New video from willow springs

[S14Josh]

Short video I threw together for Forrest. We went out to the track on monday after FD Vegas to test out the car and so I could get a chance to test out my new camera.

Kept it short and sweet. Realistically, there's not much you can do with 1 driver on balcony in a video.

http://vimeo.com/1367470

Still super bummed I couldn't make it out to all star bash (Didn't get my new camera in time) But I'll be out at the next one and the top drifts also.

Thanks for watching. Expect more soon.
-Josh

[ant s13]

dope. more plz

[bored123]

im likeN the short vid:aw:

[YoungGun]

That video has TOO much WIN. Awesome fucking driver and car, and of course editing and shooting skills. Really awesome dude, and those rolling shots were sweet.

[brian m]

nice vid. keep em coming Josh.:rawk:

[s13coupedrfter]

All I can say is WOW! So sick.

[ericcastro]

lol, i just got the guys doing tracking shots there last weekend!! guess thats the new thing at balcony for late 08/ early 09.
Nice camera, what is it??

[240love]

OMG!! i just wet my pants...

[S14Josh]

lol, i just got the guys doing tracking shots there last weekend!! guess thats the new thing at balcony for late 08/ early 09.
Nice camera, what is it??

haha, tracking shots are awesome! I've been dying to do them for a long time, but never had a truck to drive me through the course.

Were you out at the 626 event? I believe thats what it was. We were there the day after and the lot was filled with zipties and random pieces of kits all over the place.

The camera is a Panasonic DVX100b

I would really like to team up with all the video guys on the west coast for some super epic video at willow. What would be sick is some crane shots on horse thief!

Thanks for all the feedback guys!

[suprafreak1000]

dayumm!!!!!!!!!!!!!

siic video man :bigok:

[s14>integra]

that wing is just pure awesomeness. i feel like i should send you money after watching that video....

[ROIDMONKEY]

frikin nice, thats a sound of a V8 right?

[essforteen]

Mann!!! thats a great vid keep em comming!!

[worangejuice]

Damn !!!!
I loved the rolling with the drift car shots, like moving shots. Only seen that on front/rear car tsuiso cams. Definitely post up the final product.

[MrFixIt]

E-p-i-c.

The music made me believe I was watching some cataclysmic battle for galactic domination... or something allong those lines...

+1 for you.

[DataXUnknown]

what music was that throughout the beginning? that shit was epic. i fucking loved this video.

[S14Josh]

The music in the beginning is Steve Jablonski - Arrival to Earth, From the Tranformers score

second song was the Bouncing Souls - No Rules

[qwikspool]

thats fucking nice
really like it.
good job
more pls

[Flipzide]

Swweeeeet! +1

[jc]

Nice video, can't wait to see more from you :D

[holybushoffire]

Even though the conversion thing is getting a little IMO, that car is absolutely stunning.
Great video by the way, I was diggin' the epic intro music.

[idnthav1]

sick short vid:wiggle:, when is the full length video gonna come out????

[S14Josh]

Realistically some time next year. Probably the end of 09.

I'm spending this entire year and most of next year shooting. All the local guys and I want to start filming more of the west coast guys.

Thanks for all the feedback!

[berz]

all win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ross.cottrill]

frikin nice, thats a sound of a V8 right?

NOPE!!thats the sound of a twin scroll 3071r my friend!!!

[ROUGE180]

I Love the EPIC-NESSSSS of that short. Very well done. It kept me entertained.


now


GO AND MAKE SOMEMOOARRR!!!

[wh0aitznic0]

O...M...G...

I usually hate S14.5's but you make the car look so sharp !! Insane drifting skills too. Great vid overall.

[S-Nation S13]

wow!!!!!thats all i can say dammmmnnn skills with tha cam and editing nice keep it up i like the way you set it up calm in the begining and mayhem to finish it off lol engine/exhaust roar, tire squeel....what more can i say

[red240]

frikin nice, thats a sound of a V8 right?

Here ya go,some pic's
http://www.dragsport.com/issue/2007/1107_cover_story.shtml

[rps13drift]

Super awesome driver and great vid! I do however wish forrest kept the kouki front but what ev! The car is still hot fire!!!!!!!

[Sway500]

Definetely was one of the best videos I have seen in a long time. What editing software do you use?

[89singlecamnoob]

awesome vid! keep 'em comin', i need my fix bigtime (6 weeks of BMT at lackland without any car fix = sux)

[Ninjabread]

Damn nice video! Love the intro music.

