2010
07.01
07.01
One of my favorite shows, Tosh.0, has finally helped me understand what Twitter is for… it’s to come up with movie ideas.. and it works!
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I Live For Video
all things video…. and maybe a little more
2010
06.30
06.30
So world, in the film and video world you hear a phrase from people quite often, “having the latest and greatest technology does not make you a great filmmaker,” and this little short puts that whole phrase into perspective. This is entire short was filmed by Michael Koerbel and crew and was done in 48 hours. Not only that, but with the new iPhone 4 you able to record in 720p, edit with iMovie, and then export it to the web, all with your cell phone! It’s really amazing and a great short. Be sure to watch the behind the scenes after the short to see how they did it all.
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2010
06.07
06.07
so if you know me, you know i can’t get enough of subaru’s and i’m in love with my sooby. so a little over a week ago i went to my hometown for some family things and while there i knew i wanted to take my car up to some old mining roads by my house and rip around. unfortunately, because of family things happening, i ended up only getting to spend about an hour on the roads instead of the full day that i wanted to. i was still able to get some really good looking footage and was able to throw together this little vid from what i did get. i’m looking at it thinking it’s either a good commercial or a good intro vid for more vids to come that my friend brian and i have planned.
for best viewing make sure to watch it in HD
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2010
06.01
06.01
i went to my hometown of weiser idaho for the holiday weekend because my little sister was graduating from high school and i thought… wait, there are some killer dirt roads at an old mine near my house so why not take some gear and shoot some video of me doing stupid things with my subaru. thanks to my bro cory for helping me with the shoot, it’s always hard to do shoots when you want to be the one driving also… anywho, here’s a couple stills from the shoot and i hope to have an actual video with the footage up later this week.
more to come!
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2010
05.26
05.26
honorarium is a short film shot by steve mims last fall. the reason why i’m going to talk about it is because he shot the half the film on the 7D and the other on the EX1. i recently came across this video of his on vimeo where he shows some of his shots used in the short and also identifies which shots are which with supers. it’s a great quick vid comparing the two cameras and to me really shows that if you know what you are doing you can use any camera to make a great film. also, shows that the canon 7D can keep up with the more expensive cameras.
HONORARIUM (selected shots) from Steve Mims on Vimeo.
you can also read the article he wrote about the creation of the short here, it’s a great read.
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2010
05.25
05.25
just wanted to put up a quick post for my friend brian because i know he loves all the time lapses i do. i can’t help it, i think they are amazing and when i see something that i think would make a good lapse i shoot it. hahaha so here’s a quick one for you, shot from the fire escape at my work, which is why there are rain drops on it at the end.
Shot with Canon 7D, ISO 100, f/22, 1/30 shutter
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2010
05.17
05.17
so i have been contemplating this purchase for a few months now and finally a friend of mine, scott, talked me into it. i was mainly worried about it because it was getting rave reviews on the netz by people and sometimes this happens only ending up in myself getting said product and finding out it sux. anywho, off topic, so to sum it all up, this thing freaking rocks. it’s a nice compact size and the suction cup that comes with it is extremely strong and had no problem keeping it attached to any place i put it on my car. (i actually used the suction cup to remove a dent from my car too, double score.)
the camera records in 1080p, 720p, and 480 in multiple frame rates, so you can get some coveted slow motion shots! it comes with a plethora of adaptors so you can pretty much put it onto anything and i know some people were upset that you couldn’t mount it without the waterproof housing, but i see this as extra protection for the lens. it records everything in the h264 codec, rock on, and saves it on an SD card, which finally gives me a reason to use the SD slot on my macbook pro. one of the main problems i can see and have had with it is there is no built in monitor so you can preview what you are recording. you basically have to estimate your shot and hope that you have it. i have seen there is an external monitor you can purchase to use with it, but i have not yet purchased it. for a full list of the specs and some of the companies videos visit their site HD Motorsport
here’s a quick sample vid i made up over the weekend. i didn’t try to fix any coloring or stabilization in post because i wanted you to be able to see the video that comes straight out of the camera.
if you are into any type of action sports i suggest you log on and buy one of these now. the little guy really is amazing.
