Wow, he's the next youtube superstar.

I posted the trailer for the Joe G. doc that we are working on in an earlier post. We took a day off from the doc work this past summer to shoot and put together this video for the title track to Joe's recent release "A Good Life". Joe's good friend and frequent co-writer Bruce Springsteen, although not appearing in this video, accompanies Joe on back up vocals and plays guitar on this track.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoZ4olrxr7o

I'm not going to lie to you, that was really boring...

The song was fine and catchy, but taking it too literally like that (two cats, two kids, a good dog, etc) is just silly. It looked like it was just a bunch of stock footage intercut with rather boring shots of an old guy playing his guitar. It didn't even look like he was playing the song...

There is a niche for "stock footage" videos...but they're usually reserved for powerful videos because they show the world as it is, trying to get across a message, etc. Intercutting those two styles just really did not work.

And the shots of the vocalist were just really uninspired, static, and boring.

On your next video, really go crazy with a variety of shots and angles to keep the action moving for this kind of a song. And try to put some kind of story or rhyme/reason to your footage. Instead of just a guy singing with flashes of stuff...

This is a stop motion project I did for a future cinema course at UB. It's entitled "Les Banana" I'm no really sure why, my other labmates did the titling, I just did the actual editing.
It is just a series of 250photographs animated together. The goal of the project was to mainly see the capabilities we had.
Hopefully you enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTnBHHyBx-Q

It was fine for what it was. 1 question, 2 comments:

Question: Why stop-motion? Really random...

Comments:

1) Your "suspended plushy toy" was very clearly composited in...as your footage was shaking and the plushy toy wasn't moving :) Need to motion track that, or the whole illusion is for nothing.

2) Don't put "fin" at the end. That is one thing that may, in fact, irk me more than anything else. So unprofessional...unless you're wrapping up an epic of some sort, just don't put "end". The audience will get the idea when the film stops showing pictures.

Hi Nate,

That was really sweet. Well done.

Have you seen Peter Gabriel stop motion video, from about 20 years ago? It should give you plenty of ideas.

Looking forward to the next one.

Liam.

I've got to agree with Daniel. The video seems to have had a 'cool bypass'.
It just ain't rock'n'roll.

Nice pussy shot though.

Liam.

Believe it or not...I agree with you guys!!! I really don't like that video either!!! It's definitley not my crowning achievement. I wanted to do a different track as a video, but since we only had 2 hours of shooting time, we decided to do something that would have been simple that could get knocked out rather quickly...It is a VERY literal song, hence the VERY literal aspect. I should have known that by putting that on a board full of peers instead of fans of Joe G, it would have gotten hammered. I wasn't really thinking clearly on this one!!! Very funny that I would post something and then criticize it myself!!!

Hi.
This is a video I made for my small computerfirm back in 2000.
They used it to display video on computers at their booth at a computer trade show here in Norway. They payed about $900 for it, me being an amateur and all.

Just want some feedback on it, cause with the experience I've had in the years since 2000, I'm sure I can do better.

Download Citius2001.wmv from http://www.box.net/public/cceijytje3

http://rileyharmon.com/extensions.htm


Using Infra-red sensors, hacked xbox 360 video game controllers,
and a customized version of Half-Life 2 and the Source SDK, this
interactive art installation explores pyscho-geography and how
virtual spaces affect us as human beings. A virtual space is created
of the physical location of the installation and viewers are able to
explore the space without having to actually travel.

A great deal of my studies as a student, artist, and human have
been in the areas of psychology, virtual spaces, and how environments
affect us, whether physical or simulated. [ext]ensions is an expansion
on a series of works collectively called "no_clip" involving metaphysics
and psychogeography.

As we move through space and time, there is a tension between our
physical bodies, the exterior forces of the world, and the virtual space
we hold in our minds. Are space and time relative to the individual?

According to how we operate our bodies, light comes into the retina
of our eyes which move as electrochemical impulses to the brain. We
interpret these impulses as the scenery we are walking through and
don't even see the impulses which make them up. The same is true
for our other senses as well. This interaction between the world and
our bodies is the ultimate computer, and our muscles provide the
controls.

