Moving Pictures

[ChristopherBarrett]

First work in the new medium.  All with the 5d2 and working in some stills I'd shot with the P65+.  Fun Stuff.  Tried a bunch of different approaches, most of it comes together alright.  The last time I edited a film it was all b+w 16mm in little sandwich bags taped to the wall over the editing station.  Despite it's learning curve, FCP is sooo much less painful.

http://christopherbarrett.net/blog/?p=1494

CB

[Lightbox]

Would like to watch but seems to be a problem with the video loading on your blog page?

[ChristopherBarrett]

Thanks of the head's up.  I'm not sure which format is most universal so I just turned it into an embeded YouTube, which oughtta fix any issues.

CB

[Lightbox]

Thanks, you didn't sleep for very long?

[haefnerphoto]

Chris, Very nice!!  I'd like to take a class in video production this Fall but doesn't look as though my schedule will permit it.  Perhaps this Winter will work better.  i think that there's definitely a need to learn how to put together a piece like yours.  Jim

[Kirk Gittings]

Excellent effort Chris. Is this a product you are wanting to market to your clients? i've been considering a move in the same direction, but as usual too much going on-maybe this winter.

[JoeKitchen]

Really great, and good idea.  This is something I too have been thinking of doing, but have been slacking. 

Question, are you using supplemental lighting like you would with a still shot?

[JonathanBenoit]

Chris,

Nice job.
For your work, stills would document the project completely. I'm not so sure video for documenting purposes would fill much of a role. I think if video was brought in, it would be on a much more artistic level. This is really the only case I have seen for video in architecture.
Someone mentioned 3D. I'm not sure it's any better than virtual tours. Some of us know how much of a pain those are creatively and financially.
I've been thinking about creating short films for specific projects, but I'm sure it would take years to craft such a skill to my extremely critical satisfaction.

[Nick-T]

Chris
Great Job!
The dolly shot about 1/3 in down the white corridor is really nice and tells the story of the space in a way that I don't think stills could.
Criticisms? Maybe a bit long overall. The Canon aliasing is annoying in places (not your fault and I don't think the client would notice), and I found the bounce in the steadicam shots a little annoying.
To repeat great job and I think you done an excellent job of bringing your stills vision across to motion.
Nick-T

[feppe]

Thanks of the head's up.  I'm not sure which format is most universal so I just turned it into an embeded YouTube, which oughtta fix any issues.

CB

It's a .mov on the blog - do you have a link to the Youtube clip?

[ChristopherBarrett]

Hmm.... the embedded one is actually a YouTube link.  The link "Bigger Version Available HERE." is a .MOV on my site.  Here's the straight YouTube Link...

http://youtu.be/6c_HiFPjwtQ?hd=1

On Vimeo too....

Any advice on the most universal format for embedding on site?

Thanks for all the feedback!  It definitely gives me a lot to think about.  The client pretty much just let me in and have the run of the place.  There were only two staged scenes, the rest was all from the hip.  I left this all fairly unstructured because I wasn't really sure what I was going to make of it.  I can see a value in doing something that incorporates more dialogue and interviews to enrich the whole piece. Then again, this, even if it is more eye candy functions very similarly to the still imagery but can give, I feel, a more complete experience than stills alone can acheieve.  It all opens a huge door to new things I need to learn and develop, and that in itself is very exciting.

CB

[feppe]

Hmm.... the embedded one is actually a YouTube link.  The link "Bigger Version Available HERE." is a .MOV on my site.  Here's the straight YouTube Link...

http://youtu.be/6c_HiFPjwtQ?hd=1

On Vimeo too....

Any advice on the most universal format for embedding on site?

Thanks for all the feedback!  It definitely gives me a lot to think about.  The client pretty much just let me in and have the run of the place.  There were only two staged scenes, the rest was all from the hip.  I left this all fairly unstructured because I wasn't really sure what I was going to make of it.  I can see a value in doing something that incorporates more dialogue and interviews to enrich the whole piece. Then again, this, even if it is more eye candy functions very similarly to the still imagery but can give, I feel, a more complete experience than stills alone can acheieve.  It all opens a huge door to new things I need to learn and develop, and that in itself is very exciting.

CB

There's no youtube link or embedded video on the blog page you linked to in the OP - I checked the page source code as well. The embedded video is to Gensler_Chgo_Small.mov.

Both Youtube and Vimeo allow embedding, not sure what their rules say about commercial use for videos, though.

Nice video, and the soothing music worked well with the unrushed footage. The length of the video was fine, but I was also a bit distracted by the un-steady steadicam. Also, there was a very long pan which would have benefited from a focal point (and perhaps a pause) in the middle of it.

[ChristopherBarrett]

Thanks!  My corrected post was in the drafts and I must have forgot to publish it! 

Yeah that pan is too long, I oughtta break it in two.  And I have a whole new world of respect for Steadicam operators.... even FCP's SmoothCam filter couldn't save me.... gotta lay off the caffeine.

CB