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I noticed, especially when filming events or carrying a camera around all day, it is extremely tiring on the arms. It would have been great if I could throw it up on my shoulder and rest my arm from time to time. An ongoing problem with these camcorders.
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For the 2011 48 Hour Film competition the genre was "Superhero".
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Wedding Video
When every other wedding videographer is showcasing their 'skills' using exactly the same format over the world with over exposed video, artificial chromatic aberration, superimposed vignettes, focus pulling (aka cannot focus), and extreme close ups of the rings, flowers and the dress - this wedding video breaks all the trends and puts you at the wedding as if you were there so that you can appreciate it for the special day that it was...
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I finally finished the camera crane and it is now a stable, controllable working jib.
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With a new son only couple of months old, I wanted to do him a wall mural (on canvas - if that is still considered a mural) of all the planets in the Solar System (do we still count Pluto?!).
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As a weekend/after work project we started looking at constructing our own camera crane.
The results were not as anticipated, with a wobbly camera and considerably unstable design, but still fun to make in the process.
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This is one of the final scenes I did for a series of acting courses I have been participating in since late 2009.
Tears of the Sun is one of my favourite movies, and I had a lot of fun planning, and acting out out one of the key scenes from the movie.
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My brother put me onto a great Vimeo link to a guy called Keith Loutit, who uses a tilt shift lense; time lapses and fiddling with the brightness; contrast and colour to make what look like miniture objecs and people.
A link to his Vimeo page is here: http://vimeo.com/keithloutit
The result is amazing, and something to be highly praised. Even though these lenses have been around for years, his creativity really shines through.
I too looked at getting a tilt-shift lense, or even a contraption that might help me with the effect, but seemed very pricy, so with my limited knowledge of visual effects, I gave it a go faking it.
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Mary takes a look at the Life Centre Trust Streetreach Pamper night and interviews Debbie Baker who provides options for women allover Auckland:
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Earlier this month on a visit to Carterton I filmed balloons floating overhead as the so often do on weekend mornings.
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Today we got the privilege to film down at the Devonport Naval Base as part of the "Tears of the Sun" re-imagining for the acting course.
So happy to not just get the opportunity but also the experience, I hope the shots do justice to the location, pity we couldn't film more there!
(Pic 1) Bruce delivers his lines...
(Pic 2) Steven sun-tans while Richard shows Bruce how to deliver his lines in hip-hop speak