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10/31/2023 01:22:08 PM · #27

Originally posted by Alex_Petrini:

I keep this thread alive, not starting a new one, to show you my last video. This time I wanted to follow the Fall/Halloween mood filming a gothic story, set in the woods of my region. This is Samhain's night and I really hope you like it or at least be a little bit scared of :)

WOW, Alessandro, that's incredible! Did you ever think about a feature film of the length of a short, about 10 times longer than this video? I mean what they have at the Oscars, some shorts carry amazing stories from the very skillful filmmakers like you :) Maybe you should try this, who knows where it could get you! :)

03/18/2024 11:36:47 AM · #28

Unexpectedly I got sidetracked from 3D worlds into real life videography. My husband decided to start a vlog on Youtube so I got interested in doing this too. Our first vlog will be about Zermatt (we are still in Zermatt at the moment) - skiing, winter hiking, going up to Glacier Paradise etc. I am also taking timelapses of Martterhorn, skiing with Gopro attached to my helmet, jumping off the cliffs, and other exciting stuff :)

Learning to edit videos turned out to be rather difficult so I thought I will make one small fragment about snow in Zermatt and ask for feedback on this forum, the video is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wOvEgWmkrc

Is it too long? Too boring? Are sound and music OK? Are clips too short? Any suggestions for improvement? I have never done anything like this so feedback will be very appreciated :)

03/19/2024 04:36:53 AM · #29

I think it's a good start Margaret. Most of the movements are clean, I like the real life audio over the music. There are a few clips that are not "perfect". The one at 10 seconds shows the black frame on the left (maybe it was a stabilization issue) and another couple are probably out of focus. But I like it, it's a good one. What did you use to film it?

Originally posted by MargaretNet:

posthumous

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

03/19/2024 10:34:18 AM · #30

Originally posted by MargaretNet:

I think you have a good sense of rhythm. each shot was a good length, not too long and not too short.

03/20/2024 09:33:54 AM · #31

Originally posted by Alex_Petrini:

Thanks, Alessandro, and well done for spotting the black frame. I zoomed in on the clip in daVinci Resolve but I did not know how it works and did not notice the problem before I posted the video. I zoomed also on the train and it seems to be a bit blurry, Gopro resolution is not great so I should be careful using zooming in post in the future.

Most of the clips were taken with Gopro Hero 12, a couple with Iphone 11 Pro. Next week I am going to get DJI Osmo Pocket 3, it is supposed to have a very good mechanical gimbal (like those in DJI drones) and a large sensor which is good for night videos. Looking forward to try it out.

03/20/2024 09:35:30 AM · #32

Originally posted by posthumous:

I think you have a good sense of rhythm. each shot was a good length, not too long and not too short.

Thanks, Don!

03/20/2024 06:44:23 PM · #33

Originally posted by MargaretNet:

Originally posted by Alex_Petrini:
I think it's a good start Margaret. Most of the movements are clean, I like the real life audio over the music. There are a few clips that are not "perfect". The one at 10 seconds shows the black frame on the left (maybe it was a stabilization issue) and another couple are probably out of focus. But I like it, it's a good one. What did you use to film it?

Thanks, Alessandro, and well done for spotting the black frame. I zoomed in on the clip in daVinci Resolve but I did not know how it works and did not notice the problem before I posted the video. I zoomed also on the train and it seems to be a bit blurry, Gopro resolution is not great so I should be careful using zooming in post in the future.

Most of the clips were taken with Gopro Hero 12, a couple with Iphone 11 Pro. Next week I am going to get DJI Osmo Pocket 3, it is supposed to have a very good mechanical gimbal (like those in DJI drones) and a large sensor which is good for night videos. Looking forward to try it out.

I had the Osmo Pocket 1 and I recently got the 3 (for Vlogging in Iceland) and I can say it's a wonderful device, not only for night stuff. Having a quite large sensor you can get amazing images with a decent separation between subject and background.

03/21/2024 01:38:52 AM · #34

Originally posted by Alex_Petrini:

What about stabilization? Did you have to put it on a tripod?

Can you take decent stills with it?

03/21/2024 09:22:22 AM · #35

Originally posted by MargaretNet:

Originally posted by Alex_Petrini:
I had the Osmo Pocket 1 and I recently got the 3 (for Vlogging in Iceland) and I can say it's a wonderful device, not only for night stuff. Having a quite large sensor you can get amazing images with a decent separation between subject and background.

What about stabilization? Did you have to put it on a tripod?

Can you take decent stills with it?

No need of tripod, you can walk and film like having a camera on a gimbal (which is in some way real, because the gimbal is part of the structure). You get good stills, but it's surely not its main feature.

03/21/2024 11:45:10 AM · #36

Originally posted by Alex_Petrini:

Originally posted by MargaretNet:

Originally posted by Alex_Petrini:
I had the Osmo Pocket 1 and I recently got the 3 (for Vlogging in Iceland) and I can say it's a wonderful device, not only for night stuff. Having a quite large sensor you can get amazing images with a decent separation between subject and background.

What about stabilization? Did you have to put it on a tripod?

Can you take decent stills with it?

No need of tripod, you can walk and film like having a camera on a gimbal (which is in some way real, because the gimbal is part of the structure). You get good stills, but it's surely not its main feature.

That's great, everything I got so far is cheaper and much smaller and lighter than my full frame gear while keeping very good quality. I will still use my Sony A7R III for stills when I need high resolution and maybe video on tripod but it seems that between the Gopro Hero 12, Iphone 15 Pro, Pocket 3 and Mini 3 Pro drone I should have sufficient variety to make our vlog interesting :)

03/24/2024 03:20:18 PM · #37

Everyone who never watched the northern lights always wonders how it is watched with human eyes and not photography/time lapse. I gave it a try filming it at the super famous Grundarfjordur location. You can take a look at the video here

03/24/2024 03:31:01 PM · #38

Originally posted by Alex_Petrini:

I watched it too over Reykjavik, it was very cold so the camera batteries were exhausted very quickly, and then, I did not care about taking pictures, I just watched it and absorbed. One of the greatest experiences in my life.

03/25/2024 11:03:55 AM · #39

Originally posted by MargaretNet:

Originally posted by Alex_Petrini:
Everyone who never watched the northern lights always wonders how it is watched with human eyes and not photography/time lapse. I gave it a try filming it at the super famous Grundarfjordur location. You can take a look at the video here

I watched it too over Reykjavik, it was very cold so the camera batteries were exhausted very quickly, and then, I did not care about taking pictures, I just watched it and absorbed. One of the greatest experiences in my life.

When you watch a strong aurora is something hard to explain. You see the sky dancing and there's nothing like that in nature...