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Evan Heath ShowReel '11

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eheath
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Hey guys, got bored today, got some insane motivation to make a showreel. Let me know what you think! So stoked for the upcoming season!

Oct 19 2011 7:08PM
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ChucklesNorman.
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Sick as always. Loved the lack of slow mo!
Oct 19 2011 7:13PM
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B1kessk1s
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colors were perfect,tripod shots were really good but glidecam.......
Oct 19 2011 7:16PM
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eheath
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? some of the best glidecam shots of my life are in this video...
Oct 19 2011 7:22PM
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Blurst
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I thought the glidecam shots were great as well.

That was awesome! The only shot that I did not really like was the one on the cannon where you dropped off at the end. Other than that though that was a great showreel.
Oct 19 2011 7:23PM
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B1kessk1s
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i think in your short movie you had some that were a bit better thats way i said that ;)
Oct 19 2011 7:26PM
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eheath
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Fair enough, I tried to use the ones with the best framing/composition.
Oct 19 2011 7:29PM
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Childstar.
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Everything was amazing, except for that second shot were the camera was not panning then started panning with the skier, would have been better IMO if you had followed the skier all of the way in and kept the cameras movement fluid throughout the shot.
Oct 19 2011 7:31PM
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plorr
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I'd rather see perfectly composed glidecam shots that aren't 100% smooth than vice versa.

I thought all of those shots were tits except the one mentioned above where you panned down after the trick.

Perfect use of slow motion IMO. You only used it at moments where it added to the effect of the shot/trick, not just so the shot took up more time or because it looks epic and dramatic.
Oct 19 2011 7:34PM
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blatt
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Great stuff, especially towards the end. I think what they mean by the glidecam shots being iffy is that the skier sometimes get out of frame.
Oct 19 2011 7:39PM
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eheath
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Yeah, understandable. I liked that trick where i panned down on the end because of the hitchcock zoom and because it pans down at the end, but thats where personal preference comes into play.


And thanks, I love using full speed motion and just tossing in a little slow motion.
Oct 19 2011 7:58PM
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TheKhedLife
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Really liked it, though these videos always make me wish I had pro or close to pro skiers to film, it just helps the whole video. It's hard to have quality filming and editing with boring content.
Oct 19 2011 8:08PM
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Mkvackay
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before opening i thought i was going to see shots other than skiing. which i was stoked for. but nonetheless good edit and good vibe. last shot was prime
Oct 19 2011 9:45PM
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juicedrummer11
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story of my life
Oct 19 2011 11:11PM
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Official_Recap
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I thought this as well. I would love to see a reel of your non-skiing content, or one with your best shots all around. I feel that is where you really have been excelling recently in diversifying your subject matter.
Oct 19 2011 11:28PM
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eheath
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Yeah, I really haven't done a lot of none-skiing shooting. I guessing titling this my "action" reel would be more appropriate. I hope to make a real showreel when I really have the content for it but right now 99% of my shit is skiing.
Oct 19 2011 11:32PM
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CrotchKiller
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i really liked it. i loved the up rail pan down. i remember it because i loved the Hitchcock zoom in it. nice work man
Oct 19 2011 11:59PM
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eheath
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thanks and thanks ^^
Oct 20 2011 2:09AM
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*Nickdel*
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nicely done man. really diggin your colors
Oct 20 2011 10:19AM
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SkiThe603
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the final shot was dope as fuck. That was sick eheath.
Oct 20 2011 11:43AM
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dozerr
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great work making an edit under 3 minutes! tight stuff
Oct 20 2011 1:04PM
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EC-Skier
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HOLY YES! its annoying, but every filmer had to start out like that, i'm guessing ahah.

The one thing i didn't like the shot at :50. I know you cant really control the riders outerwear, but i feel like the rider blended into the background while he was in the air. If you messed around with colors and made him stand out more it would be nicer. Im colorblind by the way, so maybe it's just me haah
Oct 20 2011 1:15PM
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eheath
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does this mean you can't see his bright green vest?
Oct 20 2011 1:19PM
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EC-Skier
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my bad, shot at :52
Oct 20 2011 1:52PM
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eheath
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Ah yes, true if he was wearing bright colors he would have stuck out, but the trend is earth/mono tones and i tried to line up that shot as best as i could and needless to say alot of them didnt work very well but on a full brightness screen you can see the rider in that shot. But, i didnt put that shot in for the skier or the trick i put it in for the technical aspect of the shot.
Oct 20 2011 2:44PM
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TomasAa
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It was ok, you had some nice shots in there. But maybe to many glidecamshots. I think it need some more variation.


Oct 20 2011 3:45PM
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eheath
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there are 21 shots (roughly) and 13 of those were tripod shots and 7 were glidecam shots, i felt like i could have used maybe one more good glidecam shot.
Oct 20 2011 3:55PM
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blakroc
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Dope! I liked everything except all the zoom in shots starting around 55sec, the ones you cut together were nice but the shots where u kept the whole zoom shot in on that jump were boring, i dunno if it was the smoothness of the zoom or the composition but it was off
Oct 20 2011 6:44PM
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TijmenDal
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Nice reel man!
As usual, your grading is really good. Nothing to say about that.

