Ruff Tour de Gastown Cycling Clip

[Zoomforce]

May I share a short clip shot in 24a

Will not stream, its 30mb, right click and save as

http://www.dvxuser.com/image/gastownrufedit.wmv

[JumpFrame]

very nice, I downloaded it this morning then deleted it by mistake, so i came back and it was a totally different clip, am I going crazy? Anyways, good work.

[puredv]

good to see some sports footage. Nice edits too, no wanky FX transistion.

[Eric_Polselli]

I thought that was excellent, very well put together. The footage looks fantastic plus I loved the use of stills. There's something powerful about good still photographs.

I loved the shot with the seemingly endless coulmn of riders pouring around the corner towards the camera and then by it. That one, and I loved the one right near the end looking across the street at the crowd as the riders whip past.

Very nice work.

- Eric Polselli

[Viewcam]

I just loved your color saturation, that looks like you did in post because the stills look the same. I am amazed that with all those different angles and lighting situations that your colors are dead on in each shot, did you white balance at every point? I also think it is about time someone showed that this camera can do fast movement shots.

Great job Zoomforce, please share more!

[ScreechingHalt]

Beautiful work! Please share your production details!

Best regards,
ScreechingHalt Productions

[Zoomforce]

Thanks!

It was shot in:

24a
low shutter ( i really wrestled with this decision, glad i went low in the end)
cine-gamma
Cine Matrix
Skin on
Detail -4
Master Ped -4
SA 568 Shotgun on left channel

I used a 10% grey wb every time i changed locations (lighting range was from sunlight to dusk)
Color balance consistancy was great, I did do a little magic in Vegas though.

Learned a few Fast action valuable lessons:

I found out i needed a better tripod for fast smooth pans (specially diagonal movements)

The stupid mattebox step up ring crept in the unsafe zone (the DVX only displays part of the image on the LCD's

In an event like this using a channel set low to avoid clipping was a must

A handle remote *that had a Zoom and Focus rocker would be perfect, I hope someone figures out how to make this.

Also, assistant Mary was invaluable at finding angles and locations I wouldn't of thought of because i was too busy messing with the camera.

[scottchapin]

Great stuff! What was the shutter speed, do you remember?

[Zoomforce]

to be honest I can't remeber.. i changed it a few times.

[booggerg]

The light reproduction came out great in this video. I'm confused though, you said the mattebox does not show up when viewed on TV but it looks to be your clip is letterboxed, so how did the edge of the adapter ring still show up?? I'm guessing an anamorphic adapter was used??

[Zoomforce]

no, the mattebox convertor ring was crap, I actually think they may of given me the wrong one, because on a 4:3 its unbearable. The DVX LCD only shows 80-90% of the image captured, so you miss the corners :( in letterbox mode I thought I got rid of them but it still is there.

[DVXDetroit]

Fantastic work, you got some talent, even if this is your rough cut. Show us more!

[Beat Takeshi]

I think if you play back the tape in the camera it will show all the settings you had. Not sure about the shutter but it remembers Fstops and zoom among other things. Movie downloading as i write this, thus no comment as of yet. We had online training for a few weeks and I couldnt use the bandwidth.

[Beat Takeshi]

COoOlio, I just peeped it. Love the music choice and angles with the soft transitions to match the music. Dont know if this was just a exercise like my little rap thing but if I may, the stills of the ladies with medals came a little early. When I saw them I kinda thought I would see finish line footage to complete the story instead of more riding. Hope this doesnt rustle any feathers for this is just what I came away with after watching the clip as my girlfriend would say. Girlfriends or girls in general seem to have unique insites on things and I find that she refreshes me when she puts her 2 cents in, either that or I'm one whipped dude. ;)

[Zoomforce]

Yeah there actually is no order to the clips, I just cut and threw them together, as a rough cut to gauge different emotions through the negative color and music selection.

[24Peter]

Nice work Zoomie! I enjoyed the feeling created by slow camera pans and down tempo music with fast moving subjects. Brilliant!

[Zoomforce]

Thanks Peter! we had alot of fun shooting, and learned some valuable lessons.

[Beat Takeshi]

I was definatly feeling the emotions in there. I used to race mountain bikes in the NORBA circuit and even though as a spectator you see everything as being fast and furious, when you are a participant you are in your own world blocking out everything around you. Most of the time you are trying to keep as calm as possible and focused on the line you pick through the rough stuff or the pace you keep on the flats. The song you chose is right on mark for my experiences in bike racing. Good work. I have learned something on this piece.
OPp...Lordz of Brooklyn

[Zoomforce]

You hit tie nail on the Head Oppressor.