DVX100 - Snoqualmie - Twin Peaks

disjecta

disjecta

Lucky Duck
Hello again everyone,

Here’s another big widescreen small film production :lipsrseal Actually, Linda (my sweetie) and I just bought a tent and we went to a local camp ground to try it out for the weekend. It was totally spontaneous and I have some cute footage of us dismantling the tent which I will eventually edit and put with this piece on the DVD when it’s available.

In the meantime, this is an area called Snoqualmie and for you David Lynch fans, it’s where Twin Peaks was shot. If you are familiar with the opening sequence of Twin Peaks, you will remember the waterfall…that’s Snoqualmie Falls and is the opening shot of this piece. There was also a Thomas the Train Engine celebration that weekend so the cartoon looking train is Thomas :)

I’m still working on this and may lose the train scenes completely. Linda seems to think they don’t really fit into the rest of the footage….

The usual disclaimers:

This is a rough cut

 The compression in the water scenes is pretty bad (sorry about that, I will be putting up a better quality file when I tweak the edits).

There maybe some slight distortion on the audio track, I’m still working on the mix.

That’s it, enjoy it.

http://www.pinelakefilms.com/snoqualmie.html
 
Wow man

Every shot you take is a postcard. Not just in comp and frame but in subject matter. Beautiful. ONe thing is missing however; the TWIN PEAKS Theme. Come on man. Do it do it! That would make it perfect.

When that train goes by and we see the back of the caboose I just loved it. As always great job.

The Compression is a little off than what you usually throw down.
 
Amazing as always

You make things seem so effortless :P

but I agree with Hudson, the compression is a tad off
 
I was just thinking to myself this morning that I haven't seen you around since last week...... I see why. lol

Hey man, there's no way you're using the DVX to get those type of shots. I know you're really the proud owner of a $200,000 camera that you're keeping secret and teasing us with footage from. It's ok, I'm on to you.

:thumbsup:

So, I'll bite.
How the hell do you do that?
What type of settings do you use and are you using filters or a special lens?

Really disjecta, IMO, you get the most out of your camera. Not to discredit my fellow DVX'ers here but I don't see that type of quality often.
 
Sweet! I really dig your films and IMO Twin Peaks was the greatest TV series of all time and loved the scenery in the show. Awesome work my friend!
 
Very beautiful footage as always. I might agree with your wife about the train. It really didn't fit. Everything else was very,very nice.
 
Good stuff :). I envy your spectacular locations and long periods of greenery! Maybe I'll have to move to Washington or something.

Very well done as always!
 
All, I can say is--you're dead wrong. Steven has something that isn't easy to achieve--control of his craft. You were just watching one of his home movies. Every person on this board lives close to what are potentially stunning locations, but it takes some mastery to convert a location into a lyrical or moving image. If I was producing a top rate nature or wildlife doc, I wouldn't hesitate to hook him up with an SDX and a long lens and let him go to town.

Coltrain said:
Hate to say it, but the only thing amazing about your videos is where you live.
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Coltrain said:
Hate to say it, but the only thing amazing about your videos is where you live.
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Heh, how wrong you are but it is your opinion.

At first thought you might think its just a good subject. But take a moment to watch his works and you will see there is much more than just pretty pictures. The selection of shots, the compositions, the editing, as well as the music all combine into very nice works.

I've seen many photos of Yosemite from various people. But most, if not all, are of the point and shoot variety. Nice subject matter but something missing. I believe Steven/Disjecta is someone that does much more than point and shoot.
 
I am not saying what he does is not nice looking.

But 90% of it is his location and the other 10% might be his abilities.

Simple photographic framing is not complicated.
 
I have seen a lot of nature footage that looks bad. There is skill in what he does. If that was the case anybody could go work for National Geographic, or the Discovery channel.
 
Sweeter than yoohoo, Steven.

I was laughing my ass off when the train was passing by, and Thomas pops in and gets off a couple of high pitched toots.

Good 'ol Shining Time Station...
 
You're trolling--right? Because I've never heard a sillier statement from someone who knows anything about photography. If you can whip out something of the same quality in a few days and say it was trivial to do--I might give you a little more creedence. I see you're in Witchita. I think the Midwestern plains have their own unique beauty and would make a gorgeous location. I look forward to seeing your 10%. :thumbsup:

Coltrain said:
I am not saying what he does is not nice looking.

But 90% of it is his location and the other 10% might be his abilities.

Simple photographic framing is not complicated.
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Never mind, you've never posted any of it here... Just some grabs which look pretty good btw:

http://www.dvxuser.com/V3/showthread.php?t=2845

anyway, I do think disjecta's work is amazing. there's something magical about what he does with those magical locations. Give a camera to 10 photopraphers and I'd put money on it that maybe four of them actually capture that magic. IMO, he cpatures this magic perfectly. That's why I'm a fan of his work. No it's not a drama or a horror or anything, it's just what it is, art.
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Coltrain said:
But 90% of it is his location and the other 10% might be his abilities.
Simple photographic framing is not complicated.
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I don't know if I would call that simple framing. It's also his position according to the light, timing, and patience. You will notice he takes full advantage of the strengths of DV and skillfully avoids it’s weakness.

Washington is beautiful. All of the Cascades are beautiful. However, I never seen it represented that well on 35 S16 or whatever you choose. To think that Steven is doing this with a $3500 camera tells you that gear is such a minimal part of the game. The ducks lined up on the river is my favorite. That backlighting? WOW, that is skilled and carefully planned shooting. Ok, now I'm going to go shoot some stills with my 45YO Leica M3. Steven, have you ever shot in the Ho Rainforest?
 
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