Show Your Work 2005

Eniola Akintoye · July 9th, 2005, 09:13 AM

Hey Michael,
It did not show. One time it was singing with no pictures.
Can you please double check

Cemil Giray · July 9th, 2005, 09:27 AM

Good production value. I liked the editing style and the consistent use of effects; you did not go overboard. I would have prefered a tad more light on her, at least an occasional burst, but I'm being nitpicky. Good work.

Jay Gladwell · July 9th, 2005, 03:56 PM

I can't get it to play--have tried several times throughout the day.

Jay

Jay Gladwell · July 9th, 2005, 04:03 PM

Looked very nice! Colors were rich and exposure appeared to be right on the nose. In the opening, you mentioned "cars" and "girls." Saw the cars, but didn't see much of anything relating to "girls."

Jay

Bryan McCullough · July 9th, 2005, 04:10 PM

Looks good, but I do agree that more light on her would have been good.

Patrick King · July 9th, 2005, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Jay Gladwell

I can't get it to play--have tried several times throughout the day.

Jay

Same here, I couldn't get it to play streaming or by downloading. Heard the music, couldn't see the video. I got an error that some Quicktime elements were missing and not available on the server.

Jay Gladwell · July 9th, 2005, 06:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Patrick King

Same here, I couldn't get it to play streaming or by downloading. Heard the music, couldn't see the video. I got an error that some Quicktime elements were missing and not available on the server.

So, Mike, what's the story here?

Jay

Bryan McCullough · July 9th, 2005, 07:27 PM

Looks like it was encoded with H.264

So you'll need QT 7 to view it and for Windows users that's a beta version.

Matt Champagne · July 9th, 2005, 08:06 PM

I honestly...have no idea what I just watched. Good effort though. Try and put an outline around your subtitles so they show up better over white. You had quite a bit of over exposure too. Also, try and find a better web compression method, use the Vegas 5 wmv 256kbps template, or an equivolent quicktime template.

Paolo Macachor · July 10th, 2005, 06:06 AM

Thanks. Actually, I don't have DVD Architect or other software, but yeah I guess a border will do the subs more justice.

I just used the SAMPLE TEXT in the Vegas media generators. I could always up it even to 3MB but I'm NOT on DSL so that'll take a year to upload. LOL.
But thanks for bothering.

And as for the over exposure, it was the bright color curves. I contaminated the brightness on one end of the video event... probably too lazy to render that "over exposed" part separately.

Thanks.

George Miskovski · July 10th, 2005, 04:07 PM

A lot of people comment on that. I see a lot of car videos made by people that feel they must include girls to be a complete package. I teased and went against that rule. Sorry to dissapoint :)

Cory Cone · July 10th, 2005, 07:21 PM

Ok, it's fine if you don't want girls in your video but don't get peoples hopes up by saying "cars & girls," people will get let down...

George Miskovski · July 10th, 2005, 11:16 PM

oooh, you seem genuinely upset about that. Next time I'll make sure to fit some girls in. :)

Can I ask, what parts of the video did you guys hate and would like to see improved? And don't say the lack of girls please. :)

Daniel Patton · July 11th, 2005, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by George Miskovski

Can I ask, what parts of the video did you guys hate and would like to see improved? And don't say the lack of girls please. :)

Well, of course the lack of GIRLS! Sorry, had to say it.

If I could change one thing it would be the camera motion, way too much. Work on trying to steady the shots a bit more, it's a little more work with a hand-held camera, but it can be done.

It was the one thing that made it hard to watch, well... that... and the lack of GIRLS! ;)

Richard Alvarez · July 16th, 2005, 06:21 AM

My documentary "American Jouster" was just selected to screen at the Breckenridge Festival of Film, in Colorado - Sept 8-11. I'm pleased as its a good sized fest thats been around for twenty five years. I might be in attendance, depending on my schedule.

