Friday Vlog 10: Rollerblades + Steadicam
Posting this a little early cause I won't have time Friday morning.
So, Peter was busy editing a client's video on Monday, but he makes a couple small appearances in my vlog, so hopefully that makes up for it, for those of you who were missing him.
I hear today is annual delurking day or something, which means if you're a regular reader of anyone's blog, you're supposed to leave them a comment. Sounds like some sort of blogosphere marketing scheme, but feel free to leave a comment if you want. We'll write back.
Oh yeah, and here's our new website: TakeZeroProductions!
Happy Friday!
Peter was cracking up when you fell. hehe.
Great work with Anna! That 60p was so clean!
I wonder how you can adjust for what seems like a constant sway in thoes shots…
Hehe, it takes a lot of practice to use any Steadicam. If it were an actual short film, we would probably keep doing takes until it was perfect
I like your found locations!
I wish we could’ve done another shot for the end…random man…and I look thattaway
Running looks really cool in 60p
Well I definitely want to use this technique in a short film with you sometime, so we’ll be able to try again
That was beautiful. I was afraid for your camera more than I was for you when you fell, is that bad? Do you think I should sell my Panasonic dvx100b and purchase the 7d? None of the footage I have with it even comes close to the 7d.
That’s pretty much all I was thinking about as I fell too. Ended up with a little scratch on my elbow, camera and Steadicam were fine
And I’d say upgrading to a 7D is a wise choice. We used to have a DVX as well. Just be warned that the H.264 7D footage needs a pretty powerful computer to edit with. How much RAM does your computer have?
Its a Toshiba with about 2gigs of ram. I did not know that it needed certain requirements to be able to edit. What specs does my computer need to be able to handle the 7d, I hope I wont have to upgrade my computer as well?
Yeah, that’s pretty low, unfortunately. How fast is your processor? I have 8 gigs of RAM and a 2.6 ghz quad core processor and occasionally still struggle with editing. I recommend at least 2 gigs of RAM.
Toshiba Satellite A215
AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-58 1.90 GHZ
2.00 GB 32 bit operating system
Probably not even close to what I need.
What editing software do you use? If you use Vegas, you’ll need to convert your footage first. If you use Premiere, you can pre-render the raw H.264 files, but playback will be choppy without a lot of RAM or a software decoder.
Adobe After Effect Cs3, I have Sony as well but have never used it. Im afraid of the 7d now.
The slow-mo running at the end was cool. And Peter’s smile when you fell, that whole shot, was awesome.
Unfortunately 60p is only at 1280×720. Which is one reason I’m more partial to 30p. It’s in full 1080.
Oh, I just can’t wait to work with you guys again! Congratulations on your production company!
Yes yes yes!
Great video… I feel obliged to leave a comment now, Only Joking. What was the music you guys used in the short film? Also wishing you guys the best of luck with getting a studio!
Thanks, John. All the music was Jon Brion’s scores from various films. The one during the tracking shot segment was from one of my all time favorite films, Magnolia
O.O that is like the best idea ever. Most people I know went for the wheelchair deal or the back of trucks..among other nonsense. Music videos are cool but when are you guys gonna fish out a real movie? Anna knows actors who will work for the experience alone..Those steadicam shots are perfect for an indie film feeling.. and 60p looks friggin sweeeeeet.
Someday…
A couple of notes:
The 30p footage had your shadows in it next to Anna running; I am assuming, of course, that this was not a big hairy deal, since this was demonstration footage.
The 60p slo-mo was nice; the only thing I have to quibble about is that it seems to me to be one of those “Hey, Ma, watch me direct!” sort of things.
My opinion; worth every pfennig you paid for it.
Props to Anna; she doesn’t seem to me to be able to do a bad take.
(Maybe it’s just me…)
Cheers!
Al B.
Yeah, I used that shot with our shadows intentionally so you guys could see how we were doing it. Hopefully we’ll work this into a real short film with Anna sometime soon
I would definitely like to see that film.
Were I in the Greater Metropolitan Area of Ciudad de Maria, Reina de Los Angeles, I would offer to help… unfortunately, three thousand miles is a bit too far to commute.
Cheers!
Al B.
I just had to note this was an excellent vlog! Loved all the work you guys did with the skates and the camera!
Thanks Jay! Interesting to know people are still watching our old videos
Great Post. I have read quite a few posts on this topic and you done the best job. Keep it up!