Fstoppers is a blog mainly geared towards videographers and photographers. However, sound engineering is another field that will soon be of interest to photographers who are jumping into film or video projects. In the case of full length features, many of the images we see on the screen would not have the same impact without the music and sound-effects that accompany them.
I was just introduced to Freddie's youtube channel and I am blown away. Freddie and his friends keep creating fantastic videos with some impressive homemade CGI and then they explain how they did it. Watch this BTS below and the finished product in the full post.
Philip Bloom is an amazing British DP, Director, and Film Maker who also works hard to bring us some neat gadget to use out in the field when filming DSLR video. When I saw this timelapse video of Monument Valley out in Utah, I knew this BTS video/audio would appeal to our landscape photographers who are often stuck watching fashion and commercial videos.
Some of you may remember Keith Bradshaw and his DIY Steadicam Merlin. Well Keith is at it again with a few DIY techniques and some very creative video ideas. I think Keith's music video and BTS video are probably the most involved video of all of the contest submissions. Even if you are not shooting music videos I think there is something to take away from this video.
We were first introduced to Tom Guilmette's work last week when he showed us how to shoot slow motion video at 718 fps. This next video is even better! Tom takes us behind the scenes of a Big East college basketball game. Cox Sports shows us everything that goes into producing a sports program at the event and piping it to your television at home.
Let me begin by saying that this BTSV is not very informative. I usually only post videos that will help others learn but I must make an exception. This video is the most beautiful behind the scenes video I have ever seen. As creative professionals this video should be inspiring to us all on so many levels. Who would have thought that you could turn a simple photoshoot into a work of art.
We have all seen great slomo videos on the internet but rarely do you get to see what it takes to film them. Check out Tom Guilmette's quick BTSV.
Fastec Imaging High Speed Camera - Testing 718 Frames Per Second at 720p from Tom Guilmette on Vimeo.
On the heals of Isaiah Mustafa, we were sent this already viral video on a parody of the old spice commercial for the Harold B. Lee Library at BYU. Unfortunately, Old Spice does not film behind the scenes videos of their commercials so you are left only hearing about how it was shot after the fact (which is great nevertheless).
Everybody likes the old spice towel guy and his single take commercials right? Well they are some of the most popular commercials of all time because nobody can figure out how they were shot. It kills me that they don't film complete BTSVs of the whole process but we have the next best thing below. Isiah Mustafa, the towel guy himself, will walk you through it.
Jeff Calbom just sent this amazing video over to us. This group of guys decided to travel across the US in 14 days while creating one of the most complicated stop motion videos I've ever seen. Nothing will ever be more complicated than this stop motion video though. You can view the BTSV and the final product below.
The BTSV for this music video isn't very technical and normally I wouldn't post it but the final product is so good that I made an exception. Watch the music video below first and then try to guess how they filmed it, then check out the BTS. I was shocked when I saw the simplicity of the shoot.
Mark Watson is an 'extreme sports photographer' and in this video he has teamed up with Red Bull hanglider Jon Durand to produce some amazing photos as well as video. The idea was to mount a D300s camera to his hang glider to shoot both video and still shots while he sails through the Morning Glory cloud. The results are absolutely stunning!
As a photographer, I really enjoy seeing how the film guys approach their filming and there is no better way to learn than to watch behind the scenes of some larger productions. Check out what Sam Nicholson and his team of videographers did with the new ARRI Alexa Camera in their short film called "World Cup". Click the full post to see the final product.
Mark Romanek is one of the all time greatest music video producers. His vision for Nine Inch Nail's Closer video created a lot of controversy back when it was released in 1994 but now lives on as one of the greatest music videos of all time. I can still recall the first time I saw this on MTv and how it made me feel.
Yes, this has been done before; but never this big. Amir took things up a few notches by shooting Paul Wall's new video "I Need Mo" featuring Travis Barker. I hope that Amir gives this another shot now that the iPhone 4 is out. The video quality is stunning on the new phone.
If you aren't familiar with fashion photography, Giuliano Bekor is one of the top photographers in the industry. Watch as Giuliano demonstrates the correct way to jump after a soccer ball while wearing ridiculous fashion clothing. We also featured another BeBe fashion shoot he did with crazy African animals that you should probably check out after watching this photoshoot.
