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My first BMX-edit. What do you think of my filming?

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TomasAa
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BMX |switchfilms.no from Tomas Aamli on Vimeo.




Filmed with Canon xha1. Colorgrading done in Magicbullet. One day of filming, and one day/night of stressfull editing. Extras: Selfmade track-dolly.

What do you think of the editing/filming? +k for legit/constructive response
Sep 20 2009 12:35PM
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1337
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i liked the dolly shots, maybe throw in a couple more different angles to mix it up, but it was pretty dope though, I enjoyed it
Sep 20 2009 12:39PM
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mtsteez03
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that was sick dude you guys are good fucking riders i enjoyed that
Sep 20 2009 12:50PM
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TomasAa
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BTW. I know the song is used in a ski-edit, but I didnt have any other songs on this pc, so whatever. But thanks guys +K
Sep 20 2009 1:02PM
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TomasAa
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Thanks, yes actually I agree with that! Will use less slowmo next time
Sep 20 2009 2:18PM
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TomasAa
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Do you guys think I should have kept the original sound(background sound) Or do you like it better when the original sound is deleted(music is the only sound you hear)?
Sep 20 2009 5:56PM
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powday
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Very clean shots/panning/editing. Nice work...keep em coming!
Sep 20 2009 6:01PM
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michelle
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Holy shit.

I think I'm pretty sure that this was the best edit I've ever seen for bmx, seriously, ever. My boyfriend watches a ton of videos and edits because he rides himself, and almost every one I see looks like it was filmed by a 10 year old.

Anyways, sick edit. I'm super super impressed. Can't wait to show the boy! Haha
Sep 20 2009 6:26PM
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Crock360
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Really good camera work, but dude! Wipe your lens!!! lol
The pacing was great, and yeah the slowmo was a little much, but I hated the song and still really enjoyed the edit. I hope you put up more stuff, I'd like to see it.
Sep 20 2009 6:43PM
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Turner.
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I have not seen you make a bad edit yet
I loved the dolly shots/starting sequence
keep filming, you've got this shit down!
Sep 20 2009 8:34PM
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TomasAa
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Thanks man ++K

Do you think I should try to make the clips shorter?
Sep 21 2009 11:57AM
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TomasAa
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what!? That garrett reynolds- edit was insane!
Sep 21 2009 5:07PM
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seward
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that was awesome man.

best part is the very start, with the bike just lying there and dude comes and picks it up and rides away.

and i thought the slow mo was good, help non bmx experts like me to see everything that is going on in a trick.

well done!

Sep 22 2009 1:33PM
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bdieter1d3
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I noticed something on this edit I haven't seen on many others. You make the bike the focus of the shot, not the rider. I really enjoyed that spin on the filming, definitely an idea for future shoots
Sep 22 2009 2:27PM
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TomasAa
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Hehe, Interesting. Thats something I often do without thinking about it.
Sep 22 2009 3:27PM
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Jordan
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Soooooo sick.

Keep up the good work.
Sep 22 2009 5:58PM
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TomasAa
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thanks man, love your photos!
Sep 23 2009 11:39AM
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Fry077
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wow that was amazing. really liked the last scene of it with just the feet for some reason lol do you have any pics of your dolly or just like how to build it???
Sep 23 2009 10:35PM
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TomasAa
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you can see what it looks like in this test-edit: http://vimeo.com/4967691
Sep 24 2009 2:15PM
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-BRENT-
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The begining of the was so dope man. It was awesome gret job man.

Sep 24 2009 8:55PM
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VT_scratch
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fresh dude
Sep 25 2009 11:34PM
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[BRI]noceros
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that was awesome man. i'm a person who really knows nothing about BMX, so i always love watching edits because it's all amazing to me. but anyway, the cinematography was sick, i loved all the cool shots you used, for the intro especially. the one thing i would have to say, is atleast for me the one fisheye shot seemed a little out of place solely because it was the only one. but regardless, great job man
Sep 26 2009 8:57AM
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LiamMcKinley
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usually not a huge fan of BMX but that was amazing. great filming and editing. not to mention the riding..

Sep 26 2009 5:40PM
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Happy.
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That was really sick, like the guy above me said, it did seem like the bike was more the focus than the rider was. Super sick edit, nice job
Sep 27 2009 12:08AM
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megustabong
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that was some good shit right there man, keep it up

Sep 27 2009 1:18AM
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bsmith01
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This is actually my biggest compliant.  So many shots the rider had his head cut off kinda distracted me.  The only other thing I could complain about is the transition at 26 sec just because the shot before is almost the exact same as the later but there is a little jump in between the shots.  Even with those two complaints, I loved this edit.  Awesome quality, looked very professional.  I really enjoyed it. 
Sep 27 2009 10:39AM
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BackRoad
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Dude that was crazy good filming.  The dynamic camera angles workd great.  It would be even sicker if you tried to make the use of shots to go with the flow of the music a bit more, like having clip changes and landings more with the beat
Sep 27 2009 1:00PM
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SethLangbauer
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such a good filmer/editer i like all your vids
Sep 27 2009 9:00PM
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TomasAa
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thanks ++k to everyone=)
Sep 29 2009 5:34PM
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TomasAa
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I dont want to make another thread, so i just post my latest edit here. Not as good as the BMX-edit, but ok.

SKATE! |switchfilms.no from Tomas Aamli on Vimeo.


Oct 7 2009 2:22PM
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Chrris
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In my opinion this is better then the bmx edit.
The song fit's with they style more
Were i find bmx edits with rap is really boring. The best videos always have liek pretty loud popy songs that makes you enjoy it more. But this skateboarding one was sick!
Oct 7 2009 2:29PM
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Alkyy
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loved the dolly shot at 1 minute in the skate edit.  its nice to see someone else putting an xh to good work.  I really enjoy your edits man
Oct 7 2009 3:26PM
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