Show Your Work 2005

Hendy Witanto · May 30th, 2005, 01:05 PM

Hi, just if somebody want to see 2min. test footage XL2, converted to .flv
1000Kbps, 25fps

(Note: if your connection speed is slover, press pause button and wait responding time to buffer the video...)

http://www.demagotheatre.org/eyetea/

Matt Lean · May 30th, 2005, 04:06 PM

I'm not sure what others might think of this, but I found it interesting. Great job Chris! The concept of this short was easy to follow and the story captured my attention. The quality of the video was good too (same goes for the editing), what camcorder did you use and what software did you use to edit(adobe,vegas,magic bullet,etc.)?

Riley Harmon · May 30th, 2005, 05:07 PM

Very nice! What camera? What did you use to light the night dorm room scenes?

Rob Yannetta · May 30th, 2005, 07:28 PM

The much anticipated final chapter in the "Bad Cat" series is now available for download at http://loudorangecat.com

"The meow stops here."

4 minutes, 13 seconds.

Daniel Patton · May 30th, 2005, 07:53 PM

It streamed fine for me, but I also tend to make my "personal" streaming video for high bandwidth users only. Business applications are another story.

Maybe one or two very slight pauses viewing your test at that rate, on our end anyway.

As a side note... I love the look of just about anything from the XL2, it's my #1 favorite SD/DV camera.

Chris Yi · May 31st, 2005, 12:55 AM

hey guys, thanks for the compliments! I used a Canon GL2 and shot all in frame mode. The only software I used was Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 and we lit the dorm room scenes with 2 small lamps, lol. the production was FAR from professional, and you guys probably would've laughed if you saw us, running around with desk lamps trying to make a movie, haha. thanks for checking it out and leaving comments!

Mathiu Zimmermann · May 31st, 2005, 06:54 AM

Cool! That's just the right spirit :) . I thought, that the guy running around and finally getting into the classroom was a little "too" overdone and messed up, the homeless "copy" of him was genius!

Regards, Matthias

Jose di Cani · May 31st, 2005, 07:06 AM

WOW! I had 1 glitch only when checking the video and that was a glitch of
0.4 seconds. It loaded pretty fast, amazing really what broadband can do with video. Super!

I loved some scenes you implemented in your xl2 footage. I like scene with the water pourring straight into the bowl and heat comng out of it. The lighting was just perfect and so warm. I would however change the background when the green plant comes into a solo-action (I would do something with the white backrgound).

Xl2 is just amazing now I have looked at your video. Thanks man. xl2....I need to have it.

Jose di Cani · May 31st, 2005, 07:12 AM

Great initial text animation with the numbers rolling and everything. I would only change some text scenes with the background white inoto some other colours, cause the white seems little bit greyish/video to me. I would also add a little bit of post productiont o warmen up the colours, cause the colours of some scenes are a little bit pale/grey. You only need to warm them up and the video will be fin. Thanks for the footage. Always nice to see what xl2's can do.

Jose di Cani · May 31st, 2005, 07:26 AM

Thanks for the footage. The quality of your work resembles most other xl footage out there which used a mini 35. I can tell the mini35 is used. The quality is amazing, no doubt, but sometimes I can tell it is fake or something is going on.

Things I like:

- scene with windmill and guy looking up. NIce cinematography there.
- warm colours/ DOF makes the difference
- end scene was nice to watch. A little bit overlighted but amazing pan view.

Things I don't like:
- scenes when the guy walks behind the colourfull houses...lacks action there. A bit stiff acting
- stiff acting (you can feel what is going to happen). HEad over shouder scenes are a bit too obvious. I would use the DOF to include the shoulder so that it blures away or shorten the distance ratio. MAybe that is because one cam was used on the conversation scene. I don't know.

good luck with your work

Chris McKee · June 1st, 2005, 12:11 PM

Opening couple minutes of a video I made for my Fire Department, Maple Ridge, BC. It's for the new recruit class.

http://www.mckeedigital.com/MRFD2005.wmv

Chris

Jimmy McKenzie · June 1st, 2005, 01:05 PM

Nice. Was the bumper cam real time or time re-mapping in AFX?
Your poor lens! I hope those were water droplets I noticed ...
Great intro!
How's the civic square project going? Your ex ceo spent a few whirlwind days as our ceo, was quickly fired and now he's in Kazakastan ...

