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April 9th, 2008, 08:16 AM | #76 |
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First Directing experience
Had a week off from my IT support job to direct shooting of some footage for a commercial footware manufacturer.
The brief was to keep it simple and keep it "youtube-ish", and we spent about 2-3 days shooting skaters, bikers, free-runners/parkour, and dancers in an urban setting. Had two friends acting as DP and Producer as we scouted locations. Well, all I can say is ive been seriously bitten by the bug. I loved every moment of it, even when we had problems like when the brief was changed 2 days into the shoot :) Maybe it tapped into a secret desire to point a lot and tell people what to do. who is to say. I have noticed in the two days that I have been back at my regular job, I have found it to be dull, un-inspiring, pedestrian. People whining about the most insignifant things, and all the time Im thinking, "wow, great shooting weather outside today" As a result, I cant wait to get to a point where I can do this kind of stuff for a living. The creative flame (oh god, thats so lame!) must go on. In summary, loved the directing job, as a result hate my full time job. Annoying as hell! |
April 15th, 2008, 12:17 PM | #77 |
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Sound Recorders for Video....Help!
Ooops, I found the Audio section for this question....Moderator please delete this post. MM
I need to find a good recorder that will compliment our 2 Canon XL H1's....What do you guys like to use, or are using? Timecode is a must, as is versatility. Can anyone out there give me some pointers? Thanks in advance, Marty |
April 20th, 2008, 05:47 AM | #78 |
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Airshow Video from 1993
I just got around to pulling a short clip from a Canon L-1 video I took of a Blue Angels' airshow in 1993. This shows Fat Albert, their C-130 workhorse, making a spectacular JATO-assisted takeoff. It wasn't digitally recorded, but it is a digital-processing camcorder and the long pathway this clip took from the tape, was all digital. So, I thought some of you would like to see this. Here's a vid-cap still picture and the video is on the first page of my Flickr album. Maximize the Flickr page, click on the picture to enlarge it, then wait about 5 seconds for the loading to get ahead of the running video, before clicking on the arrow. It will run through smoothly the second time, if it stalls a bit on the first viewing.
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April 27th, 2008, 09:34 PM | #79 |
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"My Thriller Video"-very impressive effect
Has anyone else seen this?
http://michaeljackson.com/mythrillervideo/ The effect is really impressive, as long as you submit good photos following the directions carefully. I'm wondering what technology makes this possible. It seems to be a combination of: a) Generating a 3d model of your face from a 2d picture, or some very convincing fake perspective mapping (there are some side profile shots in the video but the pictures you submit are only head-on and slightly turned) b) Face morphing, including facial animations and lip syncing, with automatically set control points c) Automatic compositing w/masking, rotation, perspective, etc. I guess they probably had someone go in and set control points for each frame of the background video in order to help with the automatic compositing, but still it is amazing for something generated automatically. I would love to find a way to do this kind of effect using other, maybe longer videos. Does anyone know more about this effect and maybe what software or techniques were used to make it possible? Any info would be great, thanks! |
May 1st, 2008, 09:46 PM | #80 |
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China Central Television HD "officially" launches
Xinhua News Press Release:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/20...nt_8051866.htm A experimental channel has existed since 2005, but only now it is a officially designated channel ready to deliver content. |
May 6th, 2008, 04:59 AM | #81 |
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Robert Rodriguez 10 minute film school
I am a big fan of the 10 minute film school videos robert rodriguez has on his dvds, i have seen the once apon a time in mexico and el mariachi ones on youtube but was wondering if anyone knows anywhere i can download them or even buy them in a collection.
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May 10th, 2008, 02:13 PM | #82 |
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Your Take on Pangea Day?
Just another Live Earth or Live 8 polished with independent world issue films? or a new stepping stone in global awareness?
http://www.pangeaday.org/ In fact, anyone here have a film being showcased here? |
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Warner Bros. Shutters Two Indie Film Labels
Sad sign of the times I suppose...
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May 13th, 2008, 09:57 AM | #84 |
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11.5 Billion Served
U.S. Internet users viewed 11.5 billion online videos during March, up 13% from February and 64% from a year ago, according to comScore Inc. The numbers they released yesterday showed that Google's video sites together accounted for 38% of all videos viewed. Even more absolutely stunningly and totally surprising: YouTube accounted for 98% of those 4.3 billion videos.
