So you wanted those 4 HPX music vids in HD?

[TizzyEntertainment]

I am not sure you can see to much more through Vimeo but I loaded them just the same

Had to play with my compression settings.. the first two "zoomed in" on the image just a bit but otherwise they look pretty good. Links as follows

Piles "100 Years"
http://www.vimeo.com/994810

Rick Ross Feat. Flo Rida "Street Money"
http://www.vimeo.com/994056

Young Cash "That X"
http://www.vimeo.com/992855

Coolio "If I was your Boyfriend"
http://www.vimeo.com/992540

Enjoy
-Tizzy

[Ryan Capranica]

how about quicktime?

[Rakesh Jacob]

DUUUUUDE, awesome freakin' DP!!!!!!!

Love, love, love the Ross video alot, song is killer too!

Cant see the Young Cash or Coolio in HD; saw em on the other post but would love to check out the HD versions, especially the Coolio, the song's kinda whack but the vid is HOTT!!

Just curious about the Plies (and it is Plies not Piles, u probably don't care ;p) what did the "Crackers" think of the video after it was finished and did they know they were gonna be called "Crackers"?
Maybe I'm getting too old and racially sensitive but the whole time I was like "OMG I wonder if they heard the song before the acted in the video?" LOL

Last question, if you dont mind, could u give us the aprox budget for the videos, and as much production detail as u have time to?

Very, very, very, very IMPRESSED!!!

Just in case u couldn't tell, I really liked em,
Rock

[TizzyEntertainment]

how about quicktime?

What do you people want from me? I ut up links, you want HD, I put up HD, you dont like the format LOL

Actually if you go to the link, on the bottom right hand corner is says, "Download quicktime" just click that and save to your computer.

And you are right, it is Plies, and I know this.. somehow I am dyslexic with his name.

Yeah Lenny is the bomb as a DP and director.. He directed the Coolio video (not sure why it did not work, I just clicked the links and could see it)

As for your question regarding Plies.. let's just say it was not a comfortable set for us white folk. My impression at least, is that he truly hates white people. He is not a super engaging guy anyway but he would at least acknowledge crew members of other ethnicities. We just sort of got a cold stare and the cold shoulder.. but hell, I don't need to be his friend. He is free to feel however he likes.

Of course if he does not change that... he wont go as far as might be possible.. Jay Z learned how to play the Game, Biggie learned, even Tu Pac.

As for budgets and specs... I'll be back a little later for that. Gotta get running to work just now but when I have some time I will break down what I can.
-Tizzy

[Rakesh Jacob]

the coolio and young cash say private when i cick on em, so maybe that's why u can see em and i cant (?)

look forward to the info tizz!!!!

Tell Lenny he is my new hero! LOL

[frankygunpowder]

the coolio and young cash say private when i cick on em, so maybe that's why u can see em and i cant (?)


Same here.

[TizzyEntertainment]

the coolio and young cash say private when i cick on em, so maybe that's why u can see em and i cant (?)

look forward to the info tizz!!!!

Tell Lenny he is my new hero! LOL

Aaack, looks like it defaulted to private, just made them public so.. your good.

I'll deff let Lenny know you said so LOL

More info coming soon, perhapd even today if I can get a few moments away.
-Tizzy

[ksteiger]

Everything looks great. Perhaps an HPX 500 is in my near future

As an aside, I don't know how you can work in a situation where there is assumed racist attitudes towards...YOU! I can not work with artists like that regardless of whether they are hardcore urban rappers or backwoods white supremacists. Same thing in my book.
God bless you for your staying power.
Just my $.02

[VIDEOSCOPE]

Ask Lenny where he gets all his Panasonic gear... Yup... we take good care of him.

He was just in our shop today checkin out our new showroom in Miami. We are putting EVERYTHING on display for hands on demos. We were taking Lenny's suggestions for the Panasonic demo area.

