

regards - dom

really nice compositions, colors and cutting. It's great to see what can be done with a little ingenuity and imagination. you should take this style and situation and try to build a story around it, could be cool as a 5 min short.

@nick -thanks- ...a little short is exactly what we are doing right now, but with an other style and location. it's the first test also with our new 35mm adapter because i have to shoot a commercial in two weeks. btw speaking from nice locations and compositions...very nice work in your abstract short also!

regards - dom