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FTWjesse
10-12-2008, 06:06 PM
Here is a little video that my buddy filmed and edited. its a little under 8 minutes long, but theres some really awesome stuff in it.


enjoy!

Formula Drift - Irwindale Qualifying on Vimeo (http://www.vimeo.com/1941558)
s13_redSILVIA
10-12-2008, 06:17 PM
wow really good vid dude :)
DUFFM4N
10-12-2008, 06:18 PM
good video, easy to watch...BUT i think the music choices were garbage...the batman theme in the beginning was dope, but i wish it woulda transitioned into something a little faster and aggressive
shishcabobers
10-12-2008, 06:29 PM
Music flowed with video editing so it works out for me.
Z33dori
10-12-2008, 06:36 PM
not enough engine sounds
HyperTek
10-12-2008, 06:51 PM
cool vid.. i take its more promotional? fells like something you would see on some tuner tv show
qwikspool
10-12-2008, 06:58 PM
:bigok:cool vid.
racepar1
10-12-2008, 07:09 PM
The video was good for what it was intended to be, but it was just too artsy. I just like car videos to be more focused on cars and less focused on artistic crap. I just couldn't really see a lot of actual drifting, just short clips of it. Just not what I want to see.
vvtisupra
10-12-2008, 10:14 PM
no dan is my buddy not yours hahha jp its a great vid

that federal s13 is so awesome
Spiff
10-13-2008, 12:08 AM
I wish I could have gotten more sound, but I the best sound I could get was from the turn closest to me. The best sound I got I put in the vid..

Sorry if it was too artistic for some but I enjoy sitting down and taking normal footage and amping it up a bit.

Thanks for the comps though guys, much appreciated ;)

-Dan
foreverdark
10-13-2008, 12:18 AM
dude that video was SICK!
S14cagged
10-13-2008, 12:21 AM
I like your style of editing, Its not cliche car video editing where they leave the sound of everything in the vid such as the engine sounds and sounds of tires screeching etc etc

What editing program did you use
Spiff
10-13-2008, 12:31 AM
I used Final Cut Pro HD for cutting/audio/color correction. Shot on a Panasonic DVX100b in 24pAdvanced - NonHD.. I need HD :(
S14cagged
10-13-2008, 12:40 AM
^
Going HD will break you, are you a film major


i was looking to go to school in burbank CA(sp?) to become an editor and do some freelance work back on the east coast, BUTTT things change
Spiff
10-13-2008, 01:21 AM
^^ I'm actually going to Art Center in Pasadena right now for Film School.. to be an editor :) While HD would make my footage look even sicker.. I think with my skills in color correcting etc.. I can still produce decent work. So HD isn't my top priority, but it's something I still have in mind.
IStop4NoMan
10-13-2008, 10:35 AM
Kinda reminds me of top gear. i was waiting for jeremy clarkson to do the commentary about how to drift haha.
Fries
10-13-2008, 10:37 AM
Awesome video.

I have a question though. In order to qualify for Formula D all you have to do is drift 2 sweepers and manji the straight?
SDS13COUPE
10-13-2008, 10:47 AM
Video get's a :bigok: from me.
vvtisupra
10-13-2008, 10:52 AM
Awesome video.

I have a question though. In order to qualify for Formula D all you have to do is drift 2 sweepers and manji the straight?

Yah its real easy you should try it some time. All you have to do is enter in 4th gear and hug the outter bank for ~1/8th of a mile at 80+ mph then do a "manji/switchback" on an off camber turn at about 70-80 mph then extend the drift at a solid wall and hug the outside for a decreasing radius turn than switch back again for a sweeping 180. :aw:
Fries
10-13-2008, 10:56 AM
Yah its real easy you should try it some time. All you have to do is enter in 4th gear and hug the outter bank for ~1/8th of a mile at 80+ mph then do a "manji/switchback" on an off camber turn at about 70-80 mph then extend the drift at a solid wall and hug the outside for a decreasing radius turn than switch back again for a sweeping 180. :aw:

Don't get butt hurt. It was a question about the track layout.
louisdaboois
10-13-2008, 11:27 AM
Sweet vid man. but there could have been a better choice in music. other than that, it was well edited.
Spiff
10-13-2008, 04:45 PM
Here is the vimeo version for download, it's 130MB but my server is awesome so it should DL as fast as your connection allows:

http://www.influxlab.com/films/FormulaD_LoRes.mov
andmattsayd
10-13-2008, 10:12 PM
not enough engine sounds

yeah but none the less
good video :bigok:
S14Josh
10-14-2008, 01:45 AM
I used Final Cut Pro HD for cutting/audio/color correction. Shot on a Panasonic DVX100b in 24pAdvanced - NonHD.. I need HD :(

Oh hey I think I saw you out there shooting. You were the only other person I saw out there with another DVX other than myself lol. Did you notice everyone else out there with HVX's? There was like 10 dudes rolling around with them.

Do what I do as far as substituting for shooting in SD. Shoot in letterbox, then crop and up-res in post to 720p. Looks great when its done. Thats the only downside to shooting in SD for web streaming. It will never look as crazy as it does on a normal tv. DVX's look SICK on regular tv's.

Great video though, maybe a tad long. But you definitely have some serious skills in color grading.
keistyle
10-14-2008, 02:49 AM
for some reason the sound track reminds me of disneyland ?
Spiff
10-14-2008, 11:10 AM
Oh hey I think I saw you out there shooting. You were the only other person I saw out there with another DVX other than myself lol. Did you notice everyone else out there with HVX's? There was like 10 dudes rolling around with them.

Do what I do as far as substituting for shooting in SD. Shoot in letterbox, then crop and up-res in post to 720p. Looks great when its done. Thats the only downside to shooting in SD for web streaming. It will never look as crazy as it does on a normal tv. DVX's look SICK on regular tv's.

Great video though, maybe a tad long. But you definitely have some serious skills in color grading.

Yeah man I was getting all bummed "AHHH I NEED AN HVX!!"

But yeah, the DVX can still do wonders when used properly. I need to try that up-res for vimeo, everyone keeps talking about it.
Om1kron
10-14-2008, 11:23 AM
got boring after a while.
luckvx
10-15-2008, 03:26 AM
video was pretty good
S14Josh
10-15-2008, 01:55 PM
I saw your 720p version on dvxuser. Looks great! What did you use for the up-res?

Also, what kind of settings are you using upon import/export? That's seriously some of the cleanest DVX footage I've seen after going through some sort of up-res.
Spiff
10-15-2008, 10:11 PM
I saw your 720p version on dvxuser. Looks great! What did you use for the up-res?

Also, what kind of settings are you using upon import/export? That's seriously some of the cleanest DVX footage I've seen after going through some sort of up-res.

For an upres, I just export the sequence in FCP to a 720p sequence/project, then re-export.. it comes out slightly distorted.. but then when I upload to vimeo it sizes it down and looks like regular Full-Res DVX footage... make sense?

Thanks man :) It's taken me a long time trying to figure out the best export/upload specs for video.