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NYC Wedding Trailer · September 30th, 2009, 05:50 PM

Had the opportunity to shoot in NYC recently. I don't often shoot up there as I'm located near Philly and mostly do gigs around that area. The wedding took place at the Plaza Hotel located directly across from the ultra-cool underground Manhattan Apple store. Of course I had to include a shot of it in the estabs. :)

http://www.gmelliottvideography.com/satnicktrailer.mov

PS This Chris Brown song has been very popular with brides since that youtube video of the dancing precessional....that, or it's just pure coincidence. Needless to say the music was the bride's choice.

Scott Hayes · September 30th, 2009, 06:11 PM

looks great man! love the treatment you have done with your titles.

Matt Barwick · September 30th, 2009, 06:46 PM

Nice work Glen - always look forward to seeing your stuff so thanks for sharing.

Very tight edit and great time shifting. The opening speech with the sand was superb.

Did you use any external lighting at all? Looked like it was all available light and looked really good.

Cheers,

Matt.

P.S. It was a really sloooow download for me. I'm not on a super fast connection - 1.5MB/s but it seemed to max out around 20kb/s.

Jerry Porter · September 30th, 2009, 08:37 PM

Well done, I really enjoyed it!!

Glen Elliott · October 1st, 2009, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Matt Barwick

Nice work Glen - always look forward to seeing your stuff so thanks for sharing.

Very tight edit and great time shifting. The opening speech with the sand was superb.

Did you use any external lighting at all? Looked like it was all available light and looked really good.

Cheers,

Matt.

P.S. It was a really sloooow download for me. I'm not on a super fast connection - 1.5MB/s but it seemed to max out around 20kb/s.

Good call- yes no additional light was used at all. Thanks for watching!

Glen Elliott · October 1st, 2009, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Scott Hayes

looks great man! love the treatment you have done with your titles.

Thanks Scott! Hey how are you- long time no speak!

Bill Vincent · October 4th, 2009, 06:00 PM

Beautiful work. Fabulous location. Just very nice... great job, Glen!

Kevin Lewis · October 4th, 2009, 06:12 PM

Glen,

What were yourcamera settings. Did you have to bump up the gain levels?

Glen Elliott · October 4th, 2009, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Bill Vincent

Beautiful work. Fabulous location. Just very nice... great job, Glen!

Hey, thanks Bill.

Glen Elliott · October 4th, 2009, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Kevin Lewis

Glen,

What were yourcamera settings. Did you have to bump up the gain levels?

Yes most (if not all) of the reception footage was shot at +12db and 1/24th shutter.

Kevin Lewis · October 4th, 2009, 06:31 PM

wow +12, how did you avoid all the grain and the streaking withthe 1/24 setting?

Stephen J. Williams · October 14th, 2009, 07:21 AM

Glen...

I still remember a thread you commented on a couple months ago about having to push your camera to the limits in low light. You pull it off so well and this video was a wonderful example on backing up your words.

I loved it...

Steve

Dimitris Mantalias · October 14th, 2009, 10:46 AM

Amazing wedding and fantastic editing. But what impressed me most, was the fact that you have these results by using the camera at its very limits. It looks so smooth for 1/24!

Glen Elliott · October 18th, 2009, 07:35 AM

To be fair the footage and full resolution does have quite a bit more visible grain in it. The Ceremony was quite possibly the darkest environment I've ever shot in. Of course I was pushing the camera as far as I'm comfortable then pushing the mid-tones and highlights (standard color corrector) in post.

One of the unsung benefits to downconversion to SD DVD (and web) is it seems to help smooth noise out via the down-conversion. PS One of the keys to good low light performance is to NOT use any noise-reduction filters in camera.

Monday Isa · October 18th, 2009, 11:25 AM

"PS One of the keys to good low light performance is to NOT use any noise-reduction filters in camera."

hmmmm could you explain that in more detail Glen?

September 30th, 2009, 06:46 PM	#3
Matt Barwick Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Kingscliff, Australia Posts: 196	Nice work Glen - always look forward to seeing your stuff so thanks for sharing. Very tight edit and great time shifting. The opening speech with the sand was superb. Did you use any external lighting at all? Looked like it was all available light and looked really good. Cheers, Matt. P.S. It was a really sloooow download for me. I'm not on a super fast connection - 1.5MB/s but it seemed to max out around 20kb/s. __________________ www.mattbarwickfilms.com / wedding videos gold coast / my stuff on Vimeo

October 4th, 2009, 06:31 PM	#11
Kevin Lewis Major Player Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Philadelphia, pa Posts: 705	wow +12, how did you avoid all the grain and the streaking withthe 1/24 setting? Last edited by Kevin Lewis; October 5th, 2009 at 09:43 AM.

October 18th, 2009, 07:35 AM	#14
Glen Elliott Wrangler Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 2,898	To be fair the footage and full resolution does have quite a bit more visible grain in it. The Ceremony was quite possibly the darkest environment I've ever shot in. Of course I was pushing the camera as far as I'm comfortable then pushing the mid-tones and highlights (standard color corrector) in post. One of the unsung benefits to downconversion to SD DVD (and web) is it seems to help smooth noise out via the down-conversion. PS One of the keys to good low light performance is to NOT use any noise-reduction filters in camera. __________________ Glen Elliott Cord 3 Films

September 30th, 2009, 06:11 PM	#2
Scott Hayes Major Player Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 692	looks great man! love the treatment you have done with your titles.

September 30th, 2009, 08:37 PM	#4
Jerry Porter Major Player Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Satellite Beach, Fl Posts: 784	Well done, I really enjoyed it!!

October 4th, 2009, 06:00 PM	#7
Bill Vincent Major Player Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 253	Beautiful work. Fabulous location. Just very nice... great job, Glen!

October 4th, 2009, 06:12 PM	#8
Kevin Lewis Major Player Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Philadelphia, pa Posts: 705	Glen, What were yourcamera settings. Did you have to bump up the gain levels?

October 14th, 2009, 07:21 AM	#12
Stephen J. Williams Major Player Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 768	Glen... I still remember a thread you commented on a couple months ago about having to push your camera to the limits in low light. You pull it off so well and this video was a wonderful example on backing up your words. I loved it... Steve

October 14th, 2009, 10:46 AM	#13
Dimitris Mantalias Major Player Join Date: May 2009 Location: Arta, Greece Posts: 342	Amazing wedding and fantastic editing. But what impressed me most, was the fact that you have these results by using the camera at its very limits. It looks so smooth for 1/24!

October 18th, 2009, 11:25 AM	#15
Monday Isa Major Player Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: College Park, Maryland Posts: 913	"PS One of the keys to good low light performance is to NOT use any noise-reduction filters in camera." hmmmm could you explain that in more detail Glen?