On the Road: Videography
I’m slowly starting to work my way into videography again, after roughly 10 years’ break. This time, I gave myself one hour to produce a little editing exercise using surplus footage from a recent trip to Kardaun, Südtirol, Italy.
One hour edit from Irakli West on Vimeo.
It’s mostly about editing rhythm, but also music cue and a few other parameters. The result is far from perfect, and I might do a bit more work on it, but it’s not too bad imho.
Ths music used is Broken, Durden remix on ccmixter, and the video is available in HD on Vimeo. As for the shoot itself, I had to work with a crappy cheap photo tripod, so no pans and tilts, and an unfavourably angle on the interviewees. Bought an OK tripod today, next should be a steadycam, some lights and perhaps a handheld mic.
The HV30 is a neat little performer, main drawback so far is the stoopid focus button, it is almost impossible to do focus pulls. Need to practice a bit more with record modes.
I’ve also brought back some photos, which can be seen starting here on Flickr. Travelling Brenneautobahn is always an experience.
Look!
I’m sure one could come up with a great metaphor, with the Pharaoh, E&Y, the look, etc.
Literal Video
I suppose A-has “Take on Me” video must have a special meaning to many people in my generation. Here’s a refreshing remake, which takes the actions in the video literally. There goes my youth crashing out, but hey, it’s worth it!
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Passion for Wind
Excellent little short about a man who makes sails for windmills.
Passion for the Wind from Thomas van der Gronde on Vimeo.
Me-too unboxing: Terabyte drive (pointless)
Since unboxing gadgets seems to be all the rage these days, thought I’d pitch in with a one terabyte drive I bought from Amazon. Pointless unboxing and crappy pictures, but hey. This is a backup drive for raw edited video, which takes up shedloads of space. One terabyte ought to buy me a little time.
The box
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Welcome to Irakli West's personal pages on the Web. I am Danish, live close to Munich in Germany, and run FWnetz, an online magazine and training resource for firefighters. In real life, I am Regional Manager Northern Europe for Paratech, teach Heavy Rescue (it's fun, challenging and serves a good purpose) and try to learn more about USAR. I am a member of the Munich Volunteer Fire Department as well as @fire, a USAR and Wildfire NGO outfit.
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