[S14Josh]

Definetely was one of the best videos I have seen in a long time. What editing software do you use?

Thanks guys! I really appreciate it!

As far as editing software I used on this video, I used Final Cut Pro 6 and Color.

[TyreeZtt]

Great shots and awesome editing. Hope to see more soon!

[mangoes]

holy shit. very nice video. forrest is nutso! that line is crazy.

[1ZlowZ]

The beginning made me feel like I was watching part of a zombie movie. Awesome. Like if earth didn't have anymore humans and there was only a couple drifters left. Sweet video dude +1

[ericcastro]

DVX100B,

cool. i used to own the DVX100 a few years back. the one that you had to manual focus in 24P mode. good camera thoough, i loved it. Sold it to buy my NIKON D200.

Yeah, CHOMPZ and SQUIDD shoot most of the video stuff for the 626DRIFT guys. But i am sure they would love some more angles and footage from a quality camera if you ever come out.

Crane?? , lol. Now we are talking money!! Even with the favors I could pull. It would still be over a grand to have a 15' jib arm out there with full remote head. Plus we would need a put-put generator to power the monitors and the arm. AND, gas money to have one of the guys I know bring there gear up there.
Same for bringing a steady cam operator out. i even can get us a hostess tray. (the table that mounts to the side of the window, like they use in movies). Or probably a hood mount even.

Maybe if a large enough event happens one day :)

Here is a link to the VRT TV page.
http://violentrunning.squidd.org/
click on videos, i like #3, cause Im in it alot. the blue car. lol

[S14Josh]

You can pick up a kessler crane for about 500 bucks or so, its only an 8 foot jib arm though, but it would still add for some awesome shots. And maybe not a TRUE steadicam, but a glidecam would do wonders.

But yeah dude, maybe i'll come out to the next 626 event and we can get some huge collabo thing going. I'm always up for more projects!

[ericcastro]

how bout you mount the crane in the back of the truck for really smooth and dynamic shots? :)

Of course, cranes on trucks can break. thats one of the many reasons i walked from that movie "RedLine". they wanted me to mount the 15' crane on the back of the flat bed while chaseing the cars around the track. I was like, are you guys fucking retarded?? The only thing that holds lateral pressure is a 3/4 " bolt. One quik brake or turn and that thing is snapping, taking the crane off the back of the truck, and anyone with it!!! lol

The cheap Jimmy Jib things are not to bad to rent from wooden nickel. Dont think they got a remote head though.

[foreverdark]

Great video.

[longdy]

DANG that was a nice ass vid!!

[S14Josh]

how bout you mount the crane in the back of the truck for really smooth and dynamic shots? :)

Of course, cranes on trucks can break. thats one of the many reasons i walked from that movie "RedLine". they wanted me to mount the 15' crane on the back of the flat bed while chaseing the cars around the track. I was like, are you guys fucking retarded?? The only thing that holds lateral pressure is a 3/4 " bolt. One quik brake or turn and that thing is snapping, taking the crane off the back of the truck, and anyone with it!!! lol

The cheap Jimmy Jib things are not to bad to rent from wooden nickel. Dont think they got a remote head though.

Those dudes sound insane! haha.

"It's all good man, the crane is totally secure. I tied it down with a couple ropes and a suction cup!"

[Silverstreek]

great vid and man forrest is the shit! met him through a mutual friend at NOPI in StL. great guy, lots of info to give.

[yeti303]

that video is bad fucking ass !
haha gets me pumped :)

[driftphenom]

the criss cross moving shots were the hawtness

[Z33dori]

the epic beginning was too long.... but the video was very kick ass...

i loved it

[SoSideways]

Uh... video removed?!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[S14Josh]

Woaaaah, I have no clue what happened.

I'll get on it right now.

*Edit*

Apparently Vimeo's hosting server just went down. Pretty much all of the videos on the site aren't working right now. Should be back up shortly.

[irritatedmax]

just watched it. pure awesome on your part josh.

forrest's car used to be my favorite s14 and is now my favorite s14.5. that car is a sexy time explosion.

and to you guys talking about cranes, i am not sure if it is the same idea but if you are just trying to have a stationary shooting tower couldn't you set up some scaffolding. it might be a little more work to setup (its not too bad if you know what you are doing) but probably easier to borrow and cheaper than renting a crane. just an idea.

