Everyone’s favorite person – only backwards
I would like to take this chance to sincerely apologize to Peter and Maraika, two awesome people who the following movie was made with. They co-wrote, co-directed, and co-acted in the following movie, but because the editor that they hired to complete the movie was a complete idiot, the movie has not been able to be released to the public until now. The music may sound a little familiar.
Again, I’m very sorry Peter and Maraika, and I hope you like it!
I guess it’s pretty sad when my Uncle Bob posts about a movie I did almost a week before I actually get around to posting it on my own blog myself. But here it is anyway. It’s sort of a pseudo-cartoon I did using keyframing in Final Cut Express. It’s not supposed to be a masterpiece or anything but I think it’s fun enough. (Be sure to click on HQ in the YouTube box to view in high quality!)
I “designed” the spaceships myself with some textures I got online. Pretty much everything else I found online – all the backgrounds are from me google-imaging the 100 different variations of “new york city skyline”, and I downloaded all of the explosions for free from Detonation Films – they have a collection of free and paid sparks, bangs, and explosions that you can superimpose onto videos with Final Cut – which is what I did. Both pieces of music are from the soundtrack for the movie 28 Days Later. (Amazing movie by the way)
“Why do you always have to make movies about killing people [and really awesome things]?” – Deri Reed
“I like how you could see the aliens in the window of the space ship, that was [a fine example of filmmaking at it's best].” – Ira Saltz
“The sound effects are awesome and make this work [one of the truly genius masterpieces of our time]” – Uncle Bob
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_B5UrI7nAI]
I will never hear that song the same again.
Here’s a quick little movie I did with my dad. Can you spot the cuts?
The Evilnator from swruler9284 on Vimeo.
Think of it as cloverfield + my dad. Music from Lost and The Dark Knight. Does that really suprise you?
So you know the camera that I used to film that Thanksgiving movie, the one that shoots 720p HD video, the one I said I’d post more on later? Yeah, that one. Well, that camera is actually not a video camera.
:-O
It’s a still camera, the Samsung NV24 HD to be specific. It’s a step above my old point-and-shoot Canon Powershot, although not nearly as good quality-wise as an SLR or anything, but it gives you full control over all the essential options plus an awesome video mode that can shoot in HD. And guess how much it was!
Cool Features:
10.2 megapixels (doesn’t mean anything, though)
Wide-angle lens
Shoots 720p HD video
“SmartTouch” interface (which is actually intuitive)
Some fancy new screen that supposedly looks good in outdoor light
No, seriously, guess. I want to know what you think this would cost.
Did you guess just under $200? Well you were right if you did. If you didn’t then you were wrong. But yeah. Its awesome. I mean, no, you’re not going to get the same quality video as a real video camera, but the video looks great for the type of things I would be using it for. The only problem I really have with it is that when it zooms in or out the audio cuts out. However, this can be fixed within editing software by copying and pasting bits of sound. Here are some links:
Amazon | CNet (+ video) | Photography Blog review | Sample video (enable HD)
I think this short documentary taken backstage from SNL’s last episode shows a more “real” John McCain than the one we’ve been seeing during this election:
Of course, then there’s also the opening sketch with John McCain and Tina Fey as Sarah Palin plus McCain on Weekend Update.
Austen Saltz is a 16-year-old high school student and geek. He lives in New York City with his parents and is interested in filmmaking and technology.
Netsua is his personal blog and website, where he writes about a variety of topics that interest him. The word "Netsua" is in fact Austen's name spelled backwards. It literally translates from gibberish to "Greatness on the level of Austen."
In addition to Netsua, Austen also writes for the mac application blog MacApper.