Also, a tiny excerpt of the feature doc, entitled "First Fall" has been selected to screen this weekend (July 16,17) at the AURORA PICTURE SHOW in Houston, as part of the Extreme Shorts Film Festival, now in its seventh year. It's a three minute mini-doc, so if you're in Houston, drop by the Aurora Picture Show in the NE Heights, and see a cool selection of shorts screening in a neat micro-cinema. Good people there, deserving of local support.

July 9th, 2005, 09:27 AM	#587
Cemil Giray Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: France Posts: 58	Very good Good production value. I liked the editing style and the consistent use of effects; you did not go overboard. I would have prefered a tad more light on her, at least an occasional burst, but I'm being nitpicky. Good work.

July 10th, 2005, 06:06 AM	#595
Paolo Macachor New Boot Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 23	re Thanks. Actually, I don't have DVD Architect or other software, but yeah I guess a border will do the subs more justice. I just used the SAMPLE TEXT in the Vegas media generators. I could always up it even to 3MB but I'm NOT on DSL so that'll take a year to upload. LOL. But thanks for bothering. And as for the over exposure, it was the bright color curves. I contaminated the brightness on one end of the video event... probably too lazy to render that "over exposed" part separately. Thanks.

July 16th, 2005, 06:21 AM	#600
Richard Alvarez Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: San Mateo, CA Posts: 3,840	"American Jouster" to screen at Breckenridge My documentary "American Jouster" was just selected to screen at the Breckenridge Festival of Film, in Colorado - Sept 8-11. I'm pleased as its a good sized fest thats been around for twenty five years. I might be in attendance, depending on my schedule. Also, a tiny excerpt of the feature doc, entitled "First Fall" has been selected to screen this weekend (July 16,17) at the AURORA PICTURE SHOW in Houston, as part of the Extreme Shorts Film Festival, now in its seventh year. It's a three minute mini-doc, so if you're in Houston, drop by the Aurora Picture Show in the NE Heights, and see a cool selection of shorts screening in a neat micro-cinema. Good people there, deserving of local support.

July 9th, 2005, 09:13 AM	#586
Eniola Akintoye Major Player Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Duluth GA Posts: 238	Hey Michael, It did not show. One time it was singing with no pictures. Can you please double check

July 9th, 2005, 03:56 PM	#588
Jay Gladwell Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,244	I can't get it to play--have tried several times throughout the day. Jay

July 9th, 2005, 04:03 PM	#589
Jay Gladwell Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,244	Looked very nice! Colors were rich and exposure appeared to be right on the nose. In the opening, you mentioned "cars" and "girls." Saw the cars, but didn't see much of anything relating to "girls." Jay

July 9th, 2005, 04:10 PM	#590
Bryan McCullough Major Player Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Richardson, TX Posts: 842	Looks good, but I do agree that more light on her would have been good.

July 9th, 2005, 07:27 PM	#593
Bryan McCullough Major Player Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Richardson, TX Posts: 842	Looks like it was encoded with H.264 So you'll need QT 7 to view it and for Windows users that's a beta version.

July 9th, 2005, 08:06 PM	#594
Matt Champagne Major Player Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New Iberia, LA Posts: 229	I honestly...have no idea what I just watched. Good effort though. Try and put an outline around your subtitles so they show up better over white. You had quite a bit of over exposure too. Also, try and find a better web compression method, use the Vegas 5 wmv 256kbps template, or an equivolent quicktime template.

July 10th, 2005, 04:07 PM	#596
George Miskovski New Boot Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 10	A lot of people comment on that. I see a lot of car videos made by people that feel they must include girls to be a complete package. I teased and went against that rule. Sorry to dissapoint :)

July 10th, 2005, 07:21 PM	#597
Cory Cone Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 41	Ok, it's fine if you don't want girls in your video but don't get peoples hopes up by saying "cars & girls," people will get let down...

July 10th, 2005, 11:16 PM	#598
George Miskovski New Boot Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 10	oooh, you seem genuinely upset about that. Next time I'll make sure to fit some girls in. :) Can I ask, what parts of the video did you guys hate and would like to see improved? And don't say the lack of girls please. :)