I have been on Vimeo for probably an hour going through one terrible BTS video after another. There is so much talent out there but so many of these videos have no details and are so boring. That all changed when I ran across Patrick Boivin's "AT-AT Day Afternoon." The BTS video has no talking but it is still totally informative.
Hope everyone in America is having a happy 4th of July. Thought you guys might get a kick out of the latest Dodge Challenger Behind the Scenes commercial. Thanks to Thomas on the forum for sharing this with us! Click the full post to watch the final commercial.
This video is great not only because it is a solid video and has a behind the scenes video built in right at the end, but also because I think it goes to show that even with a relatively cheap phone you can shoot amazing HD footage for your BTS videos. I know a lot of our readers are iphone users (or android) so this video should help inspire you for our BTS Contest that ends August 1st.
I hope it is not too soon to feature another video of a camera sent to space with a weather balloon but the footage taken from the Pacific Star II is really amazing! This was all done with two cheap Canon point and shoot cameras off ebay, a weather balloon, and a simple Styrofoam enclosure. It still blows my mind that such a simple setup can produce such beautiful shots.
James Karinejad has officially raised the bar on this contest. His team shot Emma Michelle's music video and he created a great BTS video to show us everything that went into making this a successful piece. View the full post to see the finished product and remember to please leave James feedback in the comments below or on his forum post here.
If you didn't know, the GoPro HD is a cheap video camera that shoots stunning HD footage. These guys attach it to a weather balloon and then let it fly (what appears to be) into space and then they use GPS to retrieve it. Is this for real!?!
Balloon flight, shot with an HD HERO camera from GoPro. from Francois Brahic on Vimeo.
Claude Kongs is an overseas director and his latest trailer for the movie Luxembourg Air Rescue is pretty amazing. What do you do when you are disappointed by the "unsexiness of your location"? Click the full post to watch a lengthy behind the scenes video on how this trailer was filmed.
Portfolio: Luxembourg Air Rescue Promo Movie from Claude Kongs on Vimeo.
About a month ago we shared Shane Hurlbut's video The Last 3 Minutes and the behind the scenes on the making of that video. Here is another look at some more scenes from the short movie all filmed on the Canon 5D Mark II. It's really cool to see Shane taking the time to give commentary over this BTS footage. Enjoy.
A reader emailed me this video a while back and I finally got around to watching it. If you enjoy watching how things are made you will really appreciate the amount of effort that goes into making pro level lenses. I have never thought of my lenses coming ultimately from a bunch of powder!
"Can we make a transparent car?... Of course, we can do anything given the time and the budget"
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This video does not have the most informative behind the scenes video to go along with it but it is so good that I wanted to post it anyway.
Space Chimp - Behind the Scenes from Leo Burnett on Vimeo.
Space Chimp from Leo Burnett on Vimeo.
Stillmotion is a group of photographers turned videographers which create some of the most inspiring wedding videos I have ever seen. As a wedding photographer myself, I know the situations they are working in and how tough video can be and yet their work still knocks me out everytime I see it.
Ryan Hughes just released his new stop motion video... Check it out:
Ballet! - Behind The Scenes from Ryan Enn Hughes on Vimeo.
Ballet! from Ryan Enn Hughes on Vimeo.
I actually just stumbled upon this and was really impressed. Below is the actual commercial and the behind the scenes video.
CANON Commercial - Freeze Tag from Saman Keshavarz on Vimeo.
CANON Commercial - Freeze Tag from Saman Keshavarz on Vimeo.
Dan Bartolucci and Gevorg Karensky over at Influxlab have put together a little montage video for everyone to see how they rigged the car camera up for the latest BMW M3 commercial. I'm sure many of you have wondered how they secured a camera when being so wreckless in a car; I guess now we all know.
I came across this story after watching some late night Carson Daily while editing some work (sound familiar?), and I thought our readers would appreciate it. If you aren't one of the 12 million people who have already seen this video, check it out below. For their latest video, This Too Shalll Pass, Okay Go decided to build a Rube Goldberg Machine and film it unfold in one take.
So this is really cool. Ryan Hughes was in film; then he got into still photography; and now he is blurring the mediums together. Watch Ryan explain how he shot his latest short "RGB MOVE" and the final product below.
