Natural Gas TV Spot at DVinfo.net

Matt Cikovic · January 2nd, 2012, 01:31 AM

For critique:

One of three natural gas TV spots I shot and edited this fall. This one is by far my favorite of the three:

The others:

Bryan Gilchrist · January 5th, 2012, 09:14 PM

Nice videos, you can hear pop's with the "P's" on the VO's though.

And I would mention to them that they may want to change their name...SCUD is associated with missiles... ;)

Matt Cikovic · January 6th, 2012, 12:20 AM

They have absolutely no sense of humor about that acronym.

But thanks for the feedback.

Jerry Porter · January 6th, 2012, 12:22 PM

Nice Matt,
What did you shoot it with?

Matt Cikovic · January 6th, 2012, 09:15 PM

Canon 60D with a Tamron 17-50mm F2.8, an adapted Nikon 70-200mm f2.8, and a Canon 50mm f1.8.

Jerry Porter · January 6th, 2012, 09:46 PM

Well done with the 60. They look like they were for broadcast. Did the local station give you any crap over the format or did you just send it to them digital? How did they hold up to the compression chain?

Matt Cikovic · January 8th, 2012, 01:02 PM

Well there's a bit of miss-communication around that. When I accepted the job and shot the spot they neglected to mention to me that they were for web (which I thought) and for broadcast. I didn't shoot 24p or anything crazy, but obviously I would have preferred to been in the loop right off the bat.

Per the TV stations request, I ftp'd an HD h.264 .mov and that was the last of my involvement. I know the spots aired but I never saw them. I can only hope it looked okay in broadcast.

January 2nd, 2012, 01:31 AM	#1
Matt Cikovic Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 47	Natural Gas TV Spot For critique: One of three natural gas TV spots I shot and edited this fall. This one is by far my favorite of the three: SCUD environmental on Vimeo The others: SCUD_experience on Vimeo SCUD general why on Vimeo

January 5th, 2012, 09:14 PM	#2
Bryan Gilchrist Major Player Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 224	Re: Natural Gas TV Spot Nice videos, you can hear pop's with the "P's" on the VO's though. And I would mention to them that they may want to change their name...SCUD is associated with missiles... ;)

January 6th, 2012, 12:20 AM	#3
Matt Cikovic Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 47	Re: Natural Gas TV Spot They have absolutely no sense of humor about that acronym. But thanks for the feedback.

January 6th, 2012, 12:22 PM	#4
Jerry Porter Major Player Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Satellite Beach, Fl Posts: 784	Re: Natural Gas TV Spot Nice Matt, What did you shoot it with?

January 6th, 2012, 09:15 PM	#5
Matt Cikovic Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 47	Re: Natural Gas TV Spot Canon 60D with a Tamron 17-50mm F2.8, an adapted Nikon 70-200mm f2.8, and a Canon 50mm f1.8.

January 6th, 2012, 09:46 PM	#6
Jerry Porter Major Player Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Satellite Beach, Fl Posts: 784	Re: Natural Gas TV Spot Well done with the 60. They look like they were for broadcast. Did the local station give you any crap over the format or did you just send it to them digital? How did they hold up to the compression chain?

January 8th, 2012, 01:02 PM	#7
Matt Cikovic Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 47	Re: Natural Gas TV Spot Well there's a bit of miss-communication around that. When I accepted the job and shot the spot they neglected to mention to me that they were for web (which I thought) and for broadcast. I didn't shoot 24p or anything crazy, but obviously I would have preferred to been in the loop right off the bat. Per the TV stations request, I ftp'd an HD h.264 .mov and that was the last of my involvement. I know the spots aired but I never saw them. I can only hope it looked okay in broadcast.