I don't know how many of you are Jericho fans, but...

http://www.cbs.com/primetime/jericho/digital.php

I shot episodes 12 through 17 (only 12 through 14 up right now). During my summer internship with CBS in NY, I hooked up with one of the directors/producers for 48 Hours: Mystery, and I've been keeping contact with him ever since. So over Christmas break, I hooked back up with the guy who also does some work for Jericho, and they flew me down to Tampa and I got a chance to shoot some low budget, guerilla style web episodes for Jericho. We used a DVX100B, a few lowel lights and a Sun gun. It was cool, and I had a blast.

As I said, it's episodes 12 through 17, but don't expect any explosions or high crane shots, as this was run and gun style shooting, and really, it's just small videos that give some facts to the fictional characters and storyline of Jericho.

P.S. I also did some acting. I switched off with another guy between playing the park of Hawkins (the guy in the black hoody. That's me getting dragged through the Ice House).

My first reaction after reading your post was: "Wha...?" with a rather blank stare on my face. So I proceeded to follow the link and try to figure out what on earth you were talking about.

Cool idea, cool implementation...I'm still not really sure why. Your interview rambles. It starts off in a good direction, then it falls into rambling. About 1/2way through the video, I was starting to lose interest as you got REALLY technical about how the things worked.

It's not necessary to explain how each individual component does its job, what's essential is how to explain how these key components interact with each other.

So yea, really cool idea and good job with it so far. I'll keep a feeler out to find updates on this project as it grows...but that interview was lengthy and tedious...

this is my required documentation of the project for class

http://www.chinawhitemovie.com/

We start shooting March 19, 2007.

Look for updates often.

It sounds like it is gonna make some noise.
Keep up the good work.
What kind of gear are you going to use?
Good Day.

Finally, something I want to show. :)

Technical details:
Canon XL1
16x and 3x stock lenses
4 sets, no supplemental lighting (stunk!)
Shot sporadically over 5 days.


Our church is going through a series on depression. They asked us to try to capture the feeling through a combination of audio and video. The audio was pre-supplied but also recorded in-house, so we had to work within the bounds of the length and feel of the dialog. This was our attempt. Please tell me what you think.

www.ehrichs.net/DepressionSVCD.mpg (22.9meg, 68sec run time)

I tried to watch, because I'm a fan of Jericho, but unfortunately, the videos didn't work for me. That's awesome that you had the opportunity to work on this though!

Excellent piece of work Jacob, some neat techniques. I liked the woman in the diner best.

I'd expand it out to five or six sequences and have some sort of resolution, maybe something offering hope.

Well done.

Liam.

Very nice. Good work man.

My friend Chris Bowen (also the director) said to put a scene from the movie up as well, so people can get a feel for what the movie is all about.

I mentioned before this movie is shot all in first-person perspective, as the character Dave (behind the camera) is shooting the lives of his friends and the situation they are stuck in.

This is one of 35 shots in the film. It's the first scene where the characters realize something is wrong...

Hope you enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPGfm3f2iKM

If you have not already seen the trailer, you can watch it here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDfp0VIOB2Y

Take care,

Josh Woll

here's a short film i done this summer. i thougt i could post it here since i don't have this camcorder anymore. it's an abstract , surrealist french movie. hope you like it. i did this alone and in a day. it's featuring music by The American Dollar and Lisa lindley jones.
have fun.
Directed By Pascal Payant

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=1422792458

Script for a science fiction coffee commercial


LINSEN COFFEE

Version E
by Rob Shan Lone

INT.COFFE SHOP.DAY

A burnt coffee cup with oozing brown sludge is on a transporter pad. BRENT faces the camera after rolling his eyes up at the cup, smirking. BRENT is wearing welding gloves. BRENT is behind the counter, looking at one of the gloves.

BRENT

They tried to teleport it, those god damm aliens…but it doesn't taste right…

BRENT holds up a Metallic coffee using a “welding glove”.

BRENT

…because it’s not LINSIN coffee!

BRENT holds the cup and looks at the coffee. BRENTS gaze drifts to “the machine.” BRENT puts the cup down.

