Night Time Footage

Nathan Brendan Masters · December 29th, 2006, 10:19 PM

A skateboard. I caught a little shadow of you in the end, I thought you were standing on a truck-dolly. I still can't believe this footage. I'm going to try to do something like it here in Chicago maybe for an upcoming shoot. In the mean time I have to download this for inspiration.

-Nate

Anthony Leong · January 1st, 2007, 12:49 AM

Excellent, nice footage. Thanks

Nathan Brendan Masters · January 1st, 2007, 11:24 PM

By the way, the song is called "Chicago" and it's by Sufjan Stevens. It's beautiful. I'm addicted to this clip.

-Nate

Owen Bickford · August 2nd, 2007, 08:12 AM

a belated "great job!" the footage really is beautiful, and I'll surely be buying this camera ASAP.

Armando Serrano · August 10th, 2007, 10:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joe Simon

Yeah i actually fell down...haha. I've been skating for a while so that usually doesn't happen while I'm filming, but I was focused on the shot and hit a pot hole (ouch!). Camera never hit the ground just me.

Joe, do what race car drivers normally do before a race, "walk the track" to learn the course... lol

BTW, you have inspired me and I may now have to take up "skateboarding" too... (another tool for the toolbox).

Thanks!

Andrew Galves · August 14th, 2007, 12:54 AM

I just bought that A1, and as soon as I saw your footage, I ran outside to the street and messed with the camera. Now thanks to your post, I think I got it. Thanks a bunch! This camera rocks...

John Welsh · August 14th, 2007, 01:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joe Simon

Yeah i actually fell down...haha. I've been skating for a while so that usually doesn't happen while I'm filming, but I was focused on the shot and hit a pot hole (ouch!). Camera never hit the ground just me.

I remember me attaching my sony trv120 to my bike and riding down the street. Riding over water-gathering hole (sorry i dunno how it's called) my bike trembled and the battery of the sony fell into it ;D. Had to buy a new one.

nice footage btw

Brandon Paschal · August 14th, 2007, 07:58 PM

Joe ...

The footage is amazing. I think it's important for you to know. Any particular preset and/or compression format you use specifically for the web?

Best regards,

--Brandon

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joe Simon

I filmed this all in 24f, Most of the clips have different settings depending on what I was shooting. I noticed that the quicktime file seems to de-saturate the footage a bit kinda weird. Also the compresion seems to acent the noise, because when I veiw it in FCP I barely see noise if any at all.

http://www.joesimonproductions.com/s...t/downtown.mov

Joe Simon · August 21st, 2007, 09:39 AM

I use compressor to export to the web. It is done at 1300 kbits. I found this to work great for all web videos.

Deke Ryland · August 24th, 2007, 07:30 AM

Hey Joe.. great video! Is that H.264 from compressor? Do you ever run into any of the gamma-shift problems (desaturated look) that H.264 encodings often run into?

Chan Ee Jien · August 27th, 2007, 11:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joe Simon

The Gain ranged from 0 to 12db depending on how lit it was. When I was using 6 or 12db I had NR1 at Low which did a great job of getting rid of the noise. My black setting was at middle and bpress, I find that the XHA1 black setting is best at bpress( gets rid of that milky look). I played a lot with the CP settings, and I changed almost everything in there for different shots.
I didn't do any CC this is straight out of the camera.

Have you tried the Black settings in other situations other then nighttime?

Joe Simon · September 16th, 2007, 09:07 PM

I have to compensate the settings for the H.264 . In compressor I bump the saturation up to +5 and the brightness down -2, this way it equals out the same as my original footage.

I pretty much always use bpress or lower the set level to crush the blacks. If its really dark I'll won't drop it that much so I can retain more detail and then do my final adjustments in post.

Stu Siegal · September 22nd, 2007, 08:54 PM

Hey Joe, what did you use to monitor focus and color in the field? With all the on the fly changes you made, did the LCD cut it for you?

Joe Simon · October 2nd, 2007, 10:59 PM

I always use the onboard LCD when shooting stock lens with this camera. Once you get used to what it needs to look like it works great!

Brian Boyko · August 14th, 2008, 11:04 PM

You've convinced me that an A1 is completely worth it.

August 2nd, 2007, 08:12 AM	#34
Owen Bickford Regular Crew Join Date: May 2005 Location: Sulphur Springs, TX Posts: 35	a belated "great job!" the footage really is beautiful, and I'll surely be buying this camera ASAP. __________________ www.thetimelinepost.org

August 14th, 2007, 12:54 AM	#36
Andrew Galves New Boot Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Los Angeles CA Posts: 10	Awsome Footage I just bought that A1, and as soon as I saw your footage, I ran outside to the street and messed with the camera. Now thanks to your post, I think I got it. Thanks a bunch! This camera rocks...

August 14th, 2008, 11:04 PM	#45
Brian Boyko Major Player Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 773	You have convinced me that an A1 is worth it You've convinced me that an A1 is completely worth it. __________________ Equip: Panny GH1, Canon HG20, Juicedlink, AT897, Sennh. EW/GW100, Zoom H2, Vegas 8.1

December 29th, 2006, 10:19 PM	#31
Nathan Brendan Masters Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago, Il. Posts: 85	A skateboard. I caught a little shadow of you in the end, I thought you were standing on a truck-dolly. I still can't believe this footage. I'm going to try to do something like it here in Chicago maybe for an upcoming shoot. In the mean time I have to download this for inspiration. -Nate

January 1st, 2007, 12:49 AM	#32
Anthony Leong Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: United States Posts: 93	Excellent, nice footage. Thanks

January 1st, 2007, 11:24 PM	#33
Nathan Brendan Masters Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago, Il. Posts: 85	By the way, the song is called "Chicago" and it's by Sufjan Stevens. It's beautiful. I'm addicted to this clip. -Nate

August 21st, 2007, 09:39 AM	#39
Joe Simon Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 86	I use compressor to export to the web. It is done at 1300 kbits. I found this to work great for all web videos.

August 24th, 2007, 07:30 AM	#40
Deke Ryland Major Player Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Washington, USA Posts: 213	Hey Joe.. great video! Is that H.264 from compressor? Do you ever run into any of the gamma-shift problems (desaturated look) that H.264 encodings often run into?

September 16th, 2007, 09:07 PM	#42
Joe Simon Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 86	I have to compensate the settings for the H.264 . In compressor I bump the saturation up to +5 and the brightness down -2, this way it equals out the same as my original footage. I pretty much always use bpress or lower the set level to crush the blacks. If its really dark I'll won't drop it that much so I can retain more detail and then do my final adjustments in post.

September 22nd, 2007, 08:54 PM	#43
Stu Siegal Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Boston Posts: 151	Hey Joe, what did you use to monitor focus and color in the field? With all the on the fly changes you made, did the LCD cut it for you?

October 2nd, 2007, 10:59 PM	#44
Joe Simon Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 86	I always use the onboard LCD when shooting stock lens with this camera. Once you get used to what it needs to look like it works great!