finished it a few minutes ago...shot with VX2100, DVC-80 (all handheld). Edited in Vegas 5.

http://home.comcast.net/~g.elliott3//Manestrina_Getting_Ready2.mpg

Glenn, all I can say after watching that is... I HATE YOU!!! I am really pissed! It's not fair that one person has so much talent!
Glenn, you've just "uped my game". Just by watching your montage, i have become... enlightened. Thank you for the inspiration.

Great as always. Thank you for sharing.

I was wondering what you do to achiece the transition you use in a lot of your videos? It is the one where the highlights seem to go to white first and then the rest of the image. From other posts, I think I remember that you work with Vegas, I'm trying to achieve something similiar to that with FCP4. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. I have tried a chromakey with keyframes but it just doesn't look as clean or natural.

Thanks again for sharing.

I will take a stab at it. Is the highlights to white transition done with the "glow" effect?

The effect I believe you are referring to is the "flash" transition which is a standard transition in Vegas. FCP or PPro do not have the same transition- but can be reproduced using keyframed "diffusion glows".

Thanks for all the comments everyone.

For FCP you could also try using the "Vapour" transition which can be downloaded free at http://www.kafwang.com/EUREKA/EurekaMain.html

I've already commented on the clip over at VU but once again, great job Glenn!

Mossy

Excelent job. Music was very well used. My only gripe is maybe caused by a misunderstanding. The footage is letterboxed but the flash to white transitions flashed the whole screen white. Can I assume this is on purpose? I guess I would have my transitions be confined to the area of my footage and not the surrounding 'letterbox' areas.

Makes you want to get married just so you can have a video made by this guy. Great stuff!

<<<-- Originally posted by Jacob Ehrichs : Excelent job. Music was very well used. My only gripe is maybe caused by a misunderstanding. The footage is letterboxed but the flash to white transitions flashed the whole screen white. Can I assume this is on purpose? I guess I would have my transitions be confined to the area of my footage and not the surrounding 'letterbox' areas. -->>>

It was a mistake on my part. I had it correct the first time but spelled my own name wrong in the watermark. When I went back and re-rendered it I forgot to apply the 1:85:1 mask again. Thus the reason the transition affects the entire frame.

I've dug through my stuff and don't have that soundtrack you use...what is it?

Glen,
Composition is good as is the saturation of the clips. I also like the music track (what is it BTW) but I think it's too dramatic and episodic for this particular piece. While watching, I keep thinking that Mel Gibson will ride out of the frame on a horse to save the day.

It also seems like the flash transition is overused a bit.

Regards,
Robert D.

Too dramatic??? Robert, can you show us a sample of your work???

Glenn,
I really like it. I did something similar on the last wedding I did but not as nice as yours. I don't think it's too dramatic at all. My wife said the one I did reminded her of the start of a soap opera or one of those LMN shows but everyone else was very pleased. Also, I like the letterboxing of the main video with the logo and transitions extending to full screen. I had been considering doing something like that after seeing it done on some commercials but wasn't sure if it would look too ‘commercial-like’ for a wedding..... it doesn't. It really enhances the overall effect. Great job!!!

<<<-- Originally posted by G. Lee Gordon : Too dramatic??? Robert, can you show us a sample of your work??? -->>>

Glenn,
I hope I didn't offend you. It was just my opinion.

I currently don't have a web site, but somebody is working on one for me. I will post a link once it is finished.

Robert

No not at all. I'm always open to critique and insight. If I was close minded I'd never continue my growth as a videographer.

Thanks for taking the time to post.

Nice video and music. Where can I get music like that?

Glen, as always GREAT WORK !! From 1-10 I'd give it a 9.5.
Nice foreground framing
Nice use of C/U's
Very smooth handheld shooting
I like the V/O idea, usually you see them talking directly to the camera. BTW, any coaching the B&G on what to say ?
Did they prepare for it ? The words seemed "polished" Very Nice!!!
Nice tracking shots, ever mix it up with a static shot every now and then?
What soundtrack is this piece from ?

Mike D.

<<<-- Originally posted by Mike DelliSanti : Glen, as always GREAT WORK !! From 1-10 I'd give it a 9.5.
Nice foreground framing
Nice use of C/U's
Very smooth handheld shooting
I like the V/O idea, usually you see them talking directly to the camera. BTW, any coaching the B&G on what to say ?
Did they prepare for it ? The words seemed "polished" Very Nice!!!
Nice tracking shots, ever mix it up with a static shot every now and then?
What soundtrack is this piece from ?

Mike D. -->>>

Thank you Mike. The VO's were very impromptu. I mean, me and my assistant knew we wanted to get them but they didn't know we were going to ask. I simply pulled the bride aside and asked her to say a short message to her soon to be husband. I actually felt it was not as profound as it could be...so if you feel it looks anywhere near "polished" that is a good thing. I figured regardless if the couple are poets or not- it has meaning beings they came up with the words on the fly without any time to prepare.

In general I've been trying to work with more audio elements in my work. I feel VO's can add a good amount of depth and personal touch to a piece.

Soundtrack is from Deep Blue Sea and regarding camera tracking and movement- no, I actually try to have all my shots have some sort of movement even if it's subtle. I think the most static shot is the cufflinks shot....I feel the lighting in that shot made up for it's lack of movement.

Thanks for the kind words.

Glen, like everyone else I'm blown away by the quality and originality of this clip. I don't understand how you can get smooth motion like that handheld. Were you using any kind of device? Or can you give me any tips on how to achieve that kind of a shot. I agree with you that some kind of movement on almost every shot is ideal. Thanks, Jeff

Thank you. I'm going to be adding glidecam reception coverage this season, but all my projects from last season were without any camera stabilizer. I've worked on improving my handheld technique which mainly involves modifying the way I hold my camera. Email me if you want a better explanation.

Also- Mark and Trish Von Lanken are going to be releasing a traiing video that will focus specifically on handheld camera techniques. I highly recommend their training material.
They are at:

http://www.tulsaweddingvideos.com/videographers.shtml

Absolutely gorgeous piece Glen.
Doug

Hey Glenn
Are you adopting a student?, I'm available. pick me pick me! LOL

Great Job!

Alexis

Nice work. :)
very nice work!

Thank you all for the kind input. I just wanted to let you know I had to pull it to make room for another clip- thus, this link will no longer be active.