Some points of criticism though (you should probably take this with a grain of salt as I don't shoot video):
- The hitchcock/panning shot didn't really fit the vibe, it was a whole different shot. I know above you mentioned it's personal preference, and it is of course, but it really broke up the vibe for me
- The shot at 0:38 (approx.) was really, really shaky, while all your other glidecam shots aren't. Maybe shoulda left that one out?
Personally I'm not a big fan of followcams, except for the usual really well filmed ones where the shooter is like 10 feet behind the skier, those can be really cool.

Nice edit! How much of this is filmed on the FS100 (I'm guessing none as you just got it?)
Oct 20 2011 6:53PM
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juicedrummer11
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i think the color was spot on, the glidecam shot at mammoth (around :38-39 ish) was pretty shaky, really trippy after everything else was so smooth, i personally would have left that one out

other than that i really enjoyed it i really liked the shots on the last jump

Oct 20 2011 7:07PM
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eheath
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Yeah, that shot was super loose but to be honest, filming that jump was loose in general. I like the shot alot because of the perspective and such which is why i chose it, it looks way better in the "why bother?" credits cause its 40% but oh well. i wish i could change about 4 things now haha
Oct 20 2011 8:10PM
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Coalescent
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Good job Evan! Can't wait to see some stuff with the FS100! Still waiting on my damn nikon to sony adapter.
Oct 20 2011 8:12PM
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juicedrummer11
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how i feel about most of my vids as well lol
Oct 20 2011 8:25PM
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AnteO
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I guess what he's trying to say is that many follow/glidecam shots often have very similar compositions, making them not seem very varied.
Oct 20 2011 11:27PM
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TomasAa
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yes, and maybe it would be better if you didnt use the 7-8 followcamshots right next to each other. Dont get me wrong, I liked it. Especially the last jumpshots.

It would also be nice with some nature/ artsy shots, or maybe some timelapses. Just to show your filmaking skills and maybe mix it up a little more. Maybe add some of the Luke Perin shots?
Oct 21 2011 10:14AM
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eheath
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yeah i see what you are saying. i wanted to keep it short and keep consistent content. i wasnt trying to show i could put a camera in one spot h
Oct 24 2011 9:52PM
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eheath
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spot for an hr or that i could rack focus a tree branch
Oct 24 2011 9:53PM
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wol
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that last sunset shot was amazing. Great job
Oct 24 2011 10:09PM
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MACAQUE
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The shot at 30 and the last shot were fuckin ridiculous. If you used the motion in the shot at 30 with a more impressive trick it would be baller.
Oct 24 2011 10:45PM
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eheath
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yeah man, i love the hitckcock zooms.. unfortunately with my new camera i probably wont be doing them very often/at all. a hitchcock zoom takes a steady arm, perfect moving speed matched with perfect zoom speed, its tough.
Oct 25 2011 12:21AM
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SFBv420.0
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Why you no bother to film the pow fatso?

 no can hang in pow???

Can I film you whale in the pow pow?

how many cobra dogs do you eat in a day?

Beezy haz the hots for you you should der poopenhausen con cobra perro caliente

Nov 22 2011 8:57AM
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[J_Gasper]
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get the fuck out of m&a. i bet that made you feel pretty good about your self right?

no need to bump this with hate

Nov 22 2011 10:38AM
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firstdropkid
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honestly, wasn't very impressed. it just didn't flow as well as i would have hoped
Nov 22 2011 12:48PM
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Jeff_Lo
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Love the song and vibe.  Not a fan of zooms though, just a personal thing.
Nov 22 2011 1:07PM
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Justin.B
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are you lost? this no nsg
Nov 22 2011 3:21PM
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cwillygood
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i would agree


but other than that pretty sweet
Nov 22 2011 4:32PM
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ryano
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your color was nice.

but here's some things that bugged me.

one of the shots, you couldnt even see the skier cuz of the background.

the head was cut off of the first shot.

that weird shot on the rail, he was in the upper third the whole time and then it panned down. to me all i saw was the lip and the rail.

the shakiness of the follow cam shots was annoying.
with the skier going from one side of the frame to the other.

too many straight on lip shots. should've left it at one. with maybe a faster zoom starting from farther out..

really, the only shots that impressed me were: the one at 19 seconds- real smooth. and the sunset shot.

but thats just my opinion, and you prolly think i dont know shit.
Nov 22 2011 5:06PM
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eheath
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if you wanna completely nit pick the whole thing, okay, but i really just threw together shots i liked and thought were some of my best from the year.
Nov 22 2011 10:48PM
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eheath
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thats gonna change this year, no more toggle zoom.
Nov 23 2011 12:27PM
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firstdropkid
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good
Nov 23 2011 12:42PM
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eheath
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hahaha what?!
Nov 23 2011 12:55PM
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