Archive for the ‘Video Included’ Category

Here is a short video I made on the 17th November for the Mansfield Lights switch on. We didn’t get anywhere near the stage because of the sheer volume of people there, ans we were quite late, but got some lovely shots of the fireworks and lights, and hopefully some of the atmosphear….

Mansfield Christmas Lights Switch on 2011 from GreenwoodVideo on Vimeo.

Just finished the Tate Furniture promo video, changed a few little details to get it looking just right. Hope you like….

I made this video a while back and thought I’d post it up here. Its a video I made to help me get my Masters of the Instutute of Videography . I also tested my new Glidecam on this shoot so expect to see lots of moving shots past posts etc. Came out very well

Just been working with Ben Richards (from the Bill amongst other things) and what a down to earth guy he is. He’s a brilliant teacher as well as a talented actor and performer. He spent the day at Expressions Arts College and gave the students some a very valuable workshop based on first hand experience, something that doesn’t come around all that often!

The lessons were based first on video production, his experience working for the Bill and what the students might expect on a TV production set. All the students had the opportunity to act out a TV scene with they did with great skill, and in Ben’s owns words, he has seen so much talent at the college that he would like to do something else with the students too! Not only that but he was very happy to become the colleges Male Patron and hopefully will be a more familiar face in the future!

Some video footage below….

Ben Richards interview on Expressions College from GreenwoodVideo on Vimeo.

At the ProVideo show recently I won a GoPro camera at one of the seminars. Feeling very lucky to have won such a marvelous prize, or any kind of prize at all, I immediately began testing it to see what kind of shots I can get from such an amazing little camera in real life conditions. Enlisting the services of my daughter, Gabby, I began filming the events of the day with her as it was one of those silly school inset days where the teachers, back from a week long holiday, decide to create another day of chaos for busy parents by closing the school for yet another day, for training purposes you understand!

So Gabby and I had the whole day to ourselves and we spent it doing things together as father and daughter, which really we should do even more of. Great day and we both loved it… and a great opportunity to put the little cam through its paces.

Now one thing the little camera is not is a replacement for a full size HD camera. But for special shots where it’s impractical to have your normal camera, it’s fantastic. I filmed the first half of the video demo below in 720/50p resolution and the second (trip to MacDonald’s) in 1080/25p. Both excellent results but I feel the later was a little more stable.

I have to admit that I did manage to drop the little camera a couple of times, but as this is a tough piece of equipment, it didn’t even flinch! And I didn’t flinch either because lets face it, if it falls off a bike, or a car when in use and broke at the first drop, it wouldn’t be very practical. But it’s such a popular camera for a reason and its toughness is one of them.

I have mentioned one or two pros and cons on the video but a couple of points not mentioned is that I feel the shutter can get a little high at times making the video a little jerky, and the white balance may be out now and then too, but the main problem is the lack of an electronic stabilizer (as you would expect on a £300 camera). That said, fasten it security onto something and the results are breath taking.

I love the sucker mount and I did attach it to my car (though not for any great distance). It sticks to windows very secure and did the whole trip to McDonald’s with the camera going (speeded up x9000 times). The windscreen was a problem as its a very steep angle, so ended up filming upside down the whole way and rotating the video 180 degrees in the editing stage.

Handling noise is quite severe but it does do quite a nice job of eliminating wind noise (but not totally). The whole movie was filmed with the GoPro in its water proof housing (with open back) making the dropping of it more risk free. There is no way to attach it to anything if it is not in the housing, there isn’t even a tripod mount unless you purchase another mount specially for it

I would also advice purchasing the LCD screen for the back of the camera so you can see what your filming, would have been very handy for some shots, though not needed if you just attaching camera to the side of your car or helmet of course…..

Anyway, hope you enjoy the film and please don’t hesitate to comment on this….

Here is the video of the Free Runner training video I filmed when it was a little warmer outside. Tatally forgot to add to my my blog, but its a nice little film showing off the crisp colourful picture of the Panasonic Lumix GH2 SLR, my main filming camera these days…..

Just spent the day with the famous “Sammy the Stag” making a little music video for his Mansfield Town FC song, all in the aid of Charity. I wont give the game away too much, just to say that we did visit some local landmarks and even ended up down in the Market at one point!

A walking Stag in a bright yellow football strip does tend to gather a lot of interest and my little one couldn’t keep her hands off him all day!!!!!

I’ll post the video up on here when its done and I am thinking it may well be a YouTube hit! I am sure Sammy would give paw print autographs next time he’s out and about

 

Janet has been to work all day today I have been looking after my little girl. I thought I would try and make a little music video with her.

Now when Gabby was younger she loved to be on video. Couldn’t get her off it! But these days its more of a uphill struggle to get her on video, and today was no exception.

One of the ways to get her to do my bidding is the age old Bribery Trick. Seems to work every time. I would say “Do a few shots and you can have a lovely bar of chocolate !” and when she started waining it was “Hmmm, looks like a tiny chocolate bar instead of a big one!” then she livened up again.

Of course there was the huffs from her, and tantrums and sitting on a bench for 5 minutes with her bottom lip out looking in the opposite direction, and eventually she even started to resist the bribes. But I did take a shot or two of these too and happily included them in the finished video short.

Remember this little one is only 5 and not really very enthusiastic, so don’t expect an Oscar performance… or any performance really.

A little music video – second star to the right from GreenwoodVideo on Vimeo.

 

Just finished the 1st edit of the latest wedding trailer. Have a look and tell me what you think of it. Its very dramatic, but shows how colourful the wedding was!

Wedding Coming Soon Trailer for the wedding on the 21 May 2011 from GreenwoodVideo on Vimeo.

The trailer of Steven and Nina wedding video, at the Parish of the Sacred Heart in Exeter, and then onto Combe House, nr Honiton.

A lovely colourful wedding of two special people.

Just creating a new promotion video for the Expressions dance school. This will go onto the expressions school website and hopefully will give a feel for some of the lessons available in the school. I have already made a new video for the Academy part of Expressions which I have attached below.

 

Just a little note: I have been filming for Expressions (formerly Discoworld) for over 20 years! I love their shows and the next ACADEMY show is on the 12th June. If you like dance shows, its very recommended to attend as this is performed by the students of Expressions. The children’s show in from 25th – 28th August and again, both performed at the Palace here in Mansfield and well worth the visit.