BRENT

LINSIN coffee is able to survive the teleportation sequence, due its magnetic metallic properties!

Close up shots of the machine, so we can not truly understand how big or what it is exactly. BRENT grabs a new clean cup and walks around the kiosk. Reference shot to the Monolith in 2001. BRENT walks into shot and places it on to the metal plate of the machine at the front of the kiosk. BRENT activates the machine. The nozzle of the machine vibrates slightly. A gold oily liquid pumps around a tube. The machine stops churning. Gold paste falls into the clean cup. The machine fills the cup. BRENT smiles with anticipation. BRENT looks up. A spaceman runs towards the cup and picks it up, but scorches his hand.

SPACEMAN

Geer ge Gaaahh!

The spaceman runs back out the door. Shots are heard, followed by the splashing of hot coffee, an alien scream is heard.

BRENT

Snap to it rocket man! You of all colonists deserve it, fighting against the tyranny of the human empire.

BRENT grabs a new cup and activates the machine again. This time the process is faster. BRENT picks up the new metallic coffee cup using the welding gloves. BRENT smells it.

BRENT

Ahhhh the aroma of iron. It takes me back to the canyons of Mars. Mmmmmm just taste that hot molten liquid!

BRENT is just about to drink from the cup when a light shines on it. A flash occurs and BRENT gets startled slightly. BRENT turns to the camera in an angry manner, clenching his fists.

BRENT

If all aliens do not leave Terran space I will destroy their base on the moon!

A second light shines on a collection of coffee products, including his first cup. BRENT looks furious and grabs one of the metallic bags to try and save it. Knocks over a few of the spare bags. BRENT spins around, places the bag in the other hand. BRENT brandishes a space grenade with his free hand. BRENT briefly fights against an invisible force growing stronger.

BRENT

LINSIN coffee it tastes good, even if it hurts!

A close up of one of the metallic bags from the collection. A strobe flash occurs.

Hi Daniel,

Thanks for the message and sorry for my delayed response.

The contest was very 'open', filmmakers were invited to produce a max 6 minute short film, in the Drama genre.

I know what you mean with the more abstract shots, after the film was finished I thought of choosing more exciting camera positions during the dialog part of the film. We had very little time to experiment, as the preparing of the set took twice the time that was planned for it. Beter luck next time ;)

Hi - this is the first film I've written and shot. It's about a man who can't face who he is and finally makes it real to himself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTuRMndOx3Q

Any comments, and especially any advice on where I went wrong and what I could do to improve would be brilliant.

Thanks!

Hi - this is the first film I've written and shot.

Would you upload it somewhere besides Youtube?

Is there any service you'd recommend? I don't have any online storage.

Hey everyone,

Though id share a music video directed by me, concept by Ben Woods (lead singer of the band)

www.thepegasuscompany.com

No disclaimers here, just watch it!

Jay

http://www.youtube.com/contest/supersweetrefund&results_all=true?goto=96

This is an entry for an online video contest on YouTube. It is our 1st attempt with the HVX200. If you have a YouTube account, go ahead and vote for it. Let me know what you think.

(Hint...vote "I Like it") :)

Thanks.

Was so great until the end. It slowed down far too much. Should've made it happen in about 10 seconds or less, you drew it out for like 30.

Clever idea, well executed, that encounted outside his door was just too lengthy to really bring it home. Good entry though...but unfortunately I couldn't cast a vote in good conscience witout seeing the other 139 entries...

...which won't happen, 'cause I have this thing I call life...it gets in the way with fun, sometimes...

Good entry though, hope you win. Good luck :)

Since I am still in the learning process of FCP I dare not take any paid work, so this is a first attempt to shoot & edit.

Shot using a Sony DCR-TRV14E mini DV camcorder
Edited on FCP5 on MacBook Pro
Nattress Film FX Plug-In

I am aiming at the wedding videography market. Although this clip is not on subject, I would appreciate any advise in regards to general editing & filming technique. After editing this clip I realised that there aren't any moving camera shots, I shot it using a tripod, so I guess it looks a little like a documentary.