Chris McKee · June 1st, 2005, 02:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimmy McKenzie

Nice. Was the bumper cam real time or time re-mapping in AFX?
Your poor lens! I hope those were water droplets I noticed ...
Great intro!
How's the civic square project going? Your ex ceo spent a few whirlwind days as our ceo, was quickly fired and now he's in Kazakastan ...

Thanks!
All edited in Premiere Pro... I believe the bumper clip was at about 450% speed. Don't feel too bad for the lens... it's a $40 Wide angle converter on the front of a cheap 1CCD Sharp miniDV that I [ab]use in those situations. Most of the rest is XL1s.

Yes, Mr. Robertson's name is mud around here. Civic square is finished, but we'll be paying for it for years...
Chris

Ken Beals · June 1st, 2005, 11:24 PM

Hey Chris...

You got some good shots from the bumper cam to the guys donning gear in the Engine to the cutout still shots of each of the crew (or were they the instructors for the Recruit class?).

Even though it was upbeat I had a difficult time with the music selection.
I couldn't quite put my auditory finger on it, there was just something about that specific song that seemed to detract from a pretty cool Fire Dept. video.

So far have only sat in on editing sessions but I can sure appreciate that simply making a simple decision on what music to use just ain't so simple.

Thanks for posting.

Riley Harmon · June 2nd, 2005, 10:48 PM

Okay guys. I'm going to be producing a short pretty soon and a friend and I created this as concept art for the short. Basically to make sure we could do it. It took about 5 seconds to film and 5 hours to complete.

www.rch-e.com/temp/steven-boom.mov

Specs:
PV-DV953 16:9 anamorphic, frame mode (specialized AE conversion to 24p)
After Effects to composite
3DS Max for 3d animation
Stock footage for flames
Particular for flares

Lemme know what you think and what could be improved. Thanks!

May 30th, 2005, 01:05 PM	#496
Hendy Witanto New Boot Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Prague, Czech rep. Posts: 16	XL2 footage - broadband streaming Hi, just if somebody want to see 2min. test footage XL2, converted to .flv 1000Kbps, 25fps (Note: if your connection speed is slover, press pause button and wait responding time to buffer the video...) http://www.demagotheatre.org/eyetea/

May 30th, 2005, 07:28 PM	#499
Rob Yannetta Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: St. Petersburg, FL Posts: 85	Bad Cat 3 The much anticipated final chapter in the "Bad Cat" series is now available for download at http://loudorangecat.com "The meow stops here." 4 minutes, 13 seconds. __________________ Robert M Yannetta, Loud Orange Cat Productions http://LoudOrangeCat.com

May 30th, 2005, 07:53 PM	#500
Daniel Patton Major Player Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Knoxville TN Posts: 589	It streamed fine for me, but I also tend to make my "personal" streaming video for high bandwidth users only. Business applications are another story. Maybe one or two very slight pauses viewing your test at that rate, on our end anyway. As a side note... I love the look of just about anything from the XL2, it's my #1 favorite SD/DV camera. __________________ Our eyes allow us to see the world - The lens allows others to see the world through our eyes. RED ONE #977

May 31st, 2005, 06:54 AM	#502
Mathiu Zimmermann Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Ruhrgebiet, Germany Posts: 42	Cool! That's just the right spirit :) . I thought, that the guy running around and finally getting into the classroom was a little "too" overdone and messed up, the homeless "copy" of him was genius! Regards, Matthias __________________ www.mattzi.de

June 1st, 2005, 12:11 PM	#506
Chris McKee Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Vancouver BC Posts: 47	Fire Department Video Opening couple minutes of a video I made for my Fire Department, Maple Ridge, BC. It's for the new recruit class. http://www.mckeedigital.com/MRFD2005.wmv Chris

May 30th, 2005, 04:06 PM	#497
Matt Lean Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Federal Way Posts: 32	I'm not sure what others might think of this, but I found it interesting. Great job Chris! The concept of this short was easy to follow and the story captured my attention. The quality of the video was good too (same goes for the editing), what camcorder did you use and what software did you use to edit(adobe,vegas,magic bullet,etc.)?

