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4. Sound & Motion

by Craig T

9 months ago

3. Colourage

by Craig T

9 months ago

2. The End - Shot with a Canon XM2

by Craig T

9 months ago

1. Words in Motion?

by Craig T

9 months ago

Another experiment, this time it's all about sound and motion. I wanted to take some unusable footage (before I threw it away) and time remap it to the beat. I used Trapcode SoundKeys to isolate specific levels within the wave spectrum to produce data that could then be used to effect opacity and also drive the time-remapped footage.

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Track: Closer Vs DJ Shadow
Atrist: DJ Fresh
Album: Escape From Planet Monday

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Blake Whitman 9 months ago

great effects. can you tell me more about Trapcode and what program you use it with. I'd love to try this myself...
Blake Whitman 9 months ago

awesome, thanks!
dalvideoguy 9 months ago

nice work!
Oendel Veiga 9 months ago

I would complain about the shadows, then i've got the "unusable fotage".
Nice work. What cam d'ya uses?
Craig T 9 months ago

The shadows in the 'spinning' beach shot? Tough shot without a steady cam! Had to motion track the footage which then gave it the overall shaky but steady feel which I really like.

I borrowed a PD150. No colour correction done. It's obviously SD and quite old now but produces great looking images. I've only ever used this and a XM2 (GL2) and a VX-1000, the PD150 has a much better colour range (maybe not on paper) but in my opinion :D
VJ D-CIPHER 9 months ago

really impressive middle section and kaleidascope effect in the middle is impressive and the spinning section after reminds me of a deck pletter on a set of 1210's turning, very nice effective sections
Craig T 9 months ago

The spinning section at the end is actually the part I have reworked and that will replacing this version in the next couple of days :D thanks for your comments!
Queen of Norway 9 months ago

This was cool! I like!

Love and Peace,
Queen of Norway
Pablo Francia 9 months ago

Nice video men!!! I loved it!
Todd Burleson 9 months ago

Wow! This was gorgeous! I went to your tutorial, but I use Final Cut Express; any suggestions for a newbee on some simlar techniques?

TB
Craig T 9 months ago

I have never used FCP, sorry Todd. I think Sound Keys is probably available for Motion on the MAC. Google 'Trapcode' and check out there website.
ZhiC 9 months ago

That's INCREDIBLE, Craig! I looove this work!
Do you think it is possible to do this manually (assuming I have enough patience) :)
Thanks for posting! Waiting to see more
Craig T 9 months ago

Thanks ZhiC. What software do you use? If it's After Effects your running, select your wav in the timeline and look for the option 'convert audio to keyframes' in the layer dropdown or right click the layer and look for the option. This will create a null object that will have the left, right and both channels keyframes, use these to manipulate your footage :D Hope this helps
I C Blue Production 9 months ago

This is BEAUTIFUL!!!
Craig T 9 months ago

Thank you x
MariaNYC 9 months ago

Now that is awesome!
Wray Bowling 9 months ago

REALLLLLY entertaining! :D
Eric Johnson 9 months ago

This looks awesome. I think the motion tracking in the beginning turned out to well. Who knew a shaky camera could produce such a nice effect.
Craig T 9 months ago

I know right - the joy of experimentation!!
Josh Lloyd 9 months ago

I'm going to guess he was using a PC hybrid w. AfterFX.

I could be wrong though.

shua
Craig T 9 months ago

Slow PC running vista 32bit and yes After Effects CS4 was used along with Premiere CS4 :P
Robert Marks 9 months ago

Unusable Footage = better than anything imaginable when finished. wow.
Craig T 9 months ago

Indeed - Better than throwing it away thinking nothing can be done with it!
Alles Banane 9 months ago

puuh good work ! dynamic ... like that a lot.
Would like to see Your vim"d"eo with music by nin ... how about "closer" ?
allen mechen 9 months ago

Nice work, good to see blighty beaches again.
keep em comin man.
Harley 9 months ago

Amazing work!
What was this shot with?
Chris Cavs 9 months ago

Very nice work. Love the experiment!
Hak en Haai 9 months ago

Great! I have seen nothing like it before
Sansom Media 9 months ago

Cool concept. Someone really likes to edit. ;-)
Dino Muhic 9 months ago

I like the beach shots. Great colors and contrast. I worked with the PD170 during my studies, which is quite the same and it really does great pictures. We filmed the same scene with a HD-cam (FX1) and it wasn't better at all than the PD170.

I also like the way you tracked the beach shot but didn't masked out the shaking borders. Great idea to use it for the sound.
Craig T 9 months ago

Thanks for your input Dino. I did always wonder how good the FX1 is in comparison, so good to hear what you think. Although it is HD and thats a must these days, clients need to hear you say HD otherwise they just go elsewhere.
Gary Hawkins 9 months ago

Very cool.....
Andrew Dickinson 9 months ago

I like this so much the song is nice too!
Halo TV 9 months ago

Cool Graphics, LOVE the concept. True Talent
Jon Rawlinson 9 months ago

pure awesomeness

blogd: jonrawlinson.com/2009/02/sound-motion/
hope thats cool
Craig T 9 months ago

That's fine, glad you liked it! Nice showreel btw, really relaxing :D
Regi Kono 9 months ago

The shaking screen with the centralized focus is gorgeous. Nice technic!!!
ambience8 9 months ago

i don't have words....it's hypnotic!
JaconFilm 9 months ago

Fantastic, is that hard to pull off?
Craig T 9 months ago

Not at all man, just take some old footage that you don't plan on using... get a tune with a good range of beats and use the techniques mentioned above to get the keyframes and just try and think of cool ways in which to manipulate the footage using the data :P
David Fontseca 9 months ago

Fantastic!! Craig. One of the best video experiments that I have seen lately, congratulations and keep working. cheers
Michael Towle 9 months ago

These sorts of effects are quite impressive.
Matthew W. Cole 9 months ago

this was so impressive, indeed. using such limited footage too.
Mac Arthur 9 months ago

nice job, men! good vumeters!
ZhiC 9 months ago

I know I already commented,
but the more I watch, the more I feel the awesomeness of this video.
tamás lehoczky 9 months ago

all freaky :) very well done, I really enjoyed the dialogue between the sound and the pictures. might be used for a effect tutorial as well... :)
hope you make some more soon!
best,
tamas
pekka 9 months ago

Cool. Did you pre-process the audio to choose frequency ranges, or is that done in soundkeys? Sorry I´m too lazy/busy/unficused to sit down and check it out myself today :)
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Andrew Herrold 8 months ago

Man this is a great effect. I wish I could just figure out how to utilize it in the FCP application. I cant figure out how to get that data then implement it to effect the opacity. Any help?
jamar 8 months ago

Andrew you need After affect not just FCP!
jamar 8 months ago

Hey um I love this so much you just inspired me to push harder to get this project done! it is so amazing I just love what the imagination can create!
Shankay 8 months ago

wonderful!!!
Felipe Lizana 7 months ago

incredible, original
Rodrigo Dutra 3 months ago

nice work man!!! congratulations!