[SoSideways]

just watched it. pure awesome on your part josh.

forrest's car used to be my favorite s14 and is now my favorite s14.5. that car is a sexy time explosion.

and to you guys talking about cranes, i am not sure if it is the same idea but if you are just trying to have a stationary shooting tower couldn't you set up some scaffolding. it might be a little more work to setup (its not too bad if you know what you are doing) but probably easier to borrow and cheaper than renting a crane. just an idea.

I'm pretty sure when they're talking about a crane, they're talking about an extending arm that you mount the camera on the end of, and the real expensive ones have this remote control pivoting contraption that lets the person using the crane turn the camera around 360 degrees, and up and down, with a joystick.

That way, they can be off of the track, but get real close and personal to cars without being in harms way.

If you've seen the D1GP's footages, you'll see some of the shots captured by the cranes. Those shots seem like they're right on top of the car, or at least very close to the cars.

[Team Aero-K]

Way Baller! good shit!

[brndck]

um i dunno wut every1 else is talking about. get a tripod then i won't get motion sickness from this vid. felt like i was watching cloverfield. cool drifting tho and good edits.

[dirtdiggler666]

super cool video man

but damn it seems like forrest drives all the time in diffrent states weekley
props to him:rawk: :rawk: :rawk:

[SlideWell]

awesome vid! the quality is superb!

[ericcastro]

um i dunno wut every1 else is talking about. get a tripod then i won't get motion sickness from this vid. felt like i was watching cloverfield. cool drifting tho and good edits.

thats what we have been discussing. cause a tripod isnt gonna help. It would actullly be better to be holding it handheld so your arms can work as "shocks" for your camera.

A crane or steady cam would absorb the bounceing of the car that you are riding in. And a hostess tray or hood mount would pix the camera onto the drift car, so it wouldnt shake.



I think you actually did a great job with keeping it steady, espeacially zoomed in. It aint easy. i think that not everyone is ready for that kind of dynamic filming in motorsports. Skateboardings been doing the rolling long lens for ever now. Its basically an adeptation of the zoom in they did in JAWS. And NASCAR is now using the tracking camera's they started using a few olympics ago for track n field and ice skateing. Everyone is using the color saturation and vinettes that BBC and WRC has been using for YEARS.

So the motor sports community is getting used to non traditional coverage, It just takes some time to get everyone on board.:ghey::blah::blah:

[fbiphil]

We need to get Michael Bay to film a drift event!!! Break out the "Bay Buster"!

Awesome video- can't wait to see more!

[Peas]

Could have a sworn a battle was going to ensue with that epic beginning.

You done gangstered it, gangster!

100!

[Cake Is Dope]

i agree with EVERYONE else Nice Video! :) the intro kept me at the edge of my seat, i like the car more when it had the Kouki front end though :-/

[ZX88]

I love this car great video. I liked the moving filming action.

[rubelcon]

short video + awesome content FTW.

great job man.

[C. Anderson]

Great video!!! +1

[chompz]

sick add vid! keep it up!

[ecuastyle84]

sick video...i love how you put the Transformers song in the beginning....+rep for you my friend

[jdm538]

like everyone has said cool video i felt like i was watching a preview at the theaters and that is one sick car/driver.

[jordanpelly]

nice angles, those were some very clean drift and very nice camera work. Keep up the awesome work!

[KiDyNomiTe]

haha, tracking shots are awesome! I've been dying to do them for a long time, but never had a truck to drive me through the course.


Truck... What do you need a truck for, all you need is a skateboard...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTnaynm0mLE

Video is cool, intro is a bit long, but follows with some good footage.

[S14Josh]

The only reason i wanted the truck was to keep pace with the car as it's initiating and passing through the ring. In order to do that on a board I'd have to be going well over 30 to keep up and make it to the ring safely.

The thing with balcony is the starting lane to the ring is such a long stretch its pretty hard to pull it off with a board without getting trashed, plus it's not exactly the smoothest surface in the world, so maintaining speed isn't really achievable. The only reason I know this, is because I tried it and got caught up on a rock and almost ate shit with my camera in my hands...which would have sucked.

But I'm actually a huge fan of the T2 films board shots. Those shots are amazing.

But we've actually got some ideas floating around as far as what were going to be building for camera rigs. My neighbor has a fabrication shop, and also works for a production rental warehouse, so were going to be building set-ups for a dedicated chase truck and other rigs like jib arms and all that.

