How do they do this?

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Cater2theGame

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Check out this wedding video real quick. I think I have some ideas on how they do this but this video has a lot in to it.

Here are my 3 questions:

1. How do they make the sky, cars, and people move so quick and interesting in the first couple shots of the video?

2. How do they get those crazy floating shots and amazing pans throughout the video?

3. What settings did they use to get the video so crystal clear and smooth online? You can even expand it to maximum size and it still plays flawless.

Thank you and I appreciate any answers!
 
1. timelapse photography...do a search on it...there's plenty here to read.
2. steadicam. not crazy. very common. not exactly easy, but a common practice.
3. read Output/Compression forum on this site. also, let us know what your workflow is, and what kind of videos you're making, NLE you're using, intended target( web, dvd, broadcast etc).......that'll help us know more about the settings you would benefit from.

read up! there's nothing complicated or unattainable about the techniques used in that video...you don't need expensive tools to acheive these looks...just read these forums...and utilize the search bar! there's even a Google search within...


Chris
www.vimeo.com/chrislight
 
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Looks like they shot it in 60i/50i (depending on ntsc/pal) and not 24p/25p. It looks very videoish in my opinion, i'm not a fan of the colours and the highlights look way too overblown. Should have controlled the exposure or used a nd or something.

But yeh, they just used some timelapsed footage, used a steadicam and shot in 50i/60i to get that crisp 'video' look.
 
Yes, steadicam. I don't think it was shot interlaced. The camera definitely has a video-like gamma curve and hard-clipped highlights, as well as the detail turned up pretty high. But the operating looked very good throughout, and the steadicam work was quite good.
 
First of all.. THANK YOU!

Ok, so I figured it was a steadicam but it got pretty high and I wasn't sure if that was still the steadicam. Any steadicam suggestions for the hvx? I saw the Merlin but I want the whole package with the shoulder harness, etc and I'm not sure if that would be the best package.

I searched timelapsing and I can't figure out which way would be the easiest way to achieve that effect. I would just set up the hvx to do the little interval clips throughout an afternoon or something. It just seems like it's going to take a long time no matter what I plan on timelapsing.

I use Premier Pro CS3 and I just started getting into After Effects. I have been shooting everything progressive because I was having problems with my video when I put them on DVD (pixel issue) and I was told that the hvx had problems with shooting interlaced footage. I don't have P2 cards yet either so tapes have been holding me over. That is one of my next purchases and I'm almost there!

A lot of my videos will be going on the web. I am assuming I should start shooting widescreen videos so they can fit on youtube and other video sites better. I'm assuming those videos they uploaded were more than 100 mb because most of my clients need videos under 100 mb and I just render them into mp4 (H.264) and they do not look that clear when blown up. I usually VBR them with a 1 pass and let it fly.
 
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