Eco-build video diary uprezzed to HD

jamesh

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Hey guys,

I haven't posted anything for a while so i thought i'd share a new vid i've worked on...

http://www.vimeo.com/2243836http://www.vimeo.com/2243836

Uprezzed to 1280x720p using Adobe media encoder mpeg 1-pass setting.

It's a promotional video diary for the pre-fab build company i work for. We basically manufactured and built a whole school building in Corfe Castle, Dorset, in like 6 weeks and errected it in 7 days. It was really hard because i was building at the same time as filming it on my own so i had to juggle both jobs and not piss my fellow builders off whilst doing it.

Shot on DVX PAL, 25p, no adapters, no special settings, i haven't even had time to colour correct yet so that's the main reason for me posting this - what, if any colour correction does it need? I wanna keep it quite neutral without all the tints, diffusion, de-saturation, boosted contrast etc that we normally use to make our stuff look 'cooler'.

Just a warning that i didn't use my shotun mic on this one as it was too hard to shoot with it bouncing around on a building site, so all interviews are conducted with built in mic which caused problems with background noise from cranes, kids, hammering etc, but i couldn't really help it. It's just pretty raw, but still acceptable i think?

Here's some stills...

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How thoroughly professional.
The interview audio is absolutely fine. The chaps must all have good speaking voices.
One question - what ratio did you shoot in? 4:3 - Squeeze - or letterbox?
 
squeeze all the way! it's just so much less hassle when you have the 16x9 frame to work with when framing and you don't have to change any settings in adobe project settings to make the video fit, just whack it straight into a 16x9 timeline, job done. If you shoot stuff properly in the first place you shouldn't really need to adjest framing in post anyway should you? Even if it does make your vids slightly softer, which i cant really tell the difference, the dvx is already pretty soft being sd anyway so it's not like your loosing much more.

cheers.
 
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