Anyway, here it is and thanks for your comments.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ41aT_0Hb4

We at Poorly Projected Pictures just released ShoEvil - a horror movie trailer spoof.

http://colonelcrush.com/movie/index/00150000

The thing that makes it is the sound as much as the video. I just picked up a children's choir sound library (Giovani - Voices of the Young from BelaDMedia), and it totally anchored the sound.

We could have loaded this with many more tricks, but we make a short film a week. There's only so much time before we have to upload and move on to the next project! (Sunday nights get busy for us.)

(Shoe Evil, Shoe Ville?, Sh-Show Evil? - Schweevil!)

(Shoe Evil, Shoe Ville?, Sh-Show Evil? - Schweevil!)

The best part of the trailer! funny stuff.

LOL!

Oh my gosh, I laughed so hard at this! Well well done, totally what you were going for, haha. That ending was phenominal. I was going to comment on like, maybe not put a flash here, maybe redo this line...

...but who cares, that's flippin hilarious.

Hi everyone..I haven't posted much work up, but here is a new music video I just finished. It was shot on the HD110, edited in Premiere Pro 2.0 and After Effects 7.0 Pro, and colored with Magic Bullet.

http://www.the24thframe.com/video/answers.mov

We had no money to work with, and the band just wanted a simple rock out performance video for this song. I think we achieved it.

Nice work Wade, you've given the band a good promo tool.

A few guitar shots were vaguely familiar...then realized I did the same thing in the Bad Fathers "They're Coming" video in 2005 :) See attached.

I noticed the slo-mo shots looked a little blend-y, was that just a speed change on the timeline? It still works. I especially liked the location wherever that was, that really helps the tone of the video with the bars and the bricks and whatnot.

Whoa! That's pretty crazy! The guitarist wanted the close up shot of the guitar like that to mimic some shots from an older Pantera video.

Thanks Ben! I looked at your website for the first time just the other day after seeing your post about the Iowa metal band. You do some great work!

And you are correct, the speed changes were just done in timeline after recording the band playing the song in double time.


The last photoshoot I did for the band was in that same garage (belongs to the bass player) so we thought it would be a good place for this video shoot as well.

Jason, Daniel,

I'm glad you both enjoyed it!

Here's one thing we learned. Our narrator first read the lines like for an action piece. It seemed okay at the time. He used the same style as in the Colonel Crush Sword in the Stone OF ACTION! trailer. http://colonelcrush.com/movie/index/00030002

Everything seemed okay, until I started composing the music. The VO style was just wrong.

I had Matt come over a re-read the voice over - this time slowly and ominously. The difference was night and day.

The timing of the lines was easily twice as long in duration as the original. I lengthened each title as needed, and e-mailed Nathan, the director/editor, the number of frames to add. Nathan re-did the titles while I finished the audio.

Anyway, a tip for directors and announcers is to know the voice over styles for the variety of genres that you might produce. It doesn't matter how great the voice over talent is, if they don't go for the target style.

We just got word that the Exposure special featuring mine and Leslie Goff's HeroFest entry, RFeyeD, and the other 8 winners of the online short film contest last November, will air on SciFi Channel and Sundance Channel in April at the following times:

* Sunday, April 22, midnight
* Thursday, April 26, 8:30 a.m.
* Friday, April 27, 3:00 a.m.


So, please stay up late or set your TiVos...

We had to shoot a brief introduction to the film that will run just prior to our film, as well as a short outro that will run after.
So take a look and let me know what you think.

Voting for the Grand Prize Winner will take place that week at both the SciFi Channel and Sundance Channel Web sites. Thanks for all of your support!

http://www.puffinfilms.com/HeroFest/RFIDbanner.jpg

right on John!

Thanks for the feedback.

Pantera! That must be where I got it, 10 years ago and stored in my subconscience...

Where everything from Pantera should be :)

Check out the '5 Minutes Alone' video.

The most visually intense Video Blog ever made.

Hey guys,

I just finished my newest creation of the video bloging world. It is a montage of last summer. There are shots from Chicago, New York, and Florida. I would Love to hear what you think Honestly. Love to hear any corrections that can be made with editing. I love to hear the negative more than the positive because it helps me improve. But the positive is nice too.

