C100: New Years 2014 Fireworks / First Sunset- Miami

[groveChuck]

A belated Happy New Year all!

I finally got a chance to edit this- my 4th annual (or every other year), first C100 New Years Fireworks / First Sunset video, and yes, in a balmy 75 degrees! :happy:

Wide DR. 60i slo mo on first sunset shot.
Canon 70-200 2.8L
Canon 24-105 f4
Tokina 11-17 2.8 (sunset)
Canon 300 2.8L + 2x (sunset CU)

 

[dustylense]

Sweet!

 

[groveChuck]

Thanks man! I was delighted how the 60i slo mo turned out (Premiere).

 

[dustylense]

Thanks man! I was delighted how the 60i slo mo turned out (Premiere).

Yeah, it's not so bad now isn't it. I mean, it works. For the 10% of time I use over crank I'm happy enough with the 60i solution.

 

[Matt Turner]

Is it just me or is Vimeo practically impossible to watch? I'd love to check out your slo-mo but I cannot get Vimeo to stream past the 10 second mark. I question why I'm paying for an account! Is it just me that has problems with Vimeo?

 

[groveChuck]

No problem here, but thanks for trying. Problems with all Vimeos?

 

[Doug_EX]

Great!

 

[drummondb]

Looks great! Can you explain your 60i to slo-mo workflow?

 

[slidemaster]

No problem streaming here, and the footage looked great. Canon is killing it with the Cinema cameras!

 

[groveChuck]

Looks great! Can you explain your 60i to slo-mo workflow?

Thanks! The 5-step, take-the-work-out-of-work-workflow:

Step 1- shoot 60i, 1/120 shutter
Step 2- bring 60i shot into Premiere Pro 24p timeline
Step 3- change clip speed to 50%
Step 4- have a beer! :beer:
Step 5- repeat Step 4 :grin:

I'm not even sure I changed my shutter. I was at 180 shutter and I arrived as the sun was rapidly sinking...
And I'm still not clear on if 180 shutter in 60i is the same as 1/120- anybody know?

There's a thread down below that offers help with FCPX if that's more to your taste...

Doug and slidemaster- thanks! This camera is made for shooting at night!

 

[Matt Turner]

No problem here, but thanks for trying. Problems with all Vimeos?

Yeah I can only play about 1 in 5 videos. Probably my ISP, I tried through Apple TV and it worked fine!
Good work! I'm going to try some slow-mo on Sunday.

 

[Scott F]

That dancing girl looks so bizarre/surreal paired with your music choice. Great shooting location!

 

[groveChuck]

Ha ha, at first I thought "I didn't shoot any dancing girls..." then I realized you meant on the side of the Intercontinental Hotel.
They're actually having tryouts for new "building dancers" if you're interested... :shocked:

Yeah, it's a good spot on an island in the bay between Miami Beach and downtown Miami.
Only better spot would be a boat- great for viewing, not so great for shooting.

Thanks Matt, good luck with the slo-mo (we should get the word out that it is an option!).

 

[Kastro]

Hey fellow south floridian!

I've shot in that location many of times. In fact I have a shoot tomorrow morning @ marina blue. Definitely nice to see someone in SFL on here. Going to PM you and maybe we can meet and work together in the future! Nice video btw!

 

[liondor1969]

very nice, how did you color so good ?All you filmed in Pp WDR without color grading??

Thanks

 

[Erik Naso]

Nice! I liked the anamorphic crop too.

 

[groveChuck]

Thanks Kastro, I love shooting from Watson Island, have a killer day-to-night time lapse from there...

very nice, how did you color so good ?All you filmed in Pp WDR without color grading??

Thanks

WDR and boosted all saturation to 110% for more color, brought down highlights on 2 fireworks CU's, Neat video noise reduction on the 2 shots of reflections in the water.
That's it for grading. Thanks for watching!

Nice! I liked the anamorphic crop too.

Thanks Erik! Yeah, first time I used the 2.35 markers, thought it would work well for the width of the skyline...