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jibmaster_josh
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so i justwatched about 5 minutes of White Paradise (the free movie in NSTV) and noticed that almost every trick is in slo motion. to me, slow mo should only be used to emphasize the most intense of tricks. it cant be overused. there was some pretty good skiing in there but man, i bet if it was in full speed it would be like 1/2 as long. anyways thats what i think of motion that is slowed down.
Jan 13 2008 5:54PM
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GUZ
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i agree, it was kinda the same deal with Yeah Dude, but i still loved it
Jan 13 2008 6:16PM
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Intergalactic
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NEWS FLASH!: Slow mo does NOT make your tricks look cooler
Jan 13 2008 6:17PM
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jibmaster_josh
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 i'd rather see really massive hits in real time (i.e the big hip from ski porn, or the one from follow me around). i am simply saying that multiple clips of slow mo get repetitive and boring, and should not be overused. same with fisheye.
Jan 13 2008 6:33PM
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Intergalactic
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... and i am agreeing
Jan 13 2008 8:24PM
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ValPow
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the slow mo from whistler session in 7 was sick.

Often overused, it has to be pretty sick if the trick is to look better in slow mo
Jan 13 2008 9:20PM
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Alex_G
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I like slow mo in heli shots a lot. I don't like it in other things. PoorBoyz uses slow mo too much in my opinion but i guess its one of their "things". On the other hand I really like how Level 1 truly captures the essence of speed.
Jan 13 2008 9:21PM
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jibmaster_josh
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my bad i thought you were saying that shots in slo mo are equal to ones in real time. and i disagreed with that. my b
Jan 15 2008 3:01PM
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spudz
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yeah, i rarely use slow mo

see
www.skitoga.com
no slo mo

honestly like only really cool things look good in slow mo, like great white sharks pwning seals

www.skitoga.com
Jan 15 2008 3:03PM
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Shorton
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i dunno man, i love watching skiing in slow mo sometimes, it just makes everything a little smoother and stuff..but i agree with the fisheye thing, i hate watching fisheye stuff...it sucks
Jan 15 2008 3:05PM
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Jeff_Lo
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when your shooting in slow mo, its hard to know when the skier is going to do the most "emphasized" trick as you call it. Even if you know what the athlete is going for you could still get a really good shot that may not be the most epic of a whole segment, should you trash a shot simply because its not "emphasized"? Most slow-mo is that way because it is shot at a specific frame rate to achieve slow motion.
Jan 15 2008 3:29PM
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quebecfreestyler
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cant you jsut speed up teh frame rate a little when editing??
Jan 15 2008 3:32PM
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AhrenStein
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i love slo mo. makes everything look so sick. That shot from Follow Me Around on the hip that your talking about is in slo-mo.
Jan 15 2008 3:34PM
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jibmaster_josh
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^i know the hip is in slow mo, i said i'd like to see it in real time. cause that thing is super massive.
Jan 15 2008 4:42PM
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Jeff_Lo
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yeah of course, you can do tons of speeding up, or slowing down in post production while editing, but most slow mo you do see in professional films is filmed that way at that frame rate. In post production it looks decent and can look really sharp especially if you use Optical Flow. But for the most part its shot that way.
Jan 16 2008 12:12AM
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Bentley@DOSMedia
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no my camera shoots in slow mo and is not a little shitty interlaced camera.
i think it looks super sick, just can easily be overused and make some action boring.
Jan 16 2008 12:54AM
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overthehead
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style:  making your trick look like its in slo-mo when its not
Jan 16 2008 1:15AM
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SteezePatrol
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ohhhhhh shit
Jan 16 2008 1:25AM
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