Here is the link

http://www.vilekyle.com/Vid%20Blogs/A%20Summer%20I'l%20Never%20See%20Again/index.htm

35mm adapter? Some of that DOF was intense.

Very very good, well edited, well shot, lots of very interesting shots to keep it moving, looks like you had a great time.

A few of your shots though were completely out of focus. 100% out of focus, and there are people talking or people in a group. You really need to have SOMETHING in focus unless it's an abstract shot. It was really hard to look at those.

But the rest of the time, absolutely fantastic. I had fun watching this, I think you did a really good job. I can only imagine how many tapes you went through :)

35mm adapter? Some of that DOF was intense.


yes. I used the redrock.

Kyle, first I'll say I enjoyed the video blog very much. Thought there were a lot of great shots, colors, and effects through camera work. But you said you wanted negatives from us, so I tell you what I thought. Thought the fast cuts and quick focus in then out is very effective, but for seven mins it's a lot from the viewer, after about 3 mins kind of had me uneasy. Felt like I would go for long periods of time without really seeing anything in focus. Also thought you could lead us a little more with more of a story. The dialog was kind of random, and probably means more to you guys, but could have kept me more entertained with either a message, or more tied into the trip and video (which at first it seemed like there was going to be a message with the college talk.) Sound and music were great. Thought some of the shots were too shaky to use. Liked some the the effects of going back and forth to the same type of shot but with different settings, but thought it would work better if it was more evenly spread through out the blog. Also maybe a little transition scene here and there between cities. In the car, on the plane, or however you guys got around everywhere. Great job, can't wait to see more.

Hi, my name is Alexander Chorny and I am currently a cameraman/editor/compositor (doing a bit of animation as well) for Blaze Productions, Malta (www.blaze.com.mt). I just finished my showreel which includes works done over last 2 years. Most are shot on Sony Z1U, some on Betacam. Editing, compositing and animation - After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Motion.

Most of works in the showreel are done by me from shooting to post-production, some are a team effort (ICTV - 3d studio is done by our 3d artist, Virus - I'm a "floating camera", all post-production is done by Black Media).

H264(mp4) - http://rapidshare.com/files/22592528/ACShowreel_H264.mp4
WMV - http://rapidshare.com/files/22594255/ACShowreel.wmv
Online - http://www.livevideo.com/video/C0F118246B444DA2A7E1D371E05D1F66/showreel-2005-07.aspx?m_tkc=1907367

I will appreciate any feedback.

First of all, it's a good thing I really wanted to see this, 'cause it took far too long to download. Took me way too long to find the link to actually get through that website to the download itself. Anyway...points off for that :)

The reel itself.

Wow.

Kudos on the "first impression" factor, I was completely blown away. Very professional, very very good, really well-paced and full of really good content. If that doesn't land you jobs, nothing will. Nice work, I really enjoyed watching this.

First of all, it's a good thing I really wanted to see this, 'cause it took far too long to download. Took me way too long to find the link to actually get through that website to the download itself.

Sorry about that, the reason I had to use Rapidshare was that I don't have any hosting. I just added a livevideo.com link above so now I hope it's not a problem... even though the quality of online video is far from perfect. H.264 is way better.

Thanks a lot for encouraging! I made it basically because I'm thinking to move back to Kiev (Ukraine, my country) and needed something to represent my skills while searching for job opportunities. Also in a year or two I'm thinking to find a job in Canada or Australia (I'm finding it very interesting to work in different countries and get a very different experience). Cheers!

How big is the file? I could throw it up on my webspace just for kicks, it's got really good download speeds and such. No charge, just helping somebody out. Let me know :)

Thanks a lot for suggestion! If it's not a problem, I would appreciate it, cos now it seems like most people go for livevideo.com option which is the worst quality and shifted colours. Cheers and thanks again!

UPD. Ok no problem I found a hosting. Thanks anyways!

Updated links:

http://www.havefunvisuals.com/ACShowreel.wmv
http://www.havefunvisuals.com/ACShowreel_H264.mp4