here is my premier video on Vimeo. it's the second installation of my Flatland Sessions
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this video was captured on the 4th of August, 2009. it serves as a follow-up from my last video to show off my progress. it's a casual session i decided to record using my brand new iPhone 3G [S]. the video was just an excuse to play with my iPhone, so i'm not putting a great deal of effort here. however, i've gotten a little better. more time practicing would've been spent if it weren't for all this rain we've gotten over the summer up here in Massachusetts.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO ADJUST YOUR SET!
throughout the video you'll notice weird color shifts. in combination with the music i've chosen, this is an attempt to mellow out the mood of the video. just something i thought i'd throw in to help spruce up an otherwise boring video.
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unlike the first captured flatland session where i condensed the length of the video by utilizing Fade In Fade Out Dissolve, i decided to leave this video intact and instead focus on using some kind of neat visual effect over a mellowed-out down-tempo tune.
one reason for not chopping it up, was because, where as the first session was captured in 720x480 resolution; the video resolution capture on the iPhone is 640x480 (the horizontal field of view is narrower). this posed a problem as i was riding in and out of the frame more often than before. also the video was shot from the ground and not from a tripod. i felt this too had a limiting affect of the field of view. in order to stay within the frame longer i had to be farther away from the camera.
another reason was the audio. unlike the first where i completely removed the audio in favor of a background music, i decided to leave the original audio in. i have yet to figure out how to mix the audio correctly in Final Cut Express 4 (FCE4) as it separates the audio from the video into its own track.
a third reason was simply time. the video for Session #1 contained over 40 minutes of stock footage from multiple angles. so i had a "40 minute" reason to shorten it down and highlight the important parts. in Session #2 only 00:11:50 of stock from one angle was taken. it didn't seem worth the effort just to shave off two minutes.
i did attempt to condense it, but did not worked out very well. still, i think final cut turned out just fine. in fact the end result came out looking really sharp for a VGA quality video compare to that from the original iPhone video, which contained a lot of grainy digital noise due to the low light conditions. the end-quality of the video was thanks to the process of taking the final video exported from FCE4 as an MPEG4 (@ 9000kbs), converting it into a DVD/MPEG2 video (@ 7000kbs) using Burn.app, then cleaning and polishing it up - using some pretty hefty video enhancements - by running the MPEG2 video through Handbrake, and back out to an MPEG4 video (@ 3000kbs). with all these conversions you'd think there be a loss of quality. well, there is, but you can't really tell, because 1) without the original stock there's no basis for comparison so you don't know what to look for, and 2) even if you could tell the loss of detail is way in the background.
unfortunately, because of YouTube's rule regarding video runtime - they limit it to no more than 10 minutes per video - i couldn't keep both sessions under the same roof, and , therefore, i had to find another home. Vimeo was perfect. so long as i keep my uploads to 500MB per week, my videos can be as long as i want. and the quality of videos on Vimeo are always good. i was really stoked when i saw how sharp my video came out. plus if you like the video, you have the option of downloading a copy for yourself. however, you have a week from the date of publish to do that, and you'll need to be a member.
feel free to stop by at the actual site and leave a comment.
I like the video editing long with the filter effects. The music was definitely mellow and added to the mood of the piece. You looked frustrated in some of the shots but maybe it comes with trying hard to pull off trick. Amazing that it's shot from a crappy phone with little or no value to the market at all. Keep up the good work!!
thanks for comment. I was little frustrated in some of the scenes. i had a long day prior to shooting the video. as for camera, the iPhone can take pretty good video under great environmental conditions. but was kinda late that day, and I was behind a line of trees blocking what little sun light left. I took a little while to correct the brightness and contrast. once that was accomplished it was a matter of adding the effect, which comprised of oscilating the color phase normally used for color correction. I'm glad how it turned out.
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I like the video editing long with the filter effects. The music was definitely mellow and added to the mood of the piece. You looked frustrated in some of the shots but maybe it comes with trying hard to pull off trick. Amazing that it's shot from a crappy phone with little or no value to the market at all. Keep up the good work!!
thanks for comment. I was little frustrated in some of the scenes. i had a long day prior to shooting the video. as for camera, the iPhone can take pretty good video under great environmental conditions. but was kinda late that day, and I was behind a line of trees blocking what little sun light left. I took a little while to correct the brightness and contrast. once that was accomplished it was a matter of adding the effect, which comprised of oscilating the color phase normally used for color correction. I'm glad how it turned out.
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