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4110 wrote on 8/12/2004, 9:30 AM
GMElliot, great job.

Diego22, I had the same problem. My computer tried to open the clip in quicktime initially. I got the sound ok, but no video. I found I could click on the timeline and get a still of that point, but still no movement.

The solution was to open in Windows media player.

David
vidter wrote on 8/12/2004, 7:00 PM
coming in theaters this fall
Great work. One day I hope to be able to do a job like that.
Blues_Jam wrote on 8/12/2004, 11:19 PM
I'm using Windows Media Player 9 and have all the latest updates for everything on my system. Sometimes to my detriment I am a very early adopter... but not so early that I'll mess with a beta of my OS (sp2).

Blues
DavidMcKnight wrote on 8/13/2004, 6:33 PM
I showed this to my wife for tips for the bride's getting ready- we're doing a wedding tomorrow - and I was struck this time by the music. What is it?

thanks,
David
GmElliott wrote on 8/14/2004, 9:27 AM
First of all thank you everyone for your input and compliments- it's much appreciated and very encouraging.

I wanted to address the missign white border problem. At the time I had never saw what you guys were mentioning. I have since played the clip on two other computers and it was, indeed, missing the right-side border. The linking factor....both other computers were running Windows Media Player 9. I'm running Version 8 but with allt he v9 codecs. Must be a WMP9 issue. Interesting non-the-less. Take care.
MarcS wrote on 8/17/2004, 1:36 PM
GM:

As with your nurses movie, I really enjoyed your sense of cinematic editing in this wedding video.

Two technical questions:

1. I enjoyed the white fade outs/fade ins. Did you do this with the dissolve to white transition or with an alpha wipe with Pixelan? They looked artistic.

2. When you do your pans with your camera in slow motion, are you using a standard tripod or is there anything special you use to give it that gracious sweeping feeling?

Thanks,

Marc S
www.clayeyecenter.com
RafalK wrote on 8/17/2004, 2:12 PM
What nurses video are you talking about Marc? I would like to see it.
MarcS wrote on 8/17/2004, 4:12 PM
It was a video for an organization of nurses or health care workers. He posted it about a month ago. Quite good.

Thanks,

Marcs
Mandk wrote on 8/17/2004, 6:17 PM
That is great, thank you for sharing.

I suspect the happy couple will treasure this for a long long time.
4110 wrote on 8/18/2004, 7:23 AM
I thought the video was great and am interested in using the music. Can you tell me the name of the piece, performer and source along with anything else I need to know to get permission? Thanks.
GmElliott wrote on 8/18/2004, 9:37 AM
As with your nurses movie, I really enjoyed your sense of cinematic editing in this wedding video. I believe the transitions you are talking about were done with a "flash" transition (white, soft).

2. When you do your pans with your camera in slow motion, are you using a standard tripod or is there anything special you use to give it that gracious sweeping feeling? All the moving shots other than the first shot with the pan of the church rooftop was achieved completly hand-held. I've been working on my hand-held technique for quite some time. I have a glidecam 4000 but never used it for any of these shots. I find I can get the shots I need 99% of the time going handheld. Before videography I started as an illustrator...God has blessed me with a steady hand. Oh and a little help from Vegas and 33% slow motion. ;)