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juicedrummer11
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Finally! A chance for the people behind the camera to get a chance to shoot with the Level 1 crew!  Check it out on their site http://www.level1productions.com/news_detail.cfm?ID=317.  I have a feeling a bunch of the M&A'ers and get some sweet videos put together.
Dec 11 2013 12:43PM
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TaranItUp
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So basically you are just submitting a reel with 50 percent action footage?
Dec 11 2013 1:18PM
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will_powder
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LOL at having to make an edit with the action cam. This is straight up sponsor dollars controlled.
Dec 11 2013 1:23PM
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123+ski
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exactly, but it is getting more money into the industry and providing an opportunity for people that wouldn't be available otherwise. In a way, it also makes it more fair, because it levels the playing field a bit and filming technique, editing ability, and talent will be the only things to set edits apart.
Dec 11 2013 3:36PM
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will_powder
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Yeah because a go pro edit is really going to show good filming technique...
Dec 11 2013 5:21PM
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MustBeMattyB
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It makes it hard to, but thats the point. Super stoked on this, will be entering!
Dec 11 2013 6:21PM
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gravel
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Damn. I was getting super excited for this, but that sounds terrible.

You can use any footage to enter, but in order to win, you've got to make edits with this little Sony GoPro? While it would be awesome as hell to go to Sun Valley to film with L1, why should the winner have to step away from honing his or her work with a REAL camera to be L1/Sony's GoPro bitch and put together web edits?

Meh, maybe I'll enter anyway, but that seriously is such a letdown.
Dec 11 2013 7:52PM
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juicedrummer11
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It says for the qualifying round you can shoot it on anything and pretty much do whatever you want with it as long as it has at least half of is action. the finalists get the action cam, which would kind of suck, but it would be cool to make the semis at least. probably will give it a shot just for the hell of it
Dec 11 2013 8:48PM
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Forcillo
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I think the layout's fine honestly. The qualifier is free for all which will pick out ten people who can make a great edit with their own shit. Then the next stage will single out a person who knows how to work with what they have, and more natural talent will come into play. It's good so that the one guy with a Red won't instantly win.
Dec 11 2013 10:14PM
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juicedrummer11
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yeah thats what im thinkin. could be pretty interesting for sure
Dec 11 2013 10:23PM
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MaxBerkowitz
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The first stage makes sure that filmers actually know how to use some equipment, how to focus, expose etc.

The second stage is about talent, and that will always shine through, no matter your setup.
Dec 11 2013 11:38PM
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will_powder
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YOU CAN"T PROVE TALENT WITH A GOPRO. You can't do anything with a GoPro. It doesn't do sound, it doesn't zoom, it doesn't have picture profiles, nothing! All you can do is point it at stuff and hope you got the shot. It's a stupid thing forced upon L1P by Sony, and now they're claiming it as "levelling the playing field". All it does is cripple the playing field.



Dec 11 2013 11:48PM
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Brentizzle
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not true, not true and not true. GoPros can indeed record sound, zoom and set up custom profiles through use of WB and other features like protune. Through wifi I have connected an array of GoPros to my iPad in order to set them up and frame shots properly. That being said, I have not the slightest clue as to the capabilities of an Action Cam and I'm going to assume that its nowhere close to the level that Go Pro is on.
Dec 12 2013 12:04AM
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Level1
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Sure you can. GoPro in particular pays their staff of specialists to crank out content 365 days a year exclusively with their cameras, and they've produced plenty of amazing images... in fact, their filters straight up crush it.

Putting Action Cam's in the hands of the Finalists sure does level the playing field and we'll stand by that claim. It's going to force each and every one of them to think outside the box and use their skills to differentiate themselves from the rest of the pack. Even a POV cam with limited controls has the ability to produce amazing images in the right hands. We're hoping and expecting that there will be some serious competition for those finalist spots, and if there is we're pretty certain that just about all of them will be able to do something rad with the equipment they're provided with.

With the exception of zoom lens functionality, today's POV cameras are wayyyyy more powerful then anything Level 1 was working with when we made our first few films... so we're pretty certain that people today can take a POV cam and do something special with it.


Dec 12 2013 12:11AM
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eheath
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then dont enter?

The top 10 won't be random, itll be a stacked field of shooters. Get started on them edits boys!
Dec 12 2013 12:47AM
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gravel
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I suppose I spoke too soon. Especially what Max said, that talent shines through regardless. I've even said on here tons of times that your setup doesn't matter as long as you've got a creative eye... so I retract my previous discontent.
Dec 12 2013 1:15AM
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will_powder
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Wasn't in the least planning on entering, I'm just another deewb with a gopro lol (ohhhhh the irony).

As a spectator I just want the edits to be top notch, and I still believe this would be better achieved with their own equipment. BUT I've said my peace and I'll shut up and keep watching.

Just so we're clear, I'm STOKED on the contest, and featuring filmers in general (Momentum's exposure camp), I ONLY have qualms with the sony action cam component.

Good luck to everyone entering. Brett/403 media has my vote.
Dec 12 2013 1:29AM
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Jwenz
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hype hype hype
Dec 12 2013 1:57AM
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CrotchKiller
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blah
Dec 12 2013 3:17AM
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TijmenDal
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Wow. That looks friggin' awesome. And to the guy ranting about how you can't show talent with a GoPro? That's the most ignorant thing I've ever heard. In fact, a GoPro is the PERFECT tool to show talent. Any monkey can make cool shots with a good camera. Making something with a GoPro is extremely hard for the precise reason you can't control shit. You need to have an exceptional amount of talent to make a baller edit with just a GoPro. That's the whole point.

Give me a 5.000.000$ piano and I'll still be a very mediocre piano player (as much as I hate to admit it), give Mozart a piano with only 25% of the keys working and it being horribly out of tune and he'll still be better than I'll ever be. That's talent.
Dec 12 2013 4:56AM
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lIllI
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While I completely agree with all of that, I have one qualm: fisheye. so much god damn fisheye...
Dec 12 2013 12:08PM
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EH_DUBS
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Different focal lengths are crucial to telling a story. Don't fool yourself... This is quite lame.

Lets hope the winner sticks it on a long bamboo pole and gets the banger follow cams cause what else can come out of this?
Dec 14 2013 2:15AM
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