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FrigidNDEditing wrote on 5/2/2005, 9:29 PM
like this? :)

yea - just type the letters a href="insert URL here" and put that between a < and a > then type the text and the put a /a between a < and a > again - and the text between it will be clickable to that site.

Dave
Gonzoman wrote on 5/2/2005, 11:08 PM
*wow* - that is amazing work!

I used to be a wedding photographer years ago so I know how hard it is to do what you do. I had quite a few run-ins with videographers back then :)

I ended up getting out of that business because it just wasn't fun anymore. To be a great wedding photographer (and I assume a great wedding videographer), you really have to love what you do and after being an apprentice for a year for a well-known wedding photography in my city and then doing on my own for two years, I just decided it wasn't for me anymore.

Anywayz, your stuff looks amazing. The camera angles - the movement and the editing! Great work!!!

slacy wrote on 5/3/2005, 12:47 AM
Agreed, this is wonderful work. You simply can't extract much more artristry out of the video medium than this. Your clients are lucky to have you.

A few questions:

1. Wonderful compression job, particularly considering all the slow-mo in your work. What settings do you use? A four-minute file, at 15 mb, at that quality, is pretty remarkable.

2. What are you shooting? PD-150? I really dig your look.

Scott
vicmilt wrote on 5/3/2005, 1:11 AM
Yes, most excellent -
how about sharing some of those production and editing details?
Great job.
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FuTz wrote on 5/3/2005, 4:35 AM
Yep, these sow-motions, I'd REALLY like to know how you did it cause they almost seem like 16mm 150fps shots slowed down... Neaaaaat !!!

! O_O !
rdolishny wrote on 5/3/2005, 5:49 AM
Very impressive, thanks for sharing.

edit: Clicked your name and read earlier posts on the kinds of cameras you are using. Thanks Sony.

- Rick
prairiedogpics wrote on 5/3/2005, 6:32 AM
Yeah, c'mon, give it up. Questions:
1. what kind of cameras were you using
2. Any particular settings during taping to aid in the slow mo effects?
3. Slo mo done in post?
4. Any filters on camera during taping, or is that all in post?
5. Are these trade secrets?!!!!

Wonderful wonderful work.
GmElliott wrote on 5/3/2005, 7:51 AM
1. Wonderful compression job, particularly considering all the slow-mo in your work. What settings do you use? A four-minute file, at 15 mb, at that quality, is pretty remarkable.
I used a preset. WMV- 512k.

2. What are you shooting? PD-150? I really dig your look.
Thank you. This was shot with a PD-170, VX2100, and DVC-80.
GmElliott wrote on 5/3/2005, 7:53 AM
Yes, most excellent -
how about sharing some of those production and editing details?
Great job.

Thank you. Here's my timeline (Beware: I use a Dell 24" monitor @ 1920x1200 res):

http://www.msprotege.com/members/LazerBlueP5/Vignette%20Timeline.jpg


GmElliott wrote on 5/3/2005, 7:56 AM
2. Any particular settings during taping to aid in the slow mo effects?
No- just keep the shutter at least as high as 60.

3. Slo mo done in post?
Yes, Vegas 5. Always the ctrl+drag method, and occassionally use a velocity envelope to slow it down below 25%.

4. Any filters on camera during taping, or is that all in post?
All post. I have more lattitude and flexability that way.

5. Are these trade secrets?!!!!
No not at all. Aren't the purpose of forums to interact, share, and learn?
craftech wrote on 5/3/2005, 8:09 AM
Truly beautiful wedding promo. The music, the angles, the slo mo, everything. Just beautiful.

Makes me want to get re-married.


(just kidding)

John
craftech wrote on 5/3/2005, 8:15 AM
Anybody know how to make this clickable?...
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Here is a tutorial I did on how to do that.

John
GmElliott wrote on 5/3/2005, 8:57 AM


Thank you.
Jayson H. wrote on 5/3/2005, 9:08 AM
Glen,
Hmm... looks like you're using a widescreen format now. Is that different from your earlier works (I can't remember)?

-Jayson
GmElliott wrote on 5/3/2005, 11:47 AM
Jayson- I always 1:85:1 crop my vignettes.
TShaw wrote on 5/3/2005, 1:07 PM
WOW!!

and Thanks

Terry
rdolishny wrote on 5/3/2005, 1:11 PM
Everyone take note of the top video track ... the quickest, cheapest video trick in my book. Adding a fake matte box vignette graphic over the entire thing. The cat's out of the bag now! :)

- R
epirb wrote on 5/3/2005, 1:51 PM
GM,
DITTO to all the above praises, I have kept your other clips youve posted in a GM E folder. I really admire your style. I save them , so that I can study them and attemp to try the shots myself. They never seem as moving as yours though, but I'll keep trying. !
Thank you for sharing and inspiring us!
Eric
Adontech wrote on 5/3/2005, 3:15 PM
How many cameras did you have running during that wedding?
GmElliott wrote on 5/3/2005, 3:57 PM
About the vignette layer....lol...don't forget to tell them it'll double your render times too.
GmElliott wrote on 5/3/2005, 3:59 PM
Wow- thank you kindly. That's quite flattering.

I try to keep you guys in the loop- I like to see others' work as well. So much talk about the Sony product here but not enough examples of application. Hopefully others will follow my lead.
GmElliott wrote on 5/3/2005, 4:00 PM
How many cameras did you have running during that wedding?

Ceremony= 3
slacy wrote on 5/3/2005, 4:28 PM
I've also held on to previous GM Elliot classics. They are great inspirations to me. I consider myself a decent editor, but my shooting could use a lot of improvement. These floating shots with something in the foreground, presumably to enhance the sense of depth, are a wonderfully effective technique and one I plan to use myself in the future.

BTW, do you have a main videography site?
GmElliott wrote on 5/3/2005, 5:51 PM
I'm working on one to oepn this summer.