2/27/2011
2/26/2011
INSPIRATION: DEAD ISLAND
I guess most of the gaming fans already know this trailer (on youtube this had over 2 mio clicks within less than a week). I am not the zombie fan in particular, and the graphics look pretty good, but that's not what amazes me. I really like the editing in this trailer. Moreover the music is incredible. Be warned though: Nice music and good editing aside, it is a zombie trailer!
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2/25/2011
INSPIRATION: DESIGNHOTELS
Actually I wasn't sure if I should post an imagefilm, but it is quite inspirering. In my opinion this is the way you should make an imagefilm - make it rather emotional than too informational.
A portrait of Rodrigo Machaz. Owner of the Memmo Baleeira Hotel in Sagres/Portugal.
DOP - Ross Mclennan.
Editor - Marty Schenk
Music by Radical Face.
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2/23/2011
2/22/2011
QUESTION ANSWERED: DVL
I recently got an email concerning the DVL Project. I thought it might be interesting to post an excerpt of the email and my reply.
"So, I noticed you said you film your interviews yourself. I'm actually planning a 'similar' project.
So since I'll be more or less filming and editing the interviews myself (even though as of right now i have NO idea how to edit) I was wondering if you could offer me a little guidance!
1. What lighting did you use for your interviews?
2. how many cameras did you use?
3. How'd you capture the audio?
4. I know this one may not make much sense, but, how hard is it to edit these interviews? The style you use is EXACTLY what I want mine to look like."
Click the link, to read my reply...
And here the excerpt of my reply:
"Ok let me start with answering your questions point by point:
1) I am using a three point lighting set. Actually those lights are the modeling lights on my three Bowens studio flashes. I "misuse" those flashes as studio video lights, because they give me the ability to use the bowens lightmodifiers like the bowens Beauty Dish or softboxes. To be exact I use the Beauty Dish as a main light with a fill card just below the interviewee, a strip light as a rimlight and the third light is for the background.
2) I use two cameras. I own the Nikon D5000 and the second camera is just any camera I can borrow at the moment. For the last six interviews I had a Panasonic HD Handy Cam available. For the next interviews I will borrow a Canon 550d. One reason for using two cameras was of course being able to edit, but another reason was the limited recordingtimes of the DSLR cameras. The Nikon only allows a recording time of 5 minutes and the Canon will give you 12 minutes. So you need to look out when one camera runs out, so that you don't end up with a part where no camera is rolling.
3) I capture the audio seperately with the M-Audio Microtrack 2 and a Sennheiser Shotgun Mic that a friend kindly borrowed me. The M-Audio isn't certainly the best, but it was the most affordable without sacrificing to much usability. I sync audio and both cameras in the editing programm.
4) Well, the question itself is unfortunately hard to answer. Editing is my job, and of course it became a second nature of me, but I wouldn't dare to say that editing is easy because there is always a lot to learn and a lot you can do wrong. Especially with interviews it can be quite difficult, because you are actually editing the words and emotions of someone else. Ok, I just realized that that wasn't exactly your question. Technically speaking: Getting the material into the editing programm, editing and then output to web became quite easy nowadays, but there are a lot of things you can get wrong.
Sorry the last answer probably didn't help you that much, but I will try to answer your future question as good as possible ;-)
Greets from Germany.
Bo"
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"So, I noticed you said you film your interviews yourself. I'm actually planning a 'similar' project.
So since I'll be more or less filming and editing the interviews myself (even though as of right now i have NO idea how to edit) I was wondering if you could offer me a little guidance!
1. What lighting did you use for your interviews?
2. how many cameras did you use?
3. How'd you capture the audio?
4. I know this one may not make much sense, but, how hard is it to edit these interviews? The style you use is EXACTLY what I want mine to look like."
Click the link, to read my reply...
And here the excerpt of my reply:
"Ok let me start with answering your questions point by point:
1) I am using a three point lighting set. Actually those lights are the modeling lights on my three Bowens studio flashes. I "misuse" those flashes as studio video lights, because they give me the ability to use the bowens lightmodifiers like the bowens Beauty Dish or softboxes. To be exact I use the Beauty Dish as a main light with a fill card just below the interviewee, a strip light as a rimlight and the third light is for the background.
