After the ice storm at DVinfo.net

Bill Fredette · December 15th, 2008, 08:12 PM

My first attempt at a video post. We had a big ice storm in the Northeast late last week. You may have heard about the power outages and other nastiness, but I thought I'd show you the upside...
after ice on Vimeo

Mitch Hunt · December 15th, 2008, 09:10 PM

Very good!
How did you get such steady pans/movements (like the first shot of the river). Did you use any presets, filters or anything like that on the camera?

Bill Fredette · December 16th, 2008, 08:10 AM

Hi, Mitch. Thanks for the kind words. I used Steven Dempsey's VividRGB preset. Otherwise, just the stock AH-1 on a Libec TH-M20 tripod that I bought last weekend. I'm still not really happy with the compression artifacts that I see in the Vimeo version of the video, though. I look at Steve Dempsey's videos and they look pristine. Maybe it's the codec I'm using to render in SpeedEdit.

Bill

Dennis Murphy · December 16th, 2008, 01:22 PM

Damn that looks cold.
Very beautiful indeed. I thought your pans and tilts were bang on. So often I see pans that are too fast that just kill the shot in my opinion.
Nice!

Jason Sharaba · December 17th, 2008, 08:41 PM

Wow! Very peaceful and relaxing. You really captured the essense of what winter has to offer. Very nice!

Eduardo Miguel · December 18th, 2008, 10:09 PM

Very nice! It has a very serene and poetic feel to it. Makes me wish you had actors just to throw them in a scene using that beautiful backdrop.

Bill Fredette · December 19th, 2008, 06:19 AM

Thanks for the nice comments, guys! Pretty much anywhere I aimed the camera that day, something beautiful fell into view.

December 15th, 2008, 08:12 PM	#1
Bill Fredette New Boot Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Worcester, NY Posts: 19	After the ice storm My first attempt at a video post. We had a big ice storm in the Northeast late last week. You may have heard about the power outages and other nastiness, but I thought I'd show you the upside... after ice on Vimeo

December 16th, 2008, 01:22 PM	#4
Dennis Murphy Major Player Join Date: May 2006 Location: Whangarei, New Zealand Posts: 396	Damn that looks cold. Very beautiful indeed. I thought your pans and tilts were bang on. So often I see pans that are too fast that just kill the shot in my opinion. Nice! __________________ http://www.dmvideostuff.co.nz

December 17th, 2008, 08:41 PM	#5
Jason Sharaba Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Pine Brook New Jersey Posts: 50	Wow! Very peaceful and relaxing. You really captured the essense of what winter has to offer. Very nice! __________________ "...The keenest eye is that which looks inward"

December 15th, 2008, 09:10 PM	#2
Mitch Hunt Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Broken Bow, NE Posts: 145	Very good! How did you get such steady pans/movements (like the first shot of the river). Did you use any presets, filters or anything like that on the camera?

December 16th, 2008, 08:10 AM	#3
Bill Fredette New Boot Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Worcester, NY Posts: 19	Hi, Mitch. Thanks for the kind words. I used Steven Dempsey's VividRGB preset. Otherwise, just the stock AH-1 on a Libec TH-M20 tripod that I bought last weekend. I'm still not really happy with the compression artifacts that I see in the Vimeo version of the video, though. I look at Steve Dempsey's videos and they look pristine. Maybe it's the codec I'm using to render in SpeedEdit. Bill

December 18th, 2008, 10:09 PM	#6
Eduardo Miguel Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Waukegan, Illinois Posts: 27	Very nice! It has a very serene and poetic feel to it. Makes me wish you had actors just to throw them in a scene using that beautiful backdrop.

December 19th, 2008, 06:19 AM	#7
Bill Fredette New Boot Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Worcester, NY Posts: 19	Thanks for the nice comments, guys! Pretty much anywhere I aimed the camera that day, something beautiful fell into view.