Cool. Very nice stylistic work. I agree with Brian, though. A little long.

i wanted it to be long because i wanted there to be this odd pacing and almost fractured time space, i feel that way alot, like ive "driven 100 miles in 10 min" also wanted the audience to get fidegty, tension and control over audience is fun :-)

thanks, what do u mean by different mono coloration?

Making skis in your garage: vid clip
 

Working on a grassroots ski company mini doc of sorts. Here is a quick edit from some footage last weekend.

5200K Bits/sec-75mb-Windows Media-2 minutes

http://www.fritzrips.com/FritzripsRandomVids/Bro.wmv

Independent UK Music Video DVD
 

I hope this is an acceptable post; if not I sincerely apologise and will completely understand if it's removed as it is a commercial posting.

Please check out www.ndividz.com, a new monthly DVD compilation of the very best low-to-no budget, independently produced music videos in the UK (UK only for now) presented in all their original high res glory, not in a little YouSpace/MyTube window.

Submission deadline is 15th November for the first issue, to be released December. Submission forms and rules are on the website.

Please note there is a charge for all videos that are included on the DVD but no charge for submitting them for review. Just wanted to clear that up so no-one gets upset when they visit the site and find that out! If the DVD is a success then the charge will be reduced or eliminated in the future.

If you're interested in subscribing (worldwide) or have any questions please email me directly (ianpstark@ntlworld.com) as ndividz mail is down at the moment thanks to a DNS problem.

Hope to see lots of your videos.

Ian . . .

Excellent idea, i will have one ready for you in january.. ill be in touch :)

Glad you like it! Look forward to hearing from you in the near future.

Ian . . .

My first time recording to DV!
 

I did it! I am so proud of the image quality! Unfortunately, youtube totally messed up the video! But you can still see my efforts here.

If anyone knows of a good site that host free videos with good image quality, that would be great!

The real version (before compression and so forth), looked amazing, I was very satisfied with it.

Please leave any constructive criticism and suggestions here. Also, if you have a youtube account, please rate it and leave a comment.

Thank you,
~Gabriel~

Hi Gabriel,

Just got thru looking at you first video. My first comment is to get it off of youtube. The recompression they do on your video is an insult to anyone's work. I recommend putfile.com. Its free, no recompression, unlimited uploads up to 25mb each. Next I want to recommend that you experiment with Windows Media Encoder 9 to get better quality for the web. It's free also.

Now for your video. Nice choice of music. I'd recommend less movement of the camera. Pick your shots carefully and frame them tighter in the camera. Everyone has a different techniqe but I treat it like I'm taking a photograph. Eliminate everything from the scene except the main topic. That is what the viewer will focus on. Maybe others will chime in on story line etc.

Your video is a good first attempt. Now its time to learn and hone your shooting and editing skills. Keep looking at some of the videos in this site's "over water and land" section for inspiration.

Regards,

Thanks for watching. And thanks for the advice. I forgot to mention tho, that the footage is all raw. I did not edit it, I just put some music to it and called it good. Sorry for not saying that earlier.

I have also taken stills before, I love it, and I wish that it was not so expensive. oh, and one other thing I forgot to say, the squirrel footage was hand held and was at max zoom.

Thanks for viewing it!
~Gabriel~

Spoof of James Blunt's 'You're Beautiful'
 

Here is a spoof of James Blunts "famous" music video that has no point to it that we decided to make in our spare time.

Shot with a Canon GL 1, composited (not perfectly though ;) in After Effects, and edited in Vegas.

http://www.billsfilms.com/films/yourebeautiful.html

Tell me what you think.


SB

I don't get it.

There's nothing to get. A spoof is supposed to be funny-this ain't. It's actually monotonous, unwitty, boring. I've already seen other spoofs on that song and they were at least kinda funny...Now, as far as the image,not bad at all.

A lazy sunday remake that is gaining popularity
 

About 9 months ago me and my college friend remade completely; shot-for-shot the original SNL digital short entitled Lazy Sunday. Since we put it up on youtube, its been getting a substantial amount of attention from people (mentioned in the LA Times). So here it is... Shot with 2 DVX100a's over a span of about 4 days. I am the guy with dark hair.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPF1RNZ9FYI


-Max Sitnikov

If you want to parody that song, at least use the parody version of the lyrics too...

"My Cubicle" is a much better song. :D