Downtown shoot (first time using dvx) & Drift Video

Mr.Herron

Mr.Herron

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Damn title, I guess that's what happens when you accidentally hit enter when typing.

Shot this the night of receiving the camera. Went downtown with a couple friends and just walked around and shot. Nothing special, no storyline. Just straight up shooting.

Also the first time I've worked in color. It's pretty awesome once you get the hang of things. Unfortunately I didn't upload this to vimeo due to their servers being down. But I'll probably put it up some time tomorrow, and also in an H.264 on one of my friends sites.

http://vimeo.com/1405289

Here is the second video I shot last monday for a good friend of mine. We rented the track out for a test day and I got a chance to test my camera out more also haha.

http://vimeo.com/1367470

I wish I had some sort of glidecam setup but I've gotta work with what I've got for now. The shaky shots were from me standing in the bed of a truck going about 40 mph, which was not too smart, but I thought it would make for some cool shots.

Thanks for watching. Any and all comments are appreciated. I can only improve with time and practice!

Both videos will be uploaded by this week in h.264 formats also.

-Josh
 
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WHoooo!

A bit too much fading to black for my taste, but some really nice footage and slo-mo work. I'd love to try that with my cam and see how it does. That footage was SCREAMING for some underslung flybys.

Good stuff.
 
Yeah mate that was sweet!
I can understand why you used alot of fade in and out of black, to keep in with the dynamics of the soundtrack. Maybe the fades could of been shorter, maybe I would of used a different track, dunno?
I did enjoy it though, this footage you could play around with it and come up with a few different edits maybe?
 
shaun1970 said:
Yeah mate that was sweet!
I can understand why you used alot of fade in and out of black, to keep in with the dynamics of the soundtrack. Maybe the fades could of been shorter, maybe I would of used a different track, dunno?
I did enjoy it though, this footage you could play around with it and come up with a few different edits maybe?
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Yeah totally! Thanks for the compliments!

I'm actually holding onto a lot of footage from that day and I'll be shooting for the next year or so for a dvd dedicated to the sport. So I could definitely cut something a lot different.

The only thing I hated from this shoot, was catching dirt under my focus ring :crybaby: What I need to do now is get it cleaned inside and out. I managed to get the dirt out from just physically blowing air through the ring, but I don't want to take any risks.

I also updated the first post with the link to the downtown footage on Vimeo.
 
A Las Vegas DVXuser. Sweet. We should shoot a vid for a DVXuser fest together one of these times.
 
<3 Willow Springs, I just finished racing at the Big Track in June, LOVE that track. You were over by Horse Thief Mile though right? Footage was clean, but intro was a bit TOO epic. Nicely done though.
 
The song from the downtown video is:
DJ Shadow - ...Meets His Maker

Songs from the drift video are:
Steve Jablonsky - Arrival To Earth
The Bouncing Souls - No Rules

Thanks for the feedback!
 
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