Comments on: PV003: The Grand Adventure http://blog.arlomidgett.com/2009/08/17/pv003-the-grand-adventure/ Sporadic and Rambling by Design Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:04:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Arlo http://blog.arlomidgett.com/2009/08/17/pv003-the-grand-adventure/comment-page-1/#comment-766 Arlo Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:07:55 +0000 http://blog.arlomidgett.com/?p=716#comment-766 Thanks, Greg. Rest assured, the camera came through (relatively) unscathed. A few scuffs and scratches on the body, but as far as I can tell, nothing that affects its photos. Pretty surprising, actually. It's the second time this camera and lens has taken a fall without so much as knocking the focus out of alignment (i.e., <a href="http://blog.arlomidgett.com/wp-content/broken-filter.jpg" rel="nofollow">here</a>.) If you look again at the section where Oksana is pleading with the guy holding her back, you can tell where I had to edit around some missing footage. I didn't actually turn the camera off when I starting yelling at them to let her through, but I did ignore it completely. All I have for that is a shaky shot of my feet. Also, there may not be as much "third party" footage as you suspect; I count only 4 scenes (Stepping on the boat, sitting apart on the boat, getting splashed, and going under the waterfall.) Of course, I used many tricks to make it look like more: Spread those videos out, used footage we took of other boats making the same trip, etc. Oksana and I shoot a lot on vacation, but when editing, I always wish it were more! Thanks, Greg.

Rest assured, the camera came through (relatively) unscathed. A few scuffs and scratches on the body, but as far as I can tell, nothing that affects its photos. Pretty surprising, actually. It’s the second time this camera and lens has taken a fall without so much as knocking the focus out of alignment (i.e., here.)

If you look again at the section where Oksana is pleading with the guy holding her back, you can tell where I had to edit around some missing footage. I didn’t actually turn the camera off when I starting yelling at them to let her through, but I did ignore it completely. All I have for that is a shaky shot of my feet.

Also, there may not be as much “third party” footage as you suspect; I count only 4 scenes (Stepping on the boat, sitting apart on the boat, getting splashed, and going under the waterfall.) Of course, I used many tricks to make it look like more: Spread those videos out, used footage we took of other boats making the same trip, etc. Oksana and I shoot a lot on vacation, but when editing, I always wish it were more!

]]> By: Greg Chaney http://blog.arlomidgett.com/2009/08/17/pv003-the-grand-adventure/comment-page-1/#comment-765 Greg Chaney Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:20:03 +0000 http://blog.arlomidgett.com/?p=716#comment-765 This is an amazing little travel video. There are several unique elements, but the most incredible part is that there is so much third party footage of what happened. It's also impressive that something went wrong and there is enough video footage to display what happened. My instinct when things go wrong is to shut the video camera off and deal with the problem. It also breaks up the impulse to have everyone smiling on travel videos. Oksana's expression when she thinks she won't be able to go on the trip is very candid. My only question is, how did the dropped digital camera come out? This is an amazing little travel video. There are several unique elements, but the most incredible part is that there is so much third party footage of what happened. It’s also impressive that something went wrong and there is enough video footage to display what happened. My instinct when things go wrong is to shut the video camera off and deal with the problem. It also breaks up the impulse to have everyone smiling on travel videos. Oksana’s expression when she thinks she won’t be able to go on the trip is very candid. My only question is, how did the dropped digital camera come out?

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