Camera specific demo reel

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krismkelley

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So we just got an HVX and we are trying to sell the concept to our clients. I am going to put together a 5 - 10 minute reel of neat stuff that we can do with this camera and was wondering if anyone had some great ideas of what kind of stuff I can do. It's gonna end up as a DVD so unfortunately I won't be able to show the client what "Hi-Def" looks like, but it would be neat to shoot something on Beta or DV, then shoot the same thing at 720p or 1080 and show the difference when down-rezzed. I'm also gonna do some undercranking, overcranking, and time-lapse. Any more ideas?
Thanks,
 
Which not add a folder with a little bit of high-def content to the DVD that the client can look at on a computer?
 
hey kris, considering you are in BR I'd suggest doing some miss. river bridge time lapse stuff, preferably right at the magic hour (before sundown), the northside/industrial side of town would make for some good shot at night, the ship traffic on the miss. river, hot girls running at the park @ LSU (at 60 fps)....... haha, joking...... well.....not really....

I bounce back between Lafayette and BR al the time, if you want some extra elbow grease on some of the shoots, contact me jacob@mostisms.com
 
Jacob,
Thanks for the suggestions. I had planned most of that stuff... the 60fps of the LSU girls is already in the works:Drogar-BigGrin(DBG) Why else buy a camera that undercranks. i also thought I'd get some nice state capital time lapses with some clouds.
Thanks,
 
THoff said:
Which not add a folder with a little bit of high-def content to the DVD that the client can look at on a computer?
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Make sure its not in the newest quicktime or windows media codec. In my experience the people watching will not be up to date.
 
Good idea on the side by side. I would really showcase what SD isn't. Get some really bright red and blue opjects and shoot that in both. I'd also try and get some concert footage and see what happens to DV under red light.. and what happens under HD. There's still an image and ability to focus in HD that is lacking in SD..


The colors... film-look.. and variable speeds should be enough to sell your clients. I think this cam is a great SD end source camera. Looks sweet on DVD.
 
Nik Manning said:
Make sure its not in the newest quicktime or windows media codec. In my experience the people watching will not be up to date.
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I disagree with this, I would definitely use H.264 or WMV HD, it is the best way to show off HD content. The alternative would be to use high-bitrate MPEG2 or DivX with a Home Theatre profile -- the former has its own issues, and the latter isn't all that common. Heck, it's a DVD with a fair amount of storage, you could even include samples in all three formats (H.264, WMV HD, DivX HTP) if you are so inclined.

You could create a simple HTML-based frontend for the HD content on the DVD with some nice graphics, and a link to the download locations for QuickTime 7 and the WMV 9 codecs in case the person viewing the DVD on a computer doesn't have them installed.
 
One thing you might do, is to film something in DV, then blow it up to 200 percent, showing the artifacts, then do the same with the HVX.

Of course, I'm not sure how useful that would be to a client, but it would impress him. ;-)

~ John.

EDIT: Perhaps showing him some of the clean feel of chroma keying with the HVX vs. standard DV would be good as well. That would be useful to a client. Then blowing it up and showing the edge sharpness or softness. Can you tell I like blowing things up? Not in the literal sense, though I'm sure I would enjoy that as well...
 
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