[TizzyEntertainment]

Ask Lenny where he gets all his Panasonic gear... Yup... we take good care of him.

He was just in our shop today checkin out our new showroom in Miami. We are putting EVERYTHING on display for hands on demos. We were taking Lenny's suggestions for the Panasonic demo area.


Tis the truth, you guys rock. Highly recomend videoscope to anyone looking to upgrade.
-Tizzy

[VIDEOSCOPE]

Thanks for the plug... BTW, we have plenty of HPX packages in stock looking for homes. They are selling well but we are increasing our purchase volume which means we are cutting deals or throwing in freebies within reason.

Although we are authorized dealers for all the top brands, Panasonic is my baby which I believe is the best or I wouldn't have purchased a HPX for myself.

[Andrew McMillan]

The 100 years one looks like a lot of the shots have CA. Other look a little soft like a 35 adaptor or something.

The rest are pretty good.

[TizzyEntertainment]

The 100 years one looks like a lot of the shots have CA. Other look a little soft like a 35 adaptor or something.

The rest are pretty good.

Forgive me for not quite understanding your verbage.. 100 years looks like it has a lot of CA? What do you mean by CA? I can tell you that video had a very tight schedule in a practical location that was a working courthouse, so in many ways it was very run and gun.

As for the others.. compression if the only softness you are seeing. None were shot with an adaptor actually (We got rid of our PS techniks) The image in HD, on an HD monitor or TV look crisp and sharp, and I have never seen colors pop quite like these.

-Tizzy

[TizzyEntertainment]

Oh I had promised some info about the set ups.. anyone have specific question about specific videos? I will answer all I can.
-Tizzy

[anthony jackson]

All I got to say is dude''your stuff is the best.
I saw all the videos I like them all.
Man you are a Pro.
Hope I can work with you one day just to see how you operate.

[andrae]

A lot of the clips got great color. The Coolio video was spectacular. The only negatives I see is over exposure and lack of dynamic range on the exterior shots of the other music videos. What lens did you shoot with?


100 years looks like it has a lot of CA? What do you mean by CA?

CA = Chromatic Aberration.

[Bradbro]

It's very hard to make stand out hip hop tracks and vids these days beyond the paint by numbers stuff you usually see and hear....I'd say you and the artists managed to give it a fresh feel. Obviously you're not re-inventing the wheel, you do have to work within the genre to appeal to the core audience, but you managed to capture the immediacy and the grit. You feel like these guys are livin' the stuff. Ironically the only cut that feels a little tired was the Coolio vid (the guy with the biggest name). But it is forgivable due to the amazing eye-popping colors, and oh yeah, how can you go wrong with top notch hotties?!!!! All kidding aside, this is major league pro stuff!!!! Way to go!!!!

[Bassman2003]

Forgive me for not quite understanding your verbage.. 100 years looks like it has a lot of CA? What do you mean by CA? I can tell you that video had a very tight schedule in a practical location that was a working courthouse, so in many ways it was very run and gun.

As for the others.. compression if the only softness you are seeing. None were shot with an adaptor actually (We got rid of our PS techniks) The image in HD, on an HD monitor or TV look crisp and sharp, and I have never seen colors pop quite like these.

-Tizzy

I see what Andrew was stating. Shots of the judge and the witness have very visable color fringing (CA) around the left side of their bodies. This is a funtion of the camera and lens and not any kind of user error.

The shots of the lawyers at the tables are a bit out of focus with the focus being on the objects in front of them (book & coffee pot)

I am not throwing stones, just pointing out that Andrew was correct in what he brought to your attention.

Overall great job and very high production levels.

Thanks for sharing!

[joe 1008]

Yes, me too have seen those out of focus shots. And some shots were overexposed. IMO this camera works best with 1 stop underexposure - the dynamic range allows it. But good work, fresh & funky. Really liked it.

