My Dreamhack Winter Starcraft 2 Video - Page 2

Lysithea

Sweden204 Posts

December 01 2011 22:35 GMT

#21

Awesome, only thing missing would be a short overview shot in the beginning of the 3 halls of the lanarea, something like this: [image loading]

tymt

Sweden293 Posts

December 01 2011 22:37 GMT

#22

Wow, very nice work!

Ariovist

Germany430 Posts

December 01 2011 22:38 GMT

#23

Not so often you get such a good feeling for the atmosphere of those events, you managed to deliver that very well. Thank you, amazing video!

andytb

United Kingdom180 Posts

December 01 2011 23:43 GMT

#24

None of my shots were from stage or other non public areas- in one of the Swedish TV wide shots you can see me filming the very last section. It was a pretty emotional position.

rotegirte

Germany2859 Posts

December 02 2011 00:18 GMT

#25

as an amateur film maker you might want to look into the "EZ-steady" camera stabilizer.

it is currently being pledged on kickstarter.com and due to production within 13 days.

i got to get my hands on one of these at last CES and they're pretty straightforward to use and perform quite well (i.e. running, stairs). so in case you plan to invest further in that hobby/profession it could be something interesting/affordable.

labbe

Sweden1456 Posts

December 02 2011 01:07 GMT

#26

Sick atmosphere at the finals !

andytb

United Kingdom180 Posts

December 02 2011 22:47 GMT

#27

To respond to some of the feedback I've had.

Looking back a few times, I used a lot of fisheye. I went to the event with only two lenses, the Nikon 10.5mm fisheye and the 35mm f1.8. For filming the moving shots it was extremely difficult to film with the 35mm because of the shallow depth of field and lack of visual focus adjustment. By comparison the fisheye you basically set to infinity and everything past 1m is in focus even at f2.8. It made filming variety shots a lot easier and I'm a sucker for the effect, however I realise now it's not to everyone's taste. I will stand by using it for the closing shot to the end of my days.

Regards stabilisation, unfortunately this isn't cheap. A monopod only works for stationary shots so to make my moving shots look better - and that's the main point of contention - I would need a handheld stabiliser. A cheap one still ranks in at a couple hundred plus. If I keep making videos it would be totally worth it however. Tempted by the ez steady (see above) ^^^

A few people on youtube said that I overused effects and that's simply not the case. Excluding the 'dreamy' fades I tried at the end, there are a total of three non-cut transitions and they're in places it in my opinion suit it. I hate the 'Windows Movie Maker' effect as much as the next guy.

The music was a personal choice. I'd like to have used unlicenced music because having the copyright bot detect your videos on Youtube puts you on shady ground should you ever want to partner in the future. If anyone has suggestions for variety electronic producers that are happy to have their work used in this way, I'd love to hear them.

The sound quality at the end sucks. I have no option of an external mic on this camera. Sucks but I'm working with what I can - I bought the camera to play with video because I already have a full Nikon system for photography.