hey guys me and my mate made our own kitesurfing movie
do us a favour and check it out please see wat u think, any constructive critiscm ?

cheers Tom

Great soundtrack! So many memories....
I prefer video's with crazy dutch kids trying to kill themselves with high altitude double kiteloops, but you guys look like you're loving it, and thats what counts.

A violin concerto would make better background music.....given the riding that I saw.

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Originally posted by gruezi

A violin concerto would make better background music.....given the riding that I saw.

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lol harsh, but yeah was a little on the tame side eh.

Anyhow to be of some help here's a couple of tips!

Invest in a tripod - don't bother with zoom can do that digitally but zooming in without a tripod and it makes the camera shake sea sickening

Make sure the camera is in focus... perhaps I need glasses I duno but seemed like most times it was out of focus to me.

Clip should have been shorter even if it didn't match the songs length. Use a fade in and fade out effect for the music.


Here is a movie editor I have used for wedding movies editing (will do some kite videos this summer in the surf down here)
it has a free 30 day trial and for what its worth compared to 1000 dollar plus video software it has a lot of features -

a camera shake filter :)

can chrome video onto diff backgrounds (like the blue screen effect)

inset video (like close up of the subjects face while main video is playing)

duotone effects - (artificial sun setting - increase the red tone)

old film look and lens flare effects...

heaps of fade in fade out effects for video clip transitions.

the usual array of zoom and pan functions.

slow down and speed up video - like a slow motion effect mid jump

sound is easy to edit along movie timeline with the real time fade in fade out control as you play each video clip. voice overlay and all that stuff..

most importantly its idiot proof and so easy to learn to use (hence why I use it).

www.videostudiopro.com/en/?utm_source=ulead&utm_medium=redirect&utm_term=/vs/&utm_campaign=ulead

I use the plus version.

Looking at the damo video that andy gordon did there is a lot in the software above that could do some of the effects in that clip - it still comes down to camera shots to what you can work with in the software and your artistic flare of course to put all the effects together to make it have that wow effect!

Keep it up though, can only improve ;)

nice try. looked a bit on the weak side though, maybe gather clips from more than one session so u have a collection of action.

oh and UV filters are a must when shooting in overcast conditions and also a tripod, and as cwamit said get the cam's auto focus running and cut to the chase!! where is this btw?

hey. i see what u mean by young lads, no car!

i remember taking my skimboard down on the back of my pushy as a kid, but a kite, board and lines and all that other gear...that would suck dude. im guessin u guys live around australind, otherwise thats quite a trek on a pushy

hey atleast they got a trolley for their kit. in summer i ride down with board under one arm and 2 kties in one bag its fully worth it in summer but winters dodgem sessions arent.


as for the filming, you should consider getting a MONOPOD for the camera instead of a tripod. its easier to follow the rider around on it and still be able to keep the camera steady, we used one in england and it seemed to work really wel and it was easier to follow the riders on that than the tripod.

I always thought skydiving is tame up to a point of course. that being when you realize your parachute won't open. .

Keep at it guys! Tips - get a tripod. Sunny day needed, short grabs, close ups, not too many boring bits Try - load up, jump, cut. next frames. Get the idea. Keep it intense. Good music. 20 minutes of footage should condence to 2 minutes of ACTION