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I took one of the HVX200’s out for a little fun last night. Here is the result. Second time editing anything in HD, and I must say that I don’t wanna go back to my Sony Digital8. I am spoiled now. Although the Canon HV30 paired with a Brevis 35 yields some nice results. I think it’s a more feasible route.
Track: NIN - Ghosts II (Track 13)
Majority of editing in Final Cut
Color Correction in After Effects
HVX200 Test from Justin Beam on Vimeo.
I managed to catch a midnight showing of Iron Man last Thursday night. I was greeted with an awesome flick with excellent uses of animation and compositing. Check out the end titles from Danny Yount. Very nice.
One day my friends. One day I hope to be making works of art like this. Probably one of the most creative reels I’ve seen. Showreel | Conrad Ostwald. [Via Motionographer]
Today in my Video Production class we began studying continuity. Basically continuity editing means that you’re trying to create seamless transitions from one event to the next. While this encompasses many aspects of video, it mostly focuses on where you place the camera for a shot.
Ex:
Good continuity - In shot 1 Subject walks from left to right across screen. Shot 2 is a close up of the subject’s feet as he continues walking from left to right.
Bad continuity - In shot 1 Subject walks from left to right across screen. In Shot 2 the camera has changed position and the subject is now moving from right to left.
However, if the subject changes direction within a shot the camera is free to move across the vector line (in this case, the path along which the subject was moving).
Assignment:
Follow a student as he/she walks to class without the use of a tripod (gotta have those steady hands!)
Result: Here
I apologize in advance for the bad techno (We had a 75min to shoot and edit.) Many thanks to Tadd for being our subject.