May 30th, 2005, 05:07 PM	#498
Riley Harmon Major Player Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 424	Very nice! What camera? What did you use to light the night dorm room scenes?

May 31st, 2005, 12:55 AM	#501
Chris Yi Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Walnut Creek (USA) Posts: 32	hey guys, thanks for the compliments! I used a Canon GL2 and shot all in frame mode. The only software I used was Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 and we lit the dorm room scenes with 2 small lamps, lol. the production was FAR from professional, and you guys probably would've laughed if you saw us, running around with desk lamps trying to make a movie, haha. thanks for checking it out and leaving comments!

May 31st, 2005, 07:06 AM	#503
Jose di Cani Major Player Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Holland, Europe Posts: 214	WOW! I had 1 glitch only when checking the video and that was a glitch of 0.4 seconds. It loaded pretty fast, amazing really what broadband can do with video. Super! I loved some scenes you implemented in your xl2 footage. I like scene with the water pourring straight into the bowl and heat comng out of it. The lighting was just perfect and so warm. I would however change the background when the green plant comes into a solo-action (I would do something with the white backrgound). Xl2 is just amazing now I have looked at your video. Thanks man. xl2....I need to have it.

May 31st, 2005, 07:12 AM	#504
Jose di Cani Major Player Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Holland, Europe Posts: 214	Great initial text animation with the numbers rolling and everything. I would only change some text scenes with the background white inoto some other colours, cause the white seems little bit greyish/video to me. I would also add a little bit of post productiont o warmen up the colours, cause the colours of some scenes are a little bit pale/grey. You only need to warm them up and the video will be fin. Thanks for the footage. Always nice to see what xl2's can do.

May 31st, 2005, 07:26 AM	#505
Jose di Cani Major Player Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Holland, Europe Posts: 214	Thanks for the footage. The quality of your work resembles most other xl footage out there which used a mini 35. I can tell the mini35 is used. The quality is amazing, no doubt, but sometimes I can tell it is fake or something is going on. Things I like: - scene with windmill and guy looking up. NIce cinematography there. - warm colours/ DOF makes the difference - end scene was nice to watch. A little bit overlighted but amazing pan view. Things I don't like: - scenes when the guy walks behind the colourfull houses...lacks action there. A bit stiff acting - stiff acting (you can feel what is going to happen). HEad over shouder scenes are a bit too obvious. I would use the DOF to include the shoulder so that it blures away or shorten the distance ratio. MAybe that is because one cam was used on the conversation scene. I don't know. good luck with your work

June 1st, 2005, 01:05 PM	#507
Jimmy McKenzie Major Player Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Waterloo Ontario Posts: 721	Nice. Was the bumper cam real time or time re-mapping in AFX? Your poor lens! I hope those were water droplets I noticed ... Great intro! How's the civic square project going? Your ex ceo spent a few whirlwind days as our ceo, was quickly fired and now he's in Kazakastan ...

June 1st, 2005, 11:24 PM	#509
Ken Beals Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Tempe, Az Posts: 172	Hey Chris... You got some good shots from the bumper cam to the guys donning gear in the Engine to the cutout still shots of each of the crew (or were they the instructors for the Recruit class?). Even though it was upbeat I had a difficult time with the music selection. I couldn't quite put my auditory finger on it, there was just something about that specific song that seemed to detract from a pretty cool Fire Dept. video. So far have only sat in on editing sessions but I can sure appreciate that simply making a simple decision on what music to use just ain't so simple. Thanks for posting. __________________ Mediocrity is a disease...

June 2nd, 2005, 10:48 PM	#510
Riley Harmon Major Player Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 424	visual effect test for upcoming short Okay guys. I'm going to be producing a short pretty soon and a friend and I created this as concept art for the short. Basically to make sure we could do it. It took about 5 seconds to film and 5 hours to complete. www.rch-e.com/temp/steven-boom.mov Specs: PV-DV953 16:9 anamorphic, frame mode (specialized AE conversion to 24p) After Effects to composite 3DS Max for 3d animation Stock footage for flames Particular for flares Lemme know what you think and what could be improved. Thanks! Last edited by Riley Harmon; June 2nd, 2005 at 11:10 PM.