First Video Attempt

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bobjaan
bobjaan
WA
314 posts
WA, 314 posts
18 Sep 2009 4:41pm
Made my First Vid.

Comments on what I could do better.

Note already made to self, that riding could improve.

WF
WF
SA
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WF WF
SA, 116 posts
18 Sep 2009 9:10pm
Excellent first attempt.
Keep up the good work.

Cheers

AB
andyy
andyy
QLD
232 posts
QLD, 232 posts
18 Sep 2009 10:51pm
YEWW!!
HOPELESS
HOPELESS
QLD
25 posts
QLD, 25 posts
19 Sep 2009 9:02am
Awesome work man great stuff
milko
milko
NSW
604 posts
NSW, 604 posts
19 Sep 2009 10:41am
good work.
Postman Pat
Postman Pat
WA
28 posts
WA, 28 posts
19 Sep 2009 8:51am
great work. that backroll to blind with a pass is the next trick i want to do and iv been looking everyware to see one. thanks allot man great vid
fry86
fry86
NSW
99 posts
NSW, 99 posts
19 Sep 2009 12:21pm
Love the camera man when you have the kid riding doubles-- send leon, send it!
Reflex Films
Reflex Films
WA
1460 posts
WA, 1460 posts
19 Sep 2009 10:34am
great first effort - like your title intro

a few tips to make it even better:

1.deinterlace the movie or shoot progressive if you have the ability in camera - computer monitors hate interlacing - my eyes feel like they have been through a cheese grater.

2.Upload a larger file to youtube - that will bump up the picture quality alot. Youtube actually does a pretty good job these days. The final file size / download time will be the same.

3.Try and use the tripod more - there are some really shakey shots in there.

4.shorter and snappier is better - cut out the just kiting around stuff.

try and get some sound happening.

There is no such thing as a perfect movie (unless you look at Andy Gordon's stuff - and even he would always find ways to do it better in retrospect) - which is what makes movie making such a fascinating craft.


These are all mistakes i have made in the past...
whatthe
whatthe
WA
186 posts
WA, 186 posts
19 Sep 2009 10:56am
Great movie, really nice editing, very enjoyable to watch!

Can you tell us what you used for the camera and editing software?

Did you use a codec to compress the file before uploading to Youtube? This might be where the interlacing (horizontal cheesegrater effect) came from. I would try something different, might give a better result. I usually use DivX for the compression before uploading to Youtube.
h20fly
h20fly
WA
384 posts
WA, 384 posts
19 Sep 2009 10:56am
cool vid leon only critism is you wasted two beers trying to catch them.. sacralidge!
tgladman
tgladman
WA
500 posts
WA, 500 posts
19 Sep 2009 5:28pm
nice work! happy days!
GranG
GranG
WA
260 posts
WA, 260 posts
19 Sep 2009 9:45pm
Nice effort mate.
Agree on the de-interlace comment, but that is easy to fix.

bobjaan
bobjaan
WA
314 posts
WA, 314 posts
20 Sep 2009 7:28pm
Thanks for the positive comments guys, some really good advice, too.

I was wondering how to get rid of the interlace stuff.

The editing made a big difference as the filming was pretty crap to begin with, so this season hopefully gonna improve the camera work and the editing and hopefully the riding.

Might PM a couple of you to get some more detail on how to iron things out though.

For those that asked I just used the I movie software on a MAC for the editing. I just tried to be inventive with the features i used.
I filmed it with a Sony Handycam DCRSR82 HHD.
Did not use Codec on upload to You tube.

Thanks again for the positive feedback, appreciated.
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