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NEW Park Edit from Mammoth!

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matt1239
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Hey NS, I just finished a new park video but this time its from Mammoth Mountain! I went up with my school, Chapman University, and our Ski and Snowboard Team. I decided to bring my camera along and do some filming. Enjoy!

Apr 25 2012 12:27AM
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hot.pocket
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Makes me want to go back to mammoth.

Nice work!

Apr 25 2012 1:52AM
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remster
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Colour and filming was dope. Editing was over-worked. Simplistic edit would have been sick.
Never been there but makes me want to go
Apr 25 2012 2:40AM
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matt1239
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Hey guys, thanks for the feedback. I'm glad you guys liked it and it gets you stoked to ride!
Apr 26 2012 3:24AM
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Moosen
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dope as fuck!

What was the camera setup you were using? Glidecam? lenses?
Apr 26 2012 4:32AM
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matt1239
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Thanks man! My setup was a Canon 60D stabilized with a Glidecam HD2000. For lenses I primarily used a Canon 70-200mm 2.8 and a Canon 16-35mm 2.8. A GoPro HD Hero 2 was also used for some shots.
Apr 27 2012 1:39AM
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S.C
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I'm just going to put this out there: that edit was filled with cliches

its hard to get away from cliches at first, but once you do you will be a much better filmmaker.

you seem to have all the fundamentals down, generally good shots, and you know how to edit. the only thing that went wrong here was you pulled every trick in the book. someone will argue this so ill just point a few out from the start:

2.35:1 ratio (not terrible, but could be considered one)
twixtor
shots of people just smiling and shit on the chairlift
extreme grading
glitchy & light electronic music
sequence shot of the boarder (thats where i stopped watching)

look foreword to your future work.
Apr 27 2012 2:16AM
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matt1239
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future.spinner - haha Thanks man for the extensive feedback. If you didn't like my editing and thought I "pulled every trick in the book" its all good. I did what I thought looked best and you can't please everyone! Thanks for watching, but watch the whole video next time. lol. I think you would like it! Once again, thanks for the feedback and I look forward to seeing some of your future work too!
Apr 29 2012 12:25AM
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MLeone
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lol who are you abe kislevitz?
Apr 29 2012 8:57AM
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cwillygood
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that was awesome! the shots were really nice, a little over edited in some parts but it was well done!
Apr 29 2012 9:21AM
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MLeone
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Apr 29 2012 10:01AM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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the good:
-very smooth shots

the bad:
-cheesyass effects. If you can't make the effects near perfect (the boarder sequence was pretty bad to be honest) don't even bother, that really brought down the edit
-the editing had 1000 more cuts then it should have, and slowing down a skier well after a landing only works if its a banger...
-stop using twixtor


so basically if you stop trying to be AbeK this would have turned out a lot better, the shots themselves are really nice
Apr 29 2012 2:55PM
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JDUB28
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a little over done with the editing. the shots were really good and could have been together to make a really sick feel good edit, rather than an attempted abek edit.

just focus on making a feel to your edit through the confluence of shots, not through how much twixtor you can use

otherwise it was good
Apr 29 2012 3:51PM
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jordy19
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Looks and feels like USC ski and board crew nice dit though
Apr 29 2012 5:53PM
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