Canon 5d mark 2
zazaslider that I built to use as a dolly
litepanels
Sennheiser lav
Mac
FCP 7
Mike, you are a reviewing machine! I think you set the record for most reviews on FtF in one sitting!
Hey Eric,
Sweet video, great idea, well done. But maybe it's just me, but I found the music overbearing and distracting. I don't think it needed it all...but if you wanted it, I would have have least had it fade out during most of the poem.
Maybe let the chalk sounds linger through your opening montage, or find a couple of other natural sounds...or let the reading of the poem end your piece as you show us those tight details at the end...
You have all this nice sweet real stuff going on - sincere human voices, pretty visuals - why muck it up with canned music?
-will
Eric, I thought this was great. I didn't mind the music, I thought it added a nice emotional punch. I'm going to send this to my brother in Boston who dropped my neice off for her first day of kindergarten last week.
On a technical note, did you do anything in post to get such vibrant colors, or were those straight out of the 5d? What codec did to you convert to for editing? And any tips with using the zazaslider? I've been wanting to get my hands on one of those as well.
Thanks Michael, Will and Andrew for checking it out and the feedback.
beautiful....the piece I watched had some video "hits" -- kind of tearing we used to see with Beta tape - don't know if that was just download, but something to watch for.
Great great lighting on these teachers!
Thanks Peg.
Killer approach to the first day. Well done. I'm ripping this off for next year. Hope you don't mind. Why no kids reading the poem? Not that you needed it. Just curious as to your thought process.