Best quality edited version. 41 MB
http://www.unicyclist.com/index.php?page=gallery&g2_itemId=556943
This version eliminates the black dots from cinepak and increases resolution/quality.
trivia - the source for this is 20 GB.
I actually didnt ride or film this one. Which is a first for me. But I enjoy making and seeing these videos, and like your feedback.
Ya, cool eh. In the short version I put it at the end, partially so you can hear the chains.
2 days on the long weekend.
We like to joke that our typical ride is 100 meters. Usually about 4 hours.
Yes, thats a factor. Muni is hard on cameras… its dark, the complexity of tree’s is hard on digital compression, auto focus is confused, and the camera needs to move.
Jon and James’ cameras aren’t quite as good as mine.
Optical stabilization helps reduce blur.
Motion jpeg, compresses less than mpeg/quicktime.
I didnt remove any pictures or clips… I just dropped them all in. No sequencing, video effects etc
My first step is to find music. So I tried a range of styles to see what matches.
At that point I thought, its a lot of good footage, some cool songs, and its late… its going to take a long time to edit 25 minutes down to 4… lets release it.
So I put some titles on it and posted it. I was kinda surprised google let me post 25 minutes worth.
I figured it would keep people that were asking for the video happy long enough, that I could edit a nice version.
Another factor is that the people that filmed it, dont normally film. So they just film the basics. When I film, I take a lot of extra footage… I start the camera early, stop it late. Once in awhile, I catch something priceless. And I take extra establishing shots and outtakes. All of which edits down to a slightly cooler video. But if you view my raw footage, its got a lot more junk.
I’ve been wanting to use Weird Al, but just cant find the right song.video. This was the best song I’ve had in mind. But thanks for that feedback. I’ll try to use one of his songs again sometime. My fountains video from last Oct uses ‘white and nerdy’
For the final edit, I went with a controversial pop tune. controversial because Britney made a fool of herself at the awards, and before that, and most people lambaste the song.
But my DJ morning radio guy (Kit Carson) defended the song, saying… “but you know, if you listen to it enough, its kinda catchy.”
and his evil but sexy cohost who was playing the bad cop, admitted she danced to it.
So I checked it out, and sure enough, its intially cheezy, but it matched the video. The lyrics “gimme more”, made sense, because I had so much footage.
Although I think this song will ultimately do well, I generally pick pop songs for pop videos… I didn’t expect this video “Cunning Stunts” to be popular for more than 3 days.
Ryan’s mom, Laurie, does about 1/2 the filming. She makes a few priceless comments, which I edited around in the final video.
Its Jon’s and James’ cameras, so I assume if they’re not in the clip, that they filmed it.
I’ve yet to see Tynan pick up a camera. If he did, he’d probably drop it
I know I should give some credits at the end, but I’m going thru an artistic phase. Speilburg was fined a $1million for not putting credits at the start of starwars. I like that I can start and end the video dramatically.
With credits, I need to put some boring footage. Or outtakes.
Another reason is I typically spend several hours coming up with witty credits. I’d probably have creditted James as the discombobulator
Laurie Cameravoman
Tynan stunt double
Ryan
When James suggested its a 6 ft gap, I was thinking… ya okay… noone is doing “air” in muni today… but someday, our children will be. You just need a lot of speed and/or stupidity. The KH29 XC might be up to it. or in he future, the geared 24, which Kris has done muni with.
Anyway, I think Kris has been there, but I know Ryan has been there twice. He had a cool video posted, but we’re having technical problems on the vanuni site, so I cant give you the link
Lyrics in final cut
Britney: “its Britney bitch”
Laurie: “Ya! Keep going… try doing the next one; nobody’s done that yet. Ever. Except maybe Kris”
Britney: “Walking the dog like nobodies around”
Laurie: “okay stop!”
(dramatic pause)
Chorus: “Gimme more”
Stranger: “the incredible lygo… the legendary [Mr James Hargrave] haha… and the unstopable danja. ah, youre goin’ to have to remove me, cuz I ain’t goin’ nowhere”