Internet Promo

[Douglas Villalba]

This is a promo I Just finished making for a presentation I've got to give on wednesday.
The model is my wife who happens to be very well known to this group of directors of an alliance of 12 international chambers of commerce.
The finish promo will also have clips from a recent expo they had last week.
https://vimeo.com/42588049

[starcentral]

Very nice, I like that the subject is lit a few stops brighter than the background. This creates nice separation. What I don't like, is Vimeo because I can never get it to play my uploads smooth. If you don't mind me asking what file format and settings did you use to upload it? I've been trying MP4, 1280x720 and anywhere from 3-5Mbps bitrate. My playbacks always stutter. On Youtube they play fine. sorry off topic..

[Douglas Villalba]

I used to have that problem before I traded my old G5 to for an 8 core Mac Pro. I also just got an Apple TV that displays 1080 so my encoding is 1080 at 20000 h264 from the new Compressor 4.
Also the light meter showed about an f stop less than the main (~ f2 with the ND at 1)
I hope that answered your question.

Edit: See my last video on Vimeo. It shows different POVs.
https://vimeo.com/42711576

[starcentral]

Yes I read it can be the actual computer playing the video, but even on a new MAC i7 I notice stuttering with Vimeo. If there is even a chance that I'm seeing it, then for sure others will too and I really wouldn't want my work being seen like that. I wish I knew if it was something with my settings, most other people's videos seem to play ok...

f2 with ND1 - indoors! haha can you believe we're shooting with ND filters indoors? Boy that Sony F3 is one crazy good camera.

[Douglas Villalba]

Most people upload 720 at lower bit rates, but like I said before, I play it out of the Apple TV to a 42" Panasonic LED LCD. I need the highes resolution possible.
Have you tried waiting for the whole clip to download?
You can always play it at the regular resolution.

[Fohdeesha]

In the video you posted first you can hear you say "ok" at the end

[Douglas Villalba]

Thanks Fohdeesha.
I haven't work on sweetening the sound before it is actually gets used to introduce my wife's webpage.