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MatRich
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this is a short I had to make for my film class. the assignment was match to sound, which we have been doing since the begining of the program almost. I decided to just screw around with a few effects and transitions I wanted to do. tell me what you think and some particular things that work/ dont work.

<object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lxfvHvHG6dg&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lxfvHvHG6dg&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>
Nov 15 2009 12:56PM
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MatRich
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te fuck? why did that fail

<object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lxfvHvHG6dg&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lxfvHvHG6dg&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>
Nov 15 2009 12:58PM
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MatRich
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help anyone..
Nov 15 2009 12:59PM
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Parker.
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Nov 15 2009 1:00PM
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blackoutbill
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Maybe this'll work
Nov 15 2009 2:45PM
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blackoutbill
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Ah dangit. I thought it might make it so the video isn't cut off on the screen
Nov 15 2009 2:46PM
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MatRich
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<object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lxfvHvHG6dg&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lxfvHvHG6dg&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>

if this doesnt work, I will get my thread deleted and work on it.
Nov 15 2009 2:52PM
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Six.0.Tree-ski
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maybe?
Nov 15 2009 3:32PM
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MatRich
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I dont get why I failed... I copyed and pasted everything I needed to..
Nov 15 2009 3:38PM
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MAC.D
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It was hard to make out what the guy was saying because of the echoing and the music was so annoying. But the editing was sick.
Nov 15 2009 3:39PM
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Six.0.Tree-ski
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fancy gui editor off?
Nov 15 2009 3:39PM
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MNBlake
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three of those have worked for me so far but.. who knows

I like the editing though theres some really small detailed work i cant tell you spent some time on like the streetlight changing at different rates. good work!
Nov 15 2009 3:40PM
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connoroh
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Yeah well done.

Something i would have done differently is instead of having who i assume was you, actually IN it, i would have had the voice without the person. Maybe with following text.

Nov 15 2009 4:27PM
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MatRich
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the whole video was a reason for me to try a shoot on whitescreen
Nov 15 2009 6:04PM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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what song is that?
Nov 15 2009 6:34PM
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MatRich
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valentine by bearbot
Nov 15 2009 6:36PM
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connoroh
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That's cool, and it was well done, it just seemed a little cheesy to me.

again, the rest of it impressed me. well shot and edited.
Nov 15 2009 7:28PM
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MatRich
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haha yah I copletely agree with the cheezy part.
Nov 15 2009 7:47PM
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dergblerp
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Ya, I agree with the general sentiment here.  Your urban shots were pretty well composed and color corrected, but everything that looked 'directed' looked really cheezy to me, including the monologue at the beginning, and the guy smoking the cigarette.  Also, the audio was really hard to understand, and what you could understand was fairly poorly delivered.  Were you using the onboard mic?  One thing that always bothers me about student films is poor audio quality.  Bad sound is much more distracting than bad picture quality.  If you did use an external mic (it's hard to tell sometimes), I suggest laying some foam padding or blankets or something down around the actor next time to dampen the echo a bit.  You should do this basically any time you use a shotgun mic indoors.  Anyways, i'm going to stop before i go on forever, but nice cinematography.  keep on shootin.
Nov 16 2009 12:01AM
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MatRich
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thanks pete! Im shooting with a panasonic dvc 30 and I made a sweet ass dolly for my smooth manouves.
Nov 16 2009 3:26PM
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VT_scratch
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great stuff matt!
Nov 16 2009 4:26PM
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feihlination
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not bad, not bad at all, i know i am just an amateur, but i would call it close to pro-work, really good.

sometimes i felt like there shouldve been a cut and there was none but before there has been one, idk its hard to describe, but i guess an uninitiated viewer wouldnt care, there are a lot of beats in this one, the beginning with the traffic lights is great

what cam did you use? and how much was it more importantly. i wanna make a real good movie next year and its just not going to happen with those bad cams we got right now. honestly, i was jealous when i watched your clip, i felt like i want to do something like that, but i cant because the cam quality fucks you up no matter what you do.
Nov 17 2009 6:36PM
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kstanz
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what are you using to edit it?
Nov 17 2009 7:13PM
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MatRich
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hey thanks a lot.

well for the camera I used a panasonic DVC30. its a fairly old model but it still does a decent job. Im not sure about the price since it was lent to me long term. I would go search on ebay for a used one to see the price.

The image quality however is not as good as it seems. honestly the colors you see depend more on my color correcting than the actual camera quality. If you want to go for a good camera, I would say a good pointer is to get a camera with a 3ccd processer. ( it will be written in a very obvious way on it) its about as good as you can get for a prosumer camera that is not hd.

*for the girl above me, I used final cut express. Its a good program for simple stuff and its fairly easy to use. I want to start using after effects though because with that you can use super usefull tools like 3d, motion tracking and 3d motion tracking
Nov 18 2009 11:13AM
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blackoutbill
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I just noticed that your icon looks like it is playing the song in the video

Nov 18 2009 1:51PM
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MatRich
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hahaha Il have to watch it again :P
Nov 18 2009 4:15PM
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