RGB MOVE Behind The Scenes Documentary from Ryan Enn Hughes on Vimeo.
RGB MOVE from Ryan Enn Hughes on Vimeo.
If you own a DSLR that does video (which most do by now), hopefully we have persuaded you to at least try some of the video capabilities. The reality is the DSLR is the wave of the future and more and more commercial and professional videos are being shot on these new cameras. Check out what Seth Epstein did when he was contacted by Suzuki to shoot a commercial for their latest bike.
This video was sent in by a reader a few weeks ago and I was completely blown away. However it really did not fit our format because we had no behind the scenes video to accompany it. Luckily Shane Hurlbut with Hurlbut Visuals decided to release a behind the scenes video showcasing why and how he used the Canon 5D Mark II for this short film.
Zimtstern, a clothing company needed a new commercial so they decided to advertise their snowboard apparel in a completely new way. Watch the behind the scenes video and the finished product below.
Behind the scenes
The finished product
A few days ago I posted Patrick's video of his friends jumping on a trampoline in the desert... I just ran across his skim boarding video on vimeo and I am once again smiling while I watch his work. You want to know how he did it? Simple; he put a GoPro HD Hero on a monopod and threw it around in the ocean. Love it!
Here at Fstoppers we have been working hard to bring you a good wide variety of different behind the scenes photoshoots. One of our readers worked with Kim Kardashian for the latest Carl's commercial promoting their grilled chicken salad.
The guys over at Zacuto have released their second video of their series that compares film cameras to the current lineup of DSLR cameras. In this video you will see how different ISOs compare across the various cameras tested. It's pretty interesting and this is about as thorough of a test you would probably ever care to run.
Check out the finished product below.
What Goes Up (The Desert) from Patrick Lawler on Vimeo.
The behind the scenes video here:
Behind The Scenes - What Goes Up (The Desert) from Patrick Lawler on Vimeo.
I was blown away when a reader sent us this video today of the latest commercial for the Nissan Sentra SE-R. In this video we have mini Nissan cars, remote controlled cameras on RC cars, remoted controlled cameras on RC helicopters, and so many more fun little creative tricks as well. Watch as the directors and crew discuss how it was made and check out the final commercial below.
Sam O’Hare is an aero director/ VFX artist who likes playing around with his camera from time to time. When I first saw this video, I thought it was a cool little video that featured a tilt shift lens and some solid Nikon video work. It was not until I read his blog that I found out I was wrong on both accounts: no tilt shift lens and no video!
Many of you have already seen this but if you haven't you should check it out. Zacuto (the company that makes add-ons for DSLR video) has put together the most extensive video quality test I have ever seen. You can check out this weeks video at http://www.zacuto.com/shootout . Below is just a trailer since the full video is not able to be embedded any longer
It must be food week because so many of the submissions we have gotten have been based on photographing edibles. Today's video features cinematographer Gary Jones and his team of stylists filming a 35mm Back Yard Burger television ad.
Chase Jarvis and his group of crazy friends show their behind the scenes footage of a shoot for Rusell Investments (yes they are shooting for an investment company). They are using the RED One cinema camera for high frame rate video and the Nikon D3s for standard HD video.
After posting yesterday's video on Alexx shooting triathlete Chris Lieto for the cover of Outside Magazine I was sent this awesome video of Alexx working on a new article for the Apple ipad. Hopefully after watching these two videos it should be clear where advertising is headed in the next 10 years with products like the ipad and creative minds like Alexx Henry.
What would you get if you combined the look of well lit photographs with the movement of videos and displayed them in a traditional print ad space? Watch what Alexx Henry and his production team do with the Red One camera. It will blow your mind! Check out his still portfolio as well; his work is definitely leading edge.
I'm one of those bloggers that is going to give credit where credit is due.
To read the full post about the multibridge software and how to get it working with CS4 go here
Adobe Premiere CS4 - The Basics; in a really creepy whisper voice
How to add effects to your video
Learn how to add text and titles
Learn how to add pictures to your video and make them move (Ken Burns Effect) by going to this link.
So yesterday we talked about setting your camera to shoot video. Today we get a little more complicated. Let's chat about audio. Tomorrow we will take it one step further and discuss the most dreaded part of video... editing! If you have a Canon camera that shoots video, view the full post to check out a video on audio made just for you.