Interesting that you got rid of 35mm adapters. In fact I liked the DOF the DP achieved with the 2/3" sensor, especially in very controlled situations where he accentuated it very efficiently with lightning. Respect.

[anthony jackson]

nice job on these videos Logo for movie.jpg

[boke]

beautiful stuff there, but I gotta agree that first video with all the "cracker" and "nigger" stuff was pretty bad. Honest question,would you work for some White Nazi punk band too?

[TizzyEntertainment]

It's very hard to make stand out hip hop tracks and vids these days beyond the paint by numbers stuff you usually see and hear....I'd say you and the artists managed to give it a fresh feel. Obviously you're not re-inventing the wheel, you do have to work within the genre to appeal to the core audience, but you managed to capture the immediacy and the grit. You feel like these guys are livin' the stuff. Ironically the only cut that feels a little tired was the Coolio vid (the guy with the biggest name). But it is forgivable due to the amazing eye-popping colors, and oh yeah, how can you go wrong with top notch hotties?!!!! All kidding aside, this is major league pro stuff!!!! Way to go!!!!

Sadly.. no one wants originality anymore. We have written tremendous treatments before (the one that springs to mind is of the artist as a detective character.. he stops a bank robbery in progress to see one of the robbers is his ex.. the video plays out with her on the run and him torn between his former love and doing the write thing and ending with the police taking her down in a hail of gun fire as he tries to intervene) all based on the budget they already proposed and had them respond, "Yeah that is good but.. can't we just have him perform and have some sexy girls dancing around?" The Coolio video is the least original, mainly due to the fact that rain made us loose more then half a shoot day so a ton of shots got scrapped. We make do with what we have, and it is what I love about young rock bands.. they are down for whatever is cool usually.


I see what Andrew was stating. Shots of the judge and the witness have very visable color fringing (CA) around the left side of their bodies. This is a funtion of the camera and lens and not any kind of user error.

Gotcha.. sorry for some reason I assumed he was speaking of a post issue and totally spaced on the lingo. Yeah there is some and that video was the first we shot with the camera and the new lens, and it was less then ideal with a rushed schedule so there was some learning the hardway there.


Interesting that you got rid of 35mm adapters. In fact I liked the DOF the DP achieved with the 2/3" sensor, especially in very controlled situations where he accentuated it very efficiently with lightning. Respect

You know.. The cam and the lens has pros and cons.. I deff want to see some high end primes on this thing, we just have not gotten to that point yet. In a lot of ways though i miss the adapter and the Zeis


Ibeautiful stuff there, but I gotta agree that first video with all the "cracker" and "nigger" stuff was pretty bad. Honest question,would you work for some White Nazi punk band too?

You know that is a very very good question. I am not sure what my answer would be upon reflection. Sadly the issue comes down to social acceptability. What Plies says is accepted, if nothing else because many are afraid to "upset" anyone, where Nazis punks are not. I will say this video was not for mainstream and Plies new that as well as anyone. All during the shoot we would say something like, "That may not work" or "BET won't allow that." to which he would reply, "F*** BET.. this aint for them.. this is for myspace, youtube.. thats it."

A lot of bigger urban artists started with such opinions.. and as they grew they let them go. Some might call it "selling out" but as you have different life experiences your perspective changes. If you grow up around hate of any kind.. you learn it, of course money and fame puts you in close proximity with people you otherwise may have never met and you find yourself thinking, "Maybe they aren't quite what i thought they were" "American History X" did a good job of showing that opposing scenario. A man, filled with hate.. forced into a situation close to someone of another race that he hated simply because.. and finding him to be his only friend. With enough time and the right stress-ors we can learn, or un learn anything.
-Tizzy

[Noel Evans]

Tizzy, sad that you guys obviously do good work and get shot down on originality - I understand the need to commercialize the artist though.

On the first clip at 44 and 46 clear chromatic aberration. What lens was this shot on? Ive never seen this on my CAC lens or higher end glass.