Brazilian Jiu Jitsu instructional clip

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heedicus

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]Hello,
I am making my first forray into the instructional DVD world with a friend of mine who is a BJJ guy. I know the audio is less then stellar but we are dealing with an extremely low budget (no budget at all). But if this one goes well then hopefully I can up the audio for the next disk. Other than lame audio what do you think? There is a two camera setup used on most of the clips except this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cwuHHUlTH4
Thanks,
Tren
 
I thought it was good. I've seen ALOT worse than that. The audio levels were fine. good job.
 
Thats hilarious how the more the video goes on the more out of breath he gets

I think he shouild do more cardio

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Try and get the camera in position to actually see what is going on next time

Mulitple angles and takes
 
Also What did you export the video as before you uploaded to youtube? I was just trying a few clips but the compression kinda kills it, yours looks, i think, as good as it can.

Care you share your settings?
 
yea the cardio thing was actually kind of funny. there was one tech that took like 5 minutes and whew, i thought he wasnt going to make it near the end.
on the camera angles, for most of the other technique I tried to do a second roll from different angles to show specifically what he was talking about, but I only have one camera so I could cut from camera to camera and with it being mostly unscripted I didnt think doing another take from a different angle would make any sense. I do have a crappy little camera I use as a deck, but I figured the quality wouldnt be up to par. I am going to try to hopefully figure out a better audio setup for the next one.

Thanks for all the replies!
And I am embarrased to say it but my export setting for the web were just the quicktime conversion using the DSL medium level presets... so nothing to fancy there.

I will try to upload another clip that may show the second camera angle thing a little better.
Thanks,!
Tren
 
http://masteringvideography.com/2006/10/04/06-shooting-a-simple-instructional-video/

Jiu Jitsu instructionals are pretty easy to shoot. Especially with two cameras.
I would simply lock down the wide camera (the one in your clip) and reposition the 2nd camera to where ever it's most usefull for the next technique. For the example you showed here I would have put the 2nd camera about five feet to the right of the angle shown to get close ups of the knee on the head and how when falling back to the arm bar the the knee naturally flows over the neck.
This should be fairly easy by just watching the instructor do whatever technique is next and figure the best place for the 2nd camera then repeat for each additional technique.
By the way, the link above is on shooting an instructional video in general. The jiu jitsu just happens to be what I chose for demonstration purposes. Had I been shooting a full instructional video on jiu jitsu I wouldn't have done the entire video like my sample clip. I would have done it just like you're doing it.
 
I thought it looked pretty good. I could follow the instruction pretty well, but as everyone mentioned, I would have liked to have seen some closeups or different angles. I've included a link to one of the best videos I've ever seen relating to self-defense. This is the gold standard...http://www.gougoule.com/violence/

-Kevin
 
I am hoping for the second disk to incorperate a second camera but the only other camera I have is the crapy little one I use as a deck... I figure in order for it to look right i would need another 3ccd camera right? if not another panny?

I will post another clip that has the second shot as well.
Thanks for all the replies, i tell you having a sounding board like this is an incredible tool and gets me all jacked up to go out and shoot, and create more!
so thanks!
tren
 
Nice work. The audio is not as bad as I was expecting from your warning. I agree about the second camera position. What you could do is playback for the instructor the move he just did and get him to do that almost exactly the same way after you finish your wide take. Then reset the camera to show his movements close up, making sure to not get his mouth in frame if possible, and when you edit the scene together you use the long take audio.

Nice job though. I am planning an instructional video and am working out the details now.
 
I second the need for close-ups. Now if you really wanted to go the extra mile, you'd shoot it as a dramatization--the "talent" in street clothes, doing it full speed from the most dramatic angles, and then go back through and break it down with narration over the most informative angles, with slo-mo (maybe borrow an HVX if that's an option). Great idea, I know, and free of charge; just give me a shout-out in the credits of your next one :cheesy:
 
So here is another clip that will hopefully give you a better idea of what I ended up doing for a second camera.
Sadly borrowing an HVX is not an option, I cant even find anther 3ccd camera to shoot with.
on the street drama thing- the basis of the video isnt so much self defense, as it is a bunch of techniques for people that already know jiu jitsu. because BJJ is still a relatively new sport in the US there are not that many good instructors and in many places you cant find an instructor at all. With this subpar instructional base out there I think there is a niche market for people that already train, either under an instructor or with buddy, for a video highlighting some of the more creative techniques that you wont find everywhere. The 1/2 mount arm bar is not the best example but the hip compression tech on this next clip is. So the idea isnt self defense per say or even instructing the basics of BJJ but it is to teach people that already have some fundamentals a bunch of cool moves they can tap guys out with at the gym=)
With the fast rise of popularity of mixed martial arts through the UFC and all the reality shows on spike TV (ufc affiliated) i think there will be a good demand for people not looking for basic instruction but looking for better instruction.
with all that in mind i hope people look past the production level of dvds and get into the quality of the moves they are learning. as they say "content is king"=) plus it gives me the opportunity to learn more and more as I go along.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-UTP72i3Zo

Anywho thanks for all the replies/help!
tren
 
Looks good
Another shot from the second camera earlier wood be nice when he first mentions grabing the right arm.
You can make a 2 camera shoot for this kind of instructional video very simple by locking off the main wide angle camera and just shooting the 2nd camera yourself (one camera operator). Use a clapboard at the beginning of each technique to make sinking the 2 different angles in post easier, even a hand clap will do.
 
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