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Music Video shot on Red with Nikon mount

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Here's the Music Video that the most used red accessory was an ice pack to keep the sucker cool. Downtown Phx summer in a 1902 brothel with no air. using build 15.2.5. From the first set up had the over-heating issues, had 12 codec errors where the camera would stop filming while rolling. Had over 800 dropped frames, had the whole camera freeze on playback, had it not boot a couple times... all this in one 13 hour day. But in the end very happy we shot on the Red.

heres the 720 vimeo version
http://www.vimeo.com/1325681

Vincent Pascoe
www.vincentpascoe.com
 
Not a bad song, I'm not so into the screaming vocals but I liked the instrumentation. The cinematography was pretty darn awesome it was a delightful visual overload, well done.
 
if you dont mind can you describe your compression settings? Your vimeo video looks a lot better than mine :)
 
Visuals like good Vince. Nice job. Your problems with the camera might be due to specific elements on how your recording the image. Did you use the CF cards or Raid drive? With all that shaky cam, I would only shoot CF cards to eliminate dropped frames. And Yes, ice packs/cold packs have become our friend here in 100+ degree temperatures in Phoenix. I'm working on a sling just for this reason. I rarely have any of the problems you described on any of my shoots high heat or not.

FYI, they should have the drummer sing the song- loose the cookie monster rock. Just my opinion of course...

Alex
 
very good vincent.
what about the lens that you have used??
wich nikons??
maybe also your lensbaby??
thanks
 
Excellent!
 
Brandon said:
if you dont mind can you describe your compression settings? Your vimeo video looks a lot better than mine :)
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Hi, I'm Dan. I edited the video. We onlined in 1080p on Avid.

Quicktime
1280x720 H264 (no restricted bit rate, quality = best)
24fps
Apple lossless audio 48KHz

Also, when using H264 QT (I cant stress this enough), you need to correct the gamma IN Quicktime Pro and save it.

Quoting Andrew Kramer from videocopilot.net:
After rendering into a QuickTime/h.264 file, open it up in QuickTime and select “Show Movie Properties.” Highlight the video track then click on the “Visual Settings” tab. Towards the bottom left you should see “Transparency” with a drop-down box next to it. Select “Blend” from the menu then move the “Transparency Level” slider to 100%. Choose “Straight Alpha” from the same drop-down and close the properties window and finally “Save.”

That will make you black levels actually look black. I do this with all H264 QT's but it's definitely a good rule of thumb if the file is going to be re-compressed.

That's about it...well that and, of course, about 3 hours of upload/conversion time at Vimeo...

so...watch it again!

http://www.vimeo.com/1325681
 
Vincent,

nice work man. Those are some kick ass shots. I really enjoyed the grading choices. Also props on not losing your mind after 13hrs of that audio being played back during the shoot.

So per the thread title, this was shot on Nikons? What lenses did you use. What was your overall take on shooting with Nikon still lenses?

thanks for sharing,

Omar
 
I picked up a lot of tricks from Vinnie on this shoot. Every effect in this video was captured in camera AFAIK. Dan did the color grading and a nice job with the edit. Nice to see some grungy RED footage for a change. Good jobs guys.
 
dansturm23 said:
Hi, I'm Dan. I edited the video. We onlined in 1080p on Avid.

Quicktime
1280x720 H264 (no restricted bit rate, quality = best)
24fps
Apple lossless audio 48KHz

Also, when using H264 QT (I cant stress this enough), you need to correct the gamma IN Quicktime Pro and save it.

Quoting Andrew Kramer from videocopilot.net:
After rendering into a QuickTime/h.264 file, open it up in QuickTime and select “Show Movie Properties.” Highlight the video track then click on the “Visual Settings” tab. Towards the bottom left you should see “Transparency” with a drop-down box next to it. Select “Blend” from the menu then move the “Transparency Level” slider to 100%. Choose “Straight Alpha” from the same drop-down and close the properties window and finally “Save.”

That will make you black levels actually look black. I do this with all H264 QT's but it's definitely a good rule of thumb if the file is going to be re-compressed.

That's about it...well that and, of course, about 3 hours of upload/conversion time at Vimeo...

so...watch it again!

http://www.vimeo.com/1325681
Click to expand...

wow thanks, man. I wouldn't have thought of that :) My vimeo definitely lost contrast once it was uploaded. Could you tell me how large the file was that you uploaded to vimeo?
 
Technically I was very impressed with the video. The camera work was great! Just the right amount of camera movement, and the very shallow dof augmented the "mood" (I'm getting a Nikon mount for sure). But I was even more impressed with the editing!!! Having done a few music videos myself, I have a good idea how much time Dan spent in front of those edit monitors!!! :-)
I wasn't going to comment on the song, but I can't help it, being a musician myself. :-)
This would have been an AWSOME song if it would have been performed (in its entirety) by the drummer. As it is, its just a very good song. Just my .2 cents.

Looking forward to hear/see more from you guys...

JEA
 
Brandon said:
wow thanks, man. I wouldn't have thought of that :) My vimeo definitely lost contrast once it was uploaded. Could you tell me how large the file was that you uploaded to vimeo?
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The QT file is 362 MB.
 
sumermedia said:
Technically I was very impressed with the video. The camera work was great! Just the right amount of camera movement, and the very shallow dof augmented the "mood" (I'm getting a Nikon mount for sure). But I was even more impressed with the editing!!! Having done a few music videos myself, I have a good idea how much time Dan spent in front of those edit monitors!!! :-)
I wasn't going to comment on the song, but I can't help it, being a musician myself. :-)
This would have been an AWSOME song if it would have been performed (in its entirety) by the drummer. As it is, its just a very good song. Just my .2 cents.

Looking forward to hear/see more from you guys...

JEA
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Thank you for all the compliments. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. I think we all had a great time on this production/RED learning experience.

And as for how many hours I spent editing...well, I've got a great working relationship with the director of the piece who sat in on the edit, and...let's just say it's probably not quite what you think...
 
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