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2010
05.11
05.11
wow world.. .not sure how i missed this one, i’ve been obsessing over my canon 7D so much that i haven’t really considered looking to see the next big camera to be coming out. well here it is, canon is realeasing two new hd camcorders to their line, and what do you know, they have finally done away with tape. an article about the new cams can be read here and the camera models are going to be the XF305 and XF 300. basically think xh a1 and g1 but with much better sensors, CF hot swappable recording media, choices of bit rate, frame rate, and resolution, and yes for the crazies out there like me, it will shoot in 60 fps so we can get nutz with some slow mo action!
it’s about time that canon comes out with their own line of tapeless pro camcorders, i mean i love my xh a1, but ever since getting my 7D i have realized how much i hate tape. these cams aren’t going to come without a major cost, the cheapest being just below 7 grand, but the 50 mbps 4:2:2 recording @ full 1080p res definitely make it a very enticing product to think about. of course for the vids i am currently working on my xh a1 will do just fine and i would have to sell my car and half my apt to get the newest and best… plus, think of how many 7D’s i could get for that price! hah!
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2010
05.03
05.03
well netz, if you haven’t heard, it’s rumored that hulu.com is going to go the evil route of starting to charge a monthly fee. according to the article here hulu is poised to start charging 9.95 per month for viewing of television episodes that are older then 4 or 5 newest episodes for the given show. seriously… wtf, they don’t make enough on the advertising so now they have to charge us if we want to catch up on an old series that we may have missed? do yourself a favor world, get a netflix account for the same cost and none of the advert hassles. also, many of your peripherals can actually stream netflix to your tv, whereas many of them are unable to stream hulu.com. or do like i do and just surf the web for free eps. one of my fav sites i go to in lieu of hulu is blinkx.com. they usually have up to date episodes of things or will have within a few days and some are even with out ads!
hope you had a great weekend world!
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2010
04.28
04.28
jesus, just when i thought the war over video codecs was slowly coming to an end, the new html5 debate is going to throw something new into the confusion. the article i read everything about was posted on reelso.com and can be read here, http://www.reelseo.com/html5-vp8-google/
basically, the new war is wether or not html5 video should choose to support a video codec that is open source or not. there are three main codecs that are in the running, 2 are open source, and one is h264, which currently is free, but some fear if they get a deal locked in with html5 that they (MPEG LA) would begin to charge for licensing fees. I could see mpeg la being some evil bastards and doing this, i mean, everyone wants to make a buck. i personally have been a big supporter of the h264 codec and have been using it for a while now and trying to get my clients to realize what a good codec it is also, so i’m hoping that mpeg la doesn’t become the evil villain that people think they would if they were able to get the deal for the video codec in html5.
the other two codecs in the running are open source, one is ogg, mainly supported by firefox, and the other is a potential codec that google is going to release called vp8, which google didn’t create, but acquired when they purchased on2. everyone can see the advantage to using either of these codecs, mainly they are open source, so if the html5 war goes to one of them we would be guaranteed, hopefully, that they would stay open source and free.
one of the main problems i see with bringing in the new codecs is getting everyone used to using the new codecs. personally, i don’t mind learning a new codec, everyone has it’s own little quirks you have to learn, but i’m worried about the ease of use of the codecs. the vp8 codec isn’t out yet so i can’t talk about it, but the ogg codec is out and you can get a plugin for firefox here that will allow you to use the web browser to create the file. the user interface to create the ogg is pretty easy and well laid out, but i did have one problem with it. for some reason no matter what bit rate i would input it would do something completely different and this never was fixed after multiple tries. also, the bit rate the compressor would spit out was never consistant. this will make it extremely difficult to give a client a video at a specific bit rate if they request it and also if you have limited space from your web host and need to keep your videos small.
i’m sure by the time html5 and video within it really catch on all these problems will be solved, so really probably nothing to worry about, just more video codec problems to deal with, which is always fun.
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