Here is a litte "teaser" I made....

[Marius Svendsen]

I put togheter a few skateboard clips which Ive filmed....Im sure Im way under the level that you guys are at, but hey, Im only 17 and been doing this about a year now.
Hopefully with some help and luck I will be able to make full lenght videos in the future:)

It only last 53 seconds, nothing special....here is the link:

http://www.singlereel.com/directory/clip-18398.html


P.S. Please give me any tips that u might have.
It's all been shot longlense too, since I don't have a fisheye at the moment.

[Marius Svendsen]

The first link in the topic don't work, use the following link to view my 56sec of what I like to film:)

http://www.singlereel.com/directory/clip-18402.html

[Eric Emerick]

I still can't get anything off that 2nd link, maybe due to the new QT6 I'm running?

[Keith Loh]

I liked it. Good choice of music. Playful.

The stair stepping I guess you could have avoided by not shooting all those angles.

I like the interlude with the hotties walking around.

My favourite shot was where the guy jumped up into the light. Too bad there wasn't a bit more sun source. You could have had a nice lens flare.

[Revolver1010]

Couldn't get it to play either. I'm using the latest Quicktime as well. The page loads but no video ever comes up.



Revolver1010.

[Don Berube]

Played just fine for me on my laptop via my cable modem at 300K using Quicktime.

What camera did you use? What lens?

I immediately noticed that you are mindful of not zooming while you are shooting, that is good - more cinematic than zooming in and out - I like the way that you treat your zoom lens as if it were a prime (fixed focal length lens). I would have used a tripod on some of those shots, at least a Tiffen SteadyStick
< http://www.tiffen.com/SteadyStick.htm >
I use the SteadyStick very frequently and I love it, I use it with handycams and larger shoulder-mount DVCams.

Reminds me of when I used to shoot for Resort Sports Network ( rsn.com ), used to shoot all kinds of sports, especially skiing and snowboarding, did some skateboarding shoots too for John Jealous from the Mount Washington Valley. All too often, I had to go handheld (SteadyStick was not available at the time) especially for the ski and snowboard fooatge since I too would be on a pair of skiis or snowboard! We had a Panasonic SuperCam back then (more of the size of a BetaCam camciorder). If only we had GL1's back then!

If you are using a camera with a 58mm screw-on thread mount, I recommend you pick up the Century Optics .55x "Reversible" Wide Angle Adaptor. Screw it on and it is a .55x wide with no chromatic aberrations to speak of (high quality glass), flip it around and screw it on the other way and it is a nice wiiiiide fish-eye - perfect for skateboarding effects.

Keep in touch!

- don

[Eric Emerick]

I got it, I just had to be more patient. Good stuff. It's hard to anticipate the "action zone" for a quick moving shot. That spill at the end made me feel glad I played football when I was younger, at least I had pads!

[Ken Tanaka]

Nice "logo" lead shot with that scratched film-look filter. Good shot framing on a hard subject to follow. Some pro-quality camera moves in there. I might consider dropping the split-screen shot in favor of 30 frames of a tight shot of the person. Also, perhaps a tighter shot on the "hoties'" faces for reaction to the skateboarders would give more emotion to the clip. (Yes, I know that cropping the shot to their faces would diminish the general appeal of the shot.)

Urban skateboarders drive me crazy. But I enjoyed watching your clip. Nice work.

[Marius Svendsen]

Thanks for all the feedback. I will look into the tips.
On that little teaser I used a Sony VX1000 and a Canon Elura10.
Im saving up for the Century .3x fisheye now so when then come I will shoot way more closer to the action!

[Marius Svendsen]

Thanks for all the feedback. I will look into the tips.
On that little teaser I used a Sony VX1000 and a Canon Elura10.
Im saving up for the Century .3x fisheye now so when then come I will shoot way more closer to the action!
I'll try getting a hold of a steady-stick for sure, sounded like a smart thing to have.

Again, thanks for the feedback.

[Jay Gladwell]

That was an enjoyable little piece. Like Keith said, the interlude was especially nice. That guy that wiped out in the last shot -- looked like too much of that could impair one's future plans for having children! ;o)