So YouTube accounted for something like 37% of all online videos in March, who accounted for the rest? Service-----%-------Views YouTube---37%---4,214 million Fox--------4.2%----477 million Yahoo------2.9%----328 million Viacom-----2.2%----249 million 139 million people watched video online in March, which is about 74% of all Internet users. That means that the average person watched 83 videos in March, or 2-3 videos a day. The average duration of the videos was 2:48, which means each of those 139 million people spent about four hours actually watching online content. References: * http://www.comscore.com/press/release.asp?press=2223 ______________ “They say that ninety percent of TV is junk, but ninety percent of everything is junk." -- Gene Roddenberry videopia.org |
May 29th, 2008, 11:37 AM | #85 |
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Best cellphone audio
Since cellphones do multimedia nowadays, this might as well be a media related question, right?
After a few Nokia cellphones, two years ago the "slick and trendy" bug bit me and bought two MotoRazors for me and my wife. She works as a RN in labor and delivery, mostly night shifts, while I'm home with the kids, so we need to talk a lot just by whispering... worked wonderfully with the old, bulky Nokias, it was (still is) a nightmare with the Razors - the audio is just unacceptably distorted, forget whispering. Contract is up, so I'm shopping for new phones. What is your audiophile experience, are the Nokias still the best? How about Sony/Erickssons? I had an Ericsson before the Nokias and as far as I remember it was also very good. I'm with Bellsouth/Cingular/AT&T if that counts. Thanks, |
June 8th, 2008, 07:18 PM | #86 |
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Discover Atlas Mexico - Awesome HD footage
I watched the series Discovery Atlas last night on my 1080p Plasma.
The episode was on Mexico. The footage quality was beautiful. Great color and sharp as a tack. I would like to know what the different parts were shot on. |
June 16th, 2008, 06:34 AM | #87 |
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Imagery
Not the gear but rather the poetics.
Now friends, I have no idea if posting this contravenes any USA copyright law, or other USA rule as I don’t live there. If so I apologise. I live in New Zealand where, anyway, the rules are really only suggestions, when you come to get to know everyone. Corruptions is endemic here. Be that as it may this poem was published in the New Yorker online recently so I’m assuming as it’s out there it’s OK; in other words that’s what Don Paterson, the author, wants. If I’m out of line please delete, Chris, whomever. I find this text delightful. As I read I hear music, involuntarily reach for a camera, the film look is a given. The bottom line of this poem is sublime. How to shoot that! Rain by Don Paterson May 26, 2008 I love all films that start with rain: rain, braiding a windowpane or darkening a hung-out dress or streaming down her upturned face; one long thundering downpour right through the empty script and score before the act, before the blame, before the lens pulls through the frame to where the woman sits alone beside a silent telephone or the dress lies ruined on the grass or the girl walks off the overpass, and all things flow out from that source along their fatal watercourse. However bad or overlong such a film can do no wrong, so when his native twang shows through or when the boom dips into view or when her speech starts to betray its adaptation from the play, I think to when we opened cold on a rain-dark gutter, running gold with the neon of a drugstore sign, and I’d read into its blazing line: forget the ink, the milk, the blood— all was washed clean with the flood we rose up from the falling waters the fallen rain’s own sons and daughters and none of this, none of this matters. |
June 16th, 2008, 08:32 PM | #88 |
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Anybody using Windows Media Player to rip audio CDs?
I have some CDs that WMP cannot find data for, so I need to enter the info manually (song name, artist,...). I filled in the fields for Song name, Artist, finished the ripping. Played back all the songs, Artist name remains "Unknown", the other fields are OK withe Artist name, Genre,... What did I do wrong?
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June 18th, 2008, 04:33 PM | #89 |
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Kiwi Specials from ProTel, New Zealand
I hope this is Kosher, it's really only a Kiwi thing and I don't think there are any Kiwi sponsors noses to put out of joint.
I'm sure someone will let me know if not. OK, Kiwi's. One of the suppliers I've used here in NZ has got a sale on, check it out, just might be something on yer wish list. http://www.protel.co.nz/ Click on "Specials" on the LHS. Enjoy. CS |
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