Re: Feeb video editors, the CS montage
sounds good
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If you are into video editing Abi, you could do much worse than look at some of the early demo scene amiga work for some ideas on how a variety of disciplines can be used in video.
The Demo scene is something I've always been into and it got me into creating digital art years ago.
Basically demo coders, graphic designers, artists, musicians etc etc from all over get together and create 'demo's' of their abilities using their preferred hardware.
Ignore the low poly count of the 3d, these are realtime rendered scenes which take infinite programming knowledge with 12 year old technology, this demo won TBL, black lotus an award at the 2006 Assembly over anything produced on a PC!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wtMEBPWeMo
All the weird names that keep popping up are either shouts out to fellow coders or credits for the guys who worked on it but the fonts and the graphic style, like most of Black Lotus' stuff is very good imo. Much more interesting than just fades / screen wipe etc.
heres my 2p's worth.
yes, i do like that kind of stuff but again in moderation, too much cgi will make it like cheese, this is what im talking about with the beat in sync with the motion, its within the first two seconds so dont blink
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbTwasiBKs8
yes, i do like that kind of stuff but again in moderation, too much cgi will make it like cheese, this is what im talking about with the beat in sync with the motion, its within the first two seconds so dont blink
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbTwasiBKs8
Not so much the cgi, I mean the titles and the way typography is used to enhance the footage.
Very good example of classy editing, I like the camera moves in that gone in 60 seconds vid, it also well put together.... but I feel not such a great intro for that film, which is about speed; even the name of the film suggests the car is going to be nicked quickly, then they uses these slow pop up and fade away bits of typography which imo do nothing to add a feeling of urgency, it felt more like 'I'm going grey in 112 seconds waiting for something to happen' than gone in 60 seconds.
Yippy kay ay**
You have a good point there about pacing things before you speed it up though
Good idea but hard to pull off i think, if you get footage from different people the style maybe different, also if you want something to look really good higher end cameras might be needed. plus it will take alot of time to put it together (aswell as you want it) other than that its a really good idea and wouldnt mind getting involved.
Good idea but hard to pull off i think, if you get footage from different people the style maybe different, also if you want something to look really good higher end cameras might be needed. plus it will take alot of time to put it together (aswell as you want it) other than that its a really good idea and wouldnt mind getting involved.
Are you in the industry/ student btw?
Used to be more into skate stuff myself, they tend to use ultra distorted lenses to get extra perpective, but I know what you mean about the surf vids they are pretty stylish too, I also quite like it when dramatic pauses are put into a film with a break in the sound track at a pivotal moment.
The first couple of minutes of Lock Stock (when they are running away from doing some dodgy street trading) are nicely filmed, grainy footage with those nice breaks and slow mo. You could get some nice footage at a airfield meets and compose shots with nice little breaks and slow mo with close up's etc
Are you in the film industry / studying...?
Used to be more into skate stuff myself, they tend to use ultra distorted lenses to get extra perpective, but I know what you mean about the surf vids they are pretty stylish too, I also quite like it when dramatic pauses are put into a film with a break in the sound track at a pivotal moment.
The first couple of minutes of Lock Stock (when they are running away from doing some dodgy street trading) are nicely filmed, grainy footage with those nice breaks and slow mo. You could get some nice footage at a airfield meets and compose shots with nice little breaks and slow mo with close up's etc
Are you in the film industry / studying...?
Just graduated have a interview for junoir video artist, doing a test for graphics designer and 3d modeller .
Just doing a dvd for a fashion photographer, completed a dvd for universtitys accomodation and confrencincing facilities and may have another client in the wing.
Uni's and colleges give you a good start, you have to have it there already though, you cant really be talght to think creativly...
I started learning after I left tbh. What a college will do is try it's best to give you a commercial edge which will find you work and unfortunatly that is what the industry demands, commercial, the people with the cash rarely seems to want to take risks with something different.
I make my money shadowing other styles, it's what is required of me (usually by art directors who are artistically challenged )... I could get arsey about the dumb way the industry works but in the end there is only so long you can have artistic morals before you realise the bills arn't being paid.
Your way of viewing the job is much the same as mine; get paid...>>next!
I'm a 'commercial' illustrator and concept designer by trade. But when work is low I do other stuff too.
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I'm Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Maya but everything I do is drawn by hand first.
I neeeeed to learn some flash and web stuff really, there is money in that! And I'd like to make the jump to vid / dvd stuff too, if anything it'll help me put together a nice portfolio. Saving for a nice G5 pro at the mo.
bit from here bit from there thats all tarantino is at the end of the day, its what you put up on the screen and how your telling it thats individual, there will be a full stop on cgi soon because you can a put a camera wherever you want so the ideas will run dry
do ya know another shot i like and it took me ages 2 work out how they done it, know when you push the camera up to a car on tracks but pull the focus back at the same time, thats more like good camera work
do ya know another shot i like and it took me ages 2 work out how they done it, know when you push the camera up to a car on tracks but pull the focus back at the same time, thats more like good camera work
Yeah looks like the car warps
Had a laugh looking back at my old vids. Just uploaded them.
Steve's 172 Turbo
Yeah looks like the car warps
That effect has been used quite a lot, tbh I think the future is hand drawn animation, that's where I want to see advancements made with all this new technology.
Don Bluth's animation work is up there with the best. He's an ex disney prodigy who has never recieved the recognition that someone of his talents deserves. check out 'Balto' the scene where he fights the bear is f**king pure genius. The 'camera' moves that are used in hand drawn animation are mental, that is where a layout artist and animator are really tested to the maximum.. Just watched scene with the avalanche now, so stylish.
why has there never been a multi million pound action film shot on normal video cameras? it would look so real it would be fukin gripping to the audience
why has there never been a multi million pound action film shot on normal video cameras? it would look so real it would be fukin gripping to the audience
why has there never been a multi million pound action film shot on normal video cameras? it would look so real it would be fukin gripping to the audience
Blair Witch Project???
why has there never been a multi million pound action film shot on normal video cameras? it would look so real it would be fukin gripping to the audience
Blair Witch Project???
Had a laugh looking back at my old vids. Just uploaded them.
Steve's 172 Turbo
The 'right here, right now' bit of this vid fits really nice with the still shots then tops off nicely with a bit of zoomed footage, quite stylish, it's also a very nice car.
That's old school shizzle. They make good use of that in Jaws.do ya know another shot i like and it took me ages 2 work out how they done it, know when you push the camera up to a car on tracks but pull the focus back at the same time, thats more like good camera work
That's old school shizzle. They make good use of that in Jaws.do ya know another shot i like and it took me ages 2 work out how they done it, know when you push the camera up to a car on tracks but pull the focus back at the same time, thats more like good camera work