Hi All

This is my litle nordic adventure in ice and snow.
Made on old nordic myte.I have some Nice day in
the wood behind my home and made this film.

VJV


HD 720p Ligtning-Ice full format

WebLink: http://web.mac.com/vidarjohannesvedaa/iWeb/Natur/Lightning-Ice.html



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Vidar:

Yikes, such beautiful images, taking us all into a small world of natural beauty... Great job !!!

great concept and beautiful images. my main suggestion would be to add some motion to your shots--you are a very photographic shooter, vidar, and the video advantage is motion. mixing it up a bit between static shots and adding some motion would enhance your productions, i think. you need a micro-dolly or something.

great eye, though, you always make something beautiful for us!

Vidar, that was awesome nice to view! But as Meryem also notes, I would like to see some more motion in your film. I think some slow tilts and pannings would have done this to a magic moment!

Vidar, I enjoyed watching the lights play in the ice, and think the shots are effective without panning. Next time consider adding some other colors to the light you use, green, perhaps. Also I don't know how serious Meryem et. al. are about "owning rights to the music", but some mystical Grieg would have better fit your theme than Japanese music. People are using classical music all over UWOL 7, I doubt that most of us own the performance rights, but it seems to be OK.

hi steve: an off-topic note on using classical music--mine's from a royalty-free classical music site, by the way.

the issue here is that there's not copyright on the music itself--because usually the musical copyright has expired on these pieces, but the *performance* of it may be under copyright by the artists. you need to obtain it from sellers who have given you the permission to use a particular artists' rendering of it....this is hard for me to track, because many royalty-free sites have classical recordings, usually performed by less-well-known but still highly competent classical performers, available for these reasons. so there's a bit of honor system in play here....

Vidar,

Wow, that was beautiful!

That's something I never would have thought of doing. You can bet that it's filed away in my brain for future reference. :)

I think the Asian music worked fine.
I lived in Japan for three years and the I think the simple, yet elegant shots played well with the music.

Not sure what your light source was but a flame would have added some really cool flickering to the ice.

I don't do a lot of camera movement in my own films so it didn't bother me that the camera was static. I can understand though how some movement would add an additional element to the film.

Very beautiful!

Nicely framed close ups....really like them.

The music worked well for me....

Hi Vidar..I liked the opening shot of the piece of ice on a lone branch.The shot with the man walking between the trees in the snow,and then fading away was well done...great little video

HejsanVidar

I love the ice shots, really nice. A few people have mention moving the camera, maybe you just have needed a slow tilt along the ice, following a water drop. or maybe just a focus shift...

A truly nice film… good job

Markus

Hi All

I must tank you all for youre coments.And about the mucik
I made it self in, Apple garage-band .



VJV.


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Vidaar,

Just a very nice piece and some of the best ice footage I have ever seen!!!

Now, do you Norweigens all find face images in the ground or background in your footage or is my imagination over the top??? I have seen the same thing in Per's!!!

nice story, great job.

Hi Vidar!

You deliver stunning image. My favorite is the ice sequence, and the light reflections. Very well!
I think a few of these shots were held a little too long, and could have been made a bit shorter. But that's a detail. Maybe some more camera movement would have improved your film.

I like the music, but maybe some classical Norwegian (Grieg has been mentioned) would have been even better for your film?

Well done!

Hi Vidar:

A film like this is truly a piece of art. I don't think I have ever noticed dancing lights in icicles, captivating and well done. I'm also impressed that you made your own music, wow! You are all the way around talented.

I liked Marcus' comments about angle tilts and focus changes. Thanks Vidar, this is a very beautiful, micro contribution.

Cat

I like this Vidar! I spend a lot of time myself both photographing and filming ice. It's fascinating. I especially liked the way you used light bringing the ice to life.

Veldig inspirerende :o)

Espen

Hei Vidar.
Nice film and you have a way of choosing images that moves ones heart.
I would have liked a bit more movement in your film though, but what the h...
You can find a lot of adventure in the silence and as we all know, the ice are magic :)

All the best to you Vidar and thank you for sharing.
Geir Inge

Hi Vidar,

Yes, this is a very nice entry. I always enjoy being taken back in time on the path of a myth or legend.

I do agree with others regarding the images you captured, very nice and the music worked well - although I would have gone with something local, given the storyline was about a local "myth".

Well done Vidar, nice entry.

Vidar, what a unique concept. I would have never thought of lighting icicles like that. To see the light dancing inside the ice was beautiful. I will have to try that sometimes when I am in a cold climate. Great job. Bob

Hi All


Tanks allot for your nice coment,and a facinatinc challenge.
You are all great challenger.
Look forword to Uwol # 8.


VJV.

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Hi Vidar

Enchanting visuals in this piece, I can see why you decided to feature this. The ice looked fantastic in your shots. I think a bit of variation might have helped even more. Pans, reveals, slow zooms and such.

Overall I felt your piece started well but was left a bit open ended, I really wanted some closing to it after you has VO'd us into the piece. The VO could also have been a bit louder. I liked the music and I think it fot although I would have really had something more Nordic I have to say.

Very beautiful piece fella....well done!

Vidar,

This was an incredible journey! I thought the VO was perfect, the feeling was of a story around a fireplace... I personally liked that the camera was not moving on the closeups of the lights - if it had been moving, I would have thought the lights were changing due to camera angle.... This way it appeared to have inner fire dancing... loved it. :) Also, the music seemed fitting to me, I'm quite drawn to Asian culture in general, and that style of music makes me think of peace... works well.

Carl

Vidar, thanks for that unique journey, and story. Very pretty images and lighting effects. Nice work

Wow what can I say, beautiful images with some great in camera(ice) effects. I liked the music, it helped bring me there, to the place you were filming.

Another strong entry!

Some really beautiful images here Vidar - and very interesting. (This world of snow and ice is so foreign to me.) I find what you have done quite intriguing. Your images are very sharp and clear.

Vidar, what a beautiful piece!
I loved every bit of it. Like others have said, some more movement would have added to it, but that certainly didn't stop me from thoroughly enjoying it. I really liked the music & thought it fit the shots but not the theme. Great job to put it together yourself.

Bryce

I liked this more and more towards the end, but the beginning I found rather jarring. Some of the early transitions were a little too sharp, and in contrast to both the voice-over and the music. But the general idea, and the dancing lights, were very well executed.