My First A1U Footage: The Two Towers

Tim Cool · May 25th, 2006, 06:13 PM

Here in Bellingham, WA there was a demolition today. Explosives and falling towers!
http://www.timcool.com/images/TheTwoTowers.wmv
let me know how you like it: if I could improve on something!
Tim

James Gerber · May 26th, 2006, 10:19 AM

Very cool!

Was that the shock from the explosion that caused the camera/tripod to shake?

jg

Chris Barcellos · May 26th, 2006, 10:30 AM

Your coverage was better than what was on Fox this morning.

Jacob Ehrichs · May 26th, 2006, 12:42 PM

That was cool.

I especially like how the exposion happens first, then the birds on the left gray structure hear the sound first and take flight, and then we finally hear the explosion.

And I don't think the camera shake was from the shockwave, as it didn't do it again for the second one, but I guess it is possible.

Tim Cool · May 26th, 2006, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Jacob Ehrichs

That was cool.

I especially like how the exposion happens first, then the birds on the left gray structure hear the sound first and take flight, and then we finally hear the explosion.

And I don't think the camera shake was from the shockwave, as it didn't do it again for the second one, but I guess it is possible.

Correct, we were waiting for an hour for the event, the when it happened I bumped the camera checking if it was on!!!

John Kang · May 29th, 2006, 09:22 AM

Not to rain in on anyone's parade. I think Tim did a great job with his recording, but I felt that since it's footage of an implosion, I might as well show my sample.

It's a standard DV footage, taken with a JVC Mini-DV camcorder. This camcorder doesn't even offer a firewire/ilink connection!

http://jonjon01.googlepages.com/kingdomeblownup

The encoding wasn't the best, I used Windows encoder 9 for the implosion and somehow it took off the sound. But thinking about it, I figure the lower rate setting is best. The whole file is a 4 meg file.

Alexander Karol · May 29th, 2006, 11:02 AM

Hard to assess the compression at such small frame size. Really cool video however, it is amazing how perfect they do these things.

It is weird that Media Player Classic wasn't able to play it. Only Windows Media Player was able to play it.

May 25th, 2006, 06:13 PM	#1
Tim Cool New Boot Join Date: May 2006 Location: Bellingham, WA Posts: 18	My First A1U Footage: The Two Towers - a Demolition Here in Bellingham, WA there was a demolition today. Explosives and falling towers! http://www.timcool.com/images/TheTwoTowers.wmv let me know how you like it: if I could improve on something! Tim

May 26th, 2006, 10:30 AM	#3
Chris Barcellos Inner Circle Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Elk Grove CA Posts: 6,838	Your coverage was better than what was on Fox this morning. __________________ Chris J. Barcellos

May 29th, 2006, 09:22 AM	#6
John Kang Major Player Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 219	Kingdome implosion Not to rain in on anyone's parade. I think Tim did a great job with his recording, but I felt that since it's footage of an implosion, I might as well show my sample. It's a standard DV footage, taken with a JVC Mini-DV camcorder. This camcorder doesn't even offer a firewire/ilink connection! http://jonjon01.googlepages.com/kingdomeblownup The encoding wasn't the best, I used Windows encoder 9 for the implosion and somehow it took off the sound. But thinking about it, I figure the lower rate setting is best. The whole file is a 4 meg file.

May 26th, 2006, 10:19 AM	#2
James Gerber New Boot Join Date: May 2006 Location: Wellesley, Ontario Posts: 17	Very cool! Was that the shock from the explosion that caused the camera/tripod to shake? jg

May 26th, 2006, 12:42 PM	#4
Jacob Ehrichs Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Dayton, OH Posts: 169	That was cool. I especially like how the exposion happens first, then the birds on the left gray structure hear the sound first and take flight, and then we finally hear the explosion. And I don't think the camera shake was from the shockwave, as it didn't do it again for the second one, but I guess it is possible.

May 29th, 2006, 11:02 AM	#7
Alexander Karol Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 198	Hard to assess the compression at such small frame size. Really cool video however, it is amazing how perfect they do these things. It is weird that Media Player Classic wasn't able to play it. Only Windows Media Player was able to play it.