From Dusk Till Dirt installment 1- Taylor Sage video

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Hey everybody,

I know I haven't posted a video in a while, but I've been busy with this:

From Dusk Till Dirt- the first full-length mountain bike dirt jumping movie.

An amazing rider named Taylor Sage is the first victim in our podcast series. Watch him boost into the ozone layer, get sprayed in the face with toxic sewage and have an all-around good time doing it!

Zach Hensley and I are pumping out these hi-res podcasts right now compliments of Decline Magazine and Littermag.com, available at 960 x 540, 28MB.

Ok, ok, I won't bore you with any more hubbub. On with it!

Download the HI-RES
Watch it Streaming

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From Dusk Till Dirt Gear List:

2x Dirty Panasonic HVX200s
1x Suburban 16 GB Panasonic P2 card
2x Mini Cooper 4 GB Panasonic P2
Nizo Super8 camera (south american black market)
Kodak b&w reversal film (from my buddy nicknamed "Catpoop")
Kodak color negative film (also from "Catpoop")
Stock Bogen/Manfrotto 503HDV tripod kit
Bogen/Manfrotto RC2 tripod kit (too lite for the HVX)
Dusty Century Fisheye HD glass
Scratched Tiffen CPL filter
DVXUser batteries!
Burton ZoomPack photo backpack
Giant Ogio Ty Video 2 backpack
Kata backpack rain jacket
Kata camera rain bag (aka: dirty roost bag)
Rode shotgun mic w/ shockmount
DIY P2 card dumpy harddrive
Apple PowerBook G4 (thinking different)

And some other top-secret stuff that'll come out at some point...

happy shooting,
andrew
 
From Dusk Till Dirt HVX200 Scene File Settings....

The two HVX's have a number of tweaks to help with shooting footage during broad daylight. Some of that dirt is flat out bright!

We're dumping the detail settings to -2 generally. We're using Cinegamma almost exclusively, so we're trying not to turn the picture too soft (CineGamma reduces detail level, right?)

Master Ped is at -4 or -5; just enough to give the cracks in the dirt some kick!

Color Sat is turned down a few notches, since we're also using CineMatrix which adds some saturation.

White balance is custom, from balancing in broad daylight and adding a +1 to the warm side.

On the Scene File dial, we have two identical scene file setups, right next to each other. One is set up for 24 fps, the other to 48 fps. This way, we can easily switch between normal shooting and slow motion!

More on Slo-mo ......
 
Thanks for the kind words Dory!

This project has been a blast so far. There's so much more support for an all-dirt jumping movie than we ever thought!

Next installment should be Ryan Howard, from Apatos, CA. This kid has gotten way wilder since the last time I filimed with him, a few months ago. Stay Tuned.
 
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Slo-mo; its not played out yet.

We're shooting 50 fps on the Nizo Super8 cam. And 48 and 60 fps on the HVX200.

Why? Because slo-mo rocks! But getting sharp pictures is a bit of a dirty job when you're following a rider who's 18 feet in the air.

So were using higher shutter speeds (1/250th) to freeze riders in the air, and slower shutter speeds (1/60th) to smoothen out off-balance shots.

Check out the last video for each example using the HVX200.

With the Nizo Super8, yikes, you never quite know what you'll come back with. But its always the best sh-t of the day:)

peace,
andrew
 
it's not BMX, but it's trails so I still got love for it. The good ol' american title intro was not my cup of tea, but the footage looked great.
 
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