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Looking for an NSer's Prom Asking Video

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poopandflush
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A while ago I went to the vimeo page of an NSer whose edits I really liked and watched a video about how they asked their girl to prom by planting flowers that spelled out PROM?. Can anyone help with finding this? If it is your video, I want to say I won't copy it, but I will (just not shot for shot).

Thanks
+K for what its worth...
Nov 15 2010 10:23PM
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.cam.
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How to Ask Fran to Prom from Will Start on Vimeo.

Nov 15 2010 11:16PM
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Bukkakeskitrip
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Nov 16 2010 12:02AM
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WillStart
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Looks like somebody already posted it, glad you liked it though! I'm the one who made it.
Nov 16 2010 3:01PM
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canterbury
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story behind it?
Nov 16 2010 4:26PM
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WillStart
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what do you mean?
Nov 16 2010 4:31PM
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Milk_steak
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God dammit...I love you. You make the most amazing videos.
Nov 16 2010 4:39PM
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canterbury
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well you made it so i was assuming that you were the guy in the video. how did you ask fran out? did you take her to the flowers? just wondering how things happened
Nov 16 2010 5:37PM
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WillStart
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oh word, yea i just wasn't sure what exactly you were looking for. i wanted to make a video for her since filmmaking is my thing and i thought it would be cool to make use of that. i had had the idea of spelling out prom with bright flowers in a darkly colored place for a while, and as prom was coming up, my mom happened to have a dinner party for which she ordered a ton of flowers to decorate the house. after that was over, i cut a bunch of the flowers and shot the video. to show her, i burned the film to a dvd and had her watch it
Nov 16 2010 6:05PM
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poopandflush
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Hey thanks man, I really like what you did with it.
Nov 16 2010 6:14PM
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.jr
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^^ aw shouldnt of told us that, would of been way cooler if you grew the plants out in that formation.. cool video still.
Nov 16 2010 6:21PM
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WillStart
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he asked so i answered. also i don't think it would have been possible to grow flowers there. nothing in films is as it appears. thanks though!
Nov 16 2010 6:25PM
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WillStart
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haha thanks dog!
Nov 16 2010 7:00PM
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Jonny7
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i need to change pants everytime i watch one of your videos. honestly they're incredible
Feb 15 2011 6:15PM
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kn0xville1g
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to the movie creator - what did you film with and what lens is that in the intro with the flowers that has a small vignette/blur around the edges, im dying to get something similar for my 7D!!!
Feb 15 2011 6:32PM
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DavidHonda.
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this.
Feb 15 2011 9:12PM
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WillStart
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I just shot this with my Canon Rebel T2i with the 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 kit lens (it was shortly after I bought the camera, I have since replaced that lens).

Any vignette/color effects were all done in post. I used Magic Bullet Looks 1.2 to color grade it.

Thanks for the compliments guys! I appreciate it. Nice to see this thread get bumped.
Feb 15 2011 10:44PM
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pr4l
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Did you story board this?
Feb 16 2011 4:21PM
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WillStart
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yea, VERY loosely though. i just kinda sketched it out when i was bored in class in the weeks leading up to actually shooting it.

i changed a lot of angles, made up a lot of angles as i went, and added/removed things from the story. it was really just to get the general flow going so i would have at least an idea of what i wanted to do.
Feb 16 2011 4:30PM
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eastsideski
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cant believe thats the kit lens!
Feb 16 2011 5:45PM
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WillStart
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I know. I hated that lens, but its optical performance is not one of the reasons why. It surprised me very much in that department.

in case you're curious, here are the other two videos I took with that lens before upgrading. The lens does a great job in these ones as well:



Feb 16 2011 5:49PM
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cum
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what transition did you use at 1:35 ish?
Feb 16 2011 6:35PM
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WillStart
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just a little film burn
Feb 16 2011 6:39PM
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cum
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so are you using AE?
Feb 16 2011 6:49PM
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WillStart
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nah, i just apply it in FCP
Feb 16 2011 6:53PM
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cum
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do you have an fx plugin for that? because i'd like to try it out in fcp
Feb 16 2011 6:59PM
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WillStart
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to use a film burn you actually just have a .mov clip of the burn. you then apply it on the video track above your clip, make sure the scale/aspect ratio match, then apply a Luma Key filter. Once you've applied that, select 'key out darker.' and then you have film burn.

i used to have all of my film burn clips in a folder on mega upload and i was going to send that to you but it looks like it got taken down, sorry man
Feb 16 2011 7:09PM
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cum
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thanks! i'll try to find a .mov file of one online for download. +k
Feb 16 2011 7:11PM
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vincentlee223
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http://pierceproductions.org/blog/film-burn-effect/

should be enough film burns for you guys. it's legit. NOw i gotta figure out how to use them..
Feb 16 2011 9:26PM
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