2) I use two cameras. I own the Nikon D5000 and the second camera is just any camera I can borrow at the moment. For the last six interviews I had a Panasonic HD Handy Cam available. For the next interviews I will borrow a Canon 550d. One reason for using two cameras was of course being able to edit, but another reason was the limited recordingtimes of the DSLR cameras. The Nikon only allows a recording time of 5 minutes and the Canon will give you 12 minutes. So you need to look out when one camera runs out, so that you don't end up with a part where no camera is rolling.
3) I capture the audio seperately with the M-Audio Microtrack 2 and a Sennheiser Shotgun Mic that a friend kindly borrowed me. The M-Audio isn't certainly the best, but it was the most affordable without sacrificing to much usability. I sync audio and both cameras in the editing programm.
4) Well, the question itself is unfortunately hard to answer. Editing is my job, and of course it became a second nature of me, but I wouldn't dare to say that editing is easy because there is always a lot to learn and a lot you can do wrong. Especially with interviews it can be quite difficult, because you are actually editing the words and emotions of someone else. Ok, I just realized that that wasn't exactly your question. Technically speaking: Getting the material into the editing programm, editing and then output to web became quite easy nowadays, but there are a lot of things you can get wrong.
Sorry the last answer probably didn't help you that much, but I will try to answer your future question as good as possible ;-)
Greets from Germany.
Bo"
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INSPIRATION: WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT BETTER
Created by:
Climent Canal (Idea & design)
climentcanal.com
Sebastián Baptista (Animation)
sebastianbap.com
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2/18/2011
401: DVL EPISODE 06 - ARASH
This is the sixth episode of the DVL Project. Arash known as one of the members of the Assoto Sounds DJ Team nowadays concentrates mainly on being an event manager, booker and entrepreneur.
The next interview will be with DJ Mixwell. So stay tuned.
And as I said before. If you like the project then please don't hesitate to promote and support the project by posting the videos or a link on your page, facebook or blog. Thanks.
PS.:
There were some remarks about crossing the line of view (Achsensprung in german) in the DVL Videos. I know that they are "wrong", but I am focussing on the message itself rather than the technicalities. And the technicalities were actually the main reason for this failure. There are mainly positive comments regarding this project, but I felt I have to comment on crossing the line of view.
The DVL project is a no-budget project and one-man show. I do own just one camera that is capable of recording video - the Nikon D5000. Therefore I need to borrow another camera. For the first six interviews I only had this Panasonic HD Handy Cam available. You might know that these cameras are for right-handed people only and therefore the display is on the left. To operate both cameras and to interview at the same time, I had to sit in between both cameras unfortunately.
For the next interviews I will have two DSLR cameras, so the problem with the displays and therefore the problem with the position of the camera will be solved.
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2/17/2011
400: HOSPITAL
Had to go to the hospital a couple of days ago. Hospitals are creepy at midnight...
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2/15/2011
WATCH THIS: SKATEISTAN
Skateistan: To Live And Skate Kabul is a beautifully shot film that
follows the lives of a group of young skateboarders in Afghanistan. Operating against the backdrop of war and bleak prospects, the Skateistan charity project is the world’s first co-educational skateboarding school, where a team of international volunteers work with girls and boys between the ages of 5 and 17, an age group largely untouched by other aid programmes.
BY ORLANDO VON EINSIEDEL
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2/13/2011
2/11/2011
398: THE TALE OF THE DWARFS
Saw the seven dwarfs...and another dude.
They cut down the tree in front of my apartment...WTF.
So I pimped and restored my old Ipod Mini. End of story.
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2/10/2011
2/08/2011
INSPIRATION: YOUR SECRET
This is already a couple of months old and some might know this. But this is beautiful, check it out if you don't know it yet. Made by Jean-Sébastien Monzani.
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2/06/2011
2/04/2011
396: I DO HATE THE NEW APPLE KEYBOARDS
Ok, I love the OLD Avid Logickeyboards, but these new chiclette style keyboards made by apple are just ridiculous. The tactical feedback and the height of the keys themselves is just too low. Since I always edit almost 80% just with my keyboard my hands are most of the time resting on the keyboard. Now I need to hover above the keys or I will accidently push a button.
I guess for alot of people love these keyboards, and that is just fine. But why do they have to discontinue the old keyboards. I'm going to buy another "old" keyboard just in case. Anyone know where to get them at a good price?
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2/02/2011
