Nicholas Tran
June 14th, 2008, 02:27 AM
Hey everyone,
I figured it was about time I posted something... so here is a promo video for a government agency that I recently did. In fact, I'm still editing the final product but I just figured out this vimeo thing so I had to put on something.
http://www.vimeo.com/1168871
Hope you like it so far... Let me know what you think.
Mike Watkins
June 14th, 2008, 07:22 AM
I liked it alot. Did you use any adapters? Really had a good feel.
If I had any critiques, it would be that the first few fade outs on the text seemed a little abrupt. This could have been a vimeo issue.
Keep the vids coming. It helps inspire a newb like me.
Mike W.
Robert Huber
June 14th, 2008, 12:00 PM
This is nice. Has a very nice look and feel to it. A lot of nice dolly shots too. Did you use a dolly or a slider for those shots? Also, I am always curious when I see such spot-on color & contrast... did you use presets? Color Correction? Both?
Keep 'em coming!
Nicholas Tran
June 14th, 2008, 04:23 PM
Thanks for your comments. I wanted to kind of step away from the typical promo corporate video, so this is what I came up with so far.
I did use an adapter (Letus Extreme) for about half of the shots. I love the picture it gives. I also used an indislider for the dolly shots. Love that too.
As far as presets, I used the TERRA 2 Preset from the Library. Gives off decent latitude and retains some richness in the color. All the color was done IN CAMERA. When I went to edit, I didn't feel I needed to touch the color at all... it came out pretty consistent with what I was looking for, which is rare. I tweaked contrast in one of the shots, that's it. So, the camera gets the credit.
Dennis Murphy
June 14th, 2008, 06:44 PM
Nicely done. The music and pace of the video was well matched.
I liked the concept with the border around 'more'.
The mixture of sped up, slow-mo and actual time footage worked well too.
Simon Denny
June 15th, 2008, 01:16 AM
Hi Nicholas,
That was great.
What camera?
What NLE do you edit on?
Cheers
Simon
Doug Davis
June 15th, 2008, 04:16 AM
Fantastic video brother... Gorgeous shots... What lenses were you using?
It kind of reminded me of the commercial with the "Human Element" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3byt7xMSCA)...
Anyway... Great job man...
Scott Gold
June 15th, 2008, 09:08 AM
Great job! Good music as well. Loved the hot air balloon shots.
Nicholas Tran
June 15th, 2008, 10:45 AM
Thanks for your comments!
Simon- what camera? the XH-A1 and I just used Final Cut Pro to edit.