So the other day I got my new MiniDV 3ccd camera (as opposed to my parents' old vhs-c camcorder) and called my friends to try to make something. I'm fourteen years old and I was always fascinated with film, probably since when I was in fourth grade and saw Pulp Fiction on TV one night.
We didn't have a plot of anything so we just went with it and decided to just make a cool little fight scene. We had about seven minutes of video which was cut down to two and a half for the final cut. I thought that the picture was a bit boring so I did a Saving PRivate Ryan style Bleach Bypass effect with a really small blur making it a bit softer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmsn4gYIhac
The camera is shakier than hell, and the lightings pretty poor. I completely ignored the 180 degree rule. Plus Youtube completely raped the quality. It really was an 'on the spot' thing. Hardly put any thought into it, the editings a bit choppy due to a lot of simply unusable material.
So critisize me, bash me or praise me. K?
ummm....one of higher reasoning may question why in gods name you need that camera for Youtube work.
Not to bash Youtube, it made me Time Magazines person of the year, but if you are using that sort of stuff for your videos, find a better outlit.
Also, you may want to grab a pod of the tri. True, I have in the past advocated the use of no tripod, but this was like a crack addict gone wild. Consider either rigging a steadicam if you don't want to get a tripod, or in your case, it looks like you could just buy the damn steadicam.
Also, the blur effect was slightly irritating and made me feel like I was really tired and squinting. Might consider taking it out.
And I don't know about anyone else, but those old VHS beasts can be kind of nice. Sure, you don't have all teh fancy stabilizers and controls and whatnot, but you can get some wicked good quality. Especially on avant garde or guerilla films. Plus, with the shoulder mount design, you don't really have to worry about shakiness.
Plus, with this short of a movie, you should have tried harder to make footage usable. Would have added a bit.
And not to be mean, but on first glance it appeared to be shot on a really really bad camera and edited in Windows Movie maker.
But we've all been there.
Wow this is long.
Out of curiousity, how did you go about acquiring all the fancy equipment? Like damn.
Please tell me you stole it. It would break my heart if you paid for that stuff.
That's it! You people have stood in my way long enough! I'm going to clown college!
That's it! You people have stood in my way long enough! I'm going to clown college!
Well for a first try and only 14 years old, pretty impressive imho. You experimented a little and made a complete film. Just keep on filming.
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Originally posted by swordofdoom
ummm....one of higher reasoning may question why in gods name you need that camera for Youtube work.Not to bash Youtube, it made me Time Magazines person of the year, but if you are using that sort of stuff for your videos, find a better outlit.
Also, you may want to grab a pod of the tri. True, I have in the past advocated the use of no tripod, but this was like a crack addict gone wild. Consider either rigging a steadicam if you don't want to get a tripod, or in your case, it looks like you could just buy the damn steadicam.
Also, the blur effect was slightly irritating and made me feel like I was really tired and squinting. Might consider taking it out.
And I don't know about anyone else, but those old VHS beasts can be kind of nice. Sure, you don't have all teh fancy stabilizers and controls and whatnot, but you can get some wicked good quality. Especially on avant garde or guerilla films. Plus, with the shoulder mount design, you don't really have to worry about shakiness.
Plus, with this short of a movie, you should have tried harder to make footage usable. Would have added a bit.
And not to be mean, but on first glance it appeared to be shot on a really really bad camera and edited in Windows Movie maker.
But we've all been there.Wow this is long.
Out of curiousity, how did you go about acquiring all the fancy equipment? Like damn.
Please tell me you stole it. It would break my heart if you paid for that stuff.
Well the camera was ebayed for about 400 dollars, not really that fancy. I do have a tripod, two actually (one I dug up from my basement, the other I bought myself for like 100 dollars) but just kinda made this on the spot. Thank for the response though, and the VHS-C was really terrible though, it wasn't even a nice one. It was like a hundred something new.