The next thing i'm going to be setting up is a cheap hand held type jib-arm like they used in fully flared
http://maulsbikeshop.com/images2/fullyflared.jpg
You can see it on the back of the case.

But thanks for all the feedback, I really appreciate it.

[ka-turbo]

what r the specs on your on car and front end bumper

[ericcastro]

Ive been doing that move for awhile. Its hard to keep secrets at the track though. Once you do something, you see everyone else doing it after that.
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s242/castro_castro/Willow%20springs%20Sep%201st%2007/mark1.jpg
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s242/castro_castro/Willow%20springs%20Sep%201st%2007/mark1.jpg

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s242/castro_castro/WSIR%20NOV%203rd%2007/formulaD00576.jpg

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s242/castro_castro/WSIR%20NOV%203rd%2007/elmoavatar.gif

I have a bogen tripod for my still cam. with everything extended, I can get about 10' out of it. then i use my remote shutter release. I think this trick is better for slow motion shots though.
You cant get motion blur with the still shots like this, so it doesnt translate the "feel".

The only way to do anything that wont be copied is to do something someone wont. So you have to start risking your equiptment. :(

[S14Josh]

Those are some awesome shots dude!

I totally agree with your last statement though, which is probably one of the scariest things about trying to pull off shots like these haha.

[SoSideways]

what r the specs on your on car and front end bumper

The guy that owns the green S14 is Forrest Green, not the thread starter.

Please use common sense and reading comprehension on these forums.

Now go to www.google.com and look him up.

Thanks.

[Ninjabread]

You mean Forrest Wang? lol

[SoSideways]

Godamnit, the coffee isn't kicking in still? Fuck... second cup here I come!!

hahahahah Forrest Green... that sounds like a fucking paint name lol

[DudeYourSoOOJDM]

Why I didn't call in and drive with you guys now makes me really pissed off. Next time I aint skimping out on that shit. I love the video, it's like sk8 and bmx camerawork and works awesome for drifting.

[ericcastro]

^sshhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(me and CHOMPZ and SQUIDD (vrt) are working on a new drift video style, sssshhhhhhhhhhhh)

[KiDyNomiTe]

The only reason i wanted the truck was to keep pace with the car as it's initiating and passing through the ring. In order to do that on a board I'd have to be going well over 30 to keep up and make it to the ring safely.

The thing with balcony is the starting lane to the ring is such a long stretch its pretty hard to pull it off with a board without getting trashed, plus it's not exactly the smoothest surface in the world, so maintaining speed isn't really achievable. The only reason I know this, is because I tried it and got caught up on a rock and almost ate shit with my camera in my hands...which would have sucked.

But I'm actually a huge fan of the T2 films board shots. Those shots are amazing.

But we've actually got some ideas floating around as far as what were going to be building for camera rigs. My neighbor has a fabrication shop, and also works for a production rental warehouse, so were going to be building set-ups for a dedicated chase truck and other rigs like jib arms and all that.

The next thing i'm going to be setting up is a cheap hand held type jib-arm like they used in fully flared
http://maulsbikeshop.com/images2/fullyflared.jpg
You can see it on the back of the case.

But thanks for all the feedback, I really appreciate it.



T2 was actually going to do some filming for Forrest/Geoff, but since his car was illegal for FD never happened.

ANd yea the boarding thing is hard at some tracks and some corners. We did a little bit of the trailing in a car thing as well at the same event the video above was filmed. He hasnt finished editing some of his stuff though, got a lot of cool footage.

I am glad to see so much new stuff in filming drifting though, shit is so boring to watch usually...

[S14Josh]

That would have been dope, toss the link up here whenever it gets done, I'd really like to see it.


What would be awesome is some huge collaboration between all of us video guys. I'm sure we all could pull off some shit that would be out of this world.

[FIlthy 24O]

forrest is a animal

[tracks13]

man i was expecting racing not drifting :( Oh well nice video editing at least I guess :)

[SoSideways]

man i was expecting racing not drifting :( Oh well nice video editing at least I guess :)

You couldn't tell what the video was about after 3 pages of people commenting on it?

[ericcastro]

You can come out to one of our 626 events and colaborate with squid and chompz or do your own thing?
Im taking a break for the next few month to turbo the car and get a daily. So i will be there shooting stills and instructing/staffing.
I can also peddle a bike if you wanna ride on the pegs and shoot?

[suaknee]

:cj:

moar now! haha

[heychris]

awesome editing and shooting skills!
CH