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nato64 · 2005-03-09, 16:15

As a project in my film class we had to make a comercial. So guess what I chose? Hehe. I think it's O.K. for two weeks worth of work.

The biggest downfall is that the iPod our dancers were holding on to was impossible to key out thus it is just dancing people.

It's advertising a Wireless iPod. Enjoy.

http://homepage.mac.com/nato64/film/...Theater64.html

alcimedes · 2005-03-09, 16:21

wow. that was actually really good.

excellent work, and tell your dancers they did a wonderful job. how was your movie received in class?

(oh, and welcome!)

nato64 · 2005-03-09, 16:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by alcimedes

wow. that was actually really good.

excellent work, and tell your dancers they did a wonderful job. how was your movie received in class?

(oh, and welcome!)

thank you! my teacher likes it but she lives under a rock and wants us to add like 3d text, maybe show the real people and not silhouettes, and other very un-apple stuff. sigh. but the rest of the class ignores me and my partner cuz we've been doing film for three years now

zman2005 · 2005-03-09, 16:27

wow that was awsome, yes I am too interested and seeing what the grade you recieved on it?

SonOfSylvanus · 2005-03-09, 17:24

Great! Maybe you could have ended with the end of that BEP song�you know, with the fade out�rather than a dead stop? But yeah, dancing, production�very slick.

Luca · 2005-03-09, 17:29

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Originally Posted by nato64

thank you! my teacher likes it but she lives under a rock and wants us to add like 3d text

Nothing says professionalism like 3D text...

Sorry I can't watch it right now but I will as soon as I get home! I'm at work right now and the crappy machine I'm stuck on doesn't have QuickTime (or speakers, for that matter).

Paul · 2005-03-10, 11:36

WOW... very nicely done. This one was pretty good also. Messiatosh should take some notes.

(Damn I wish I could create video like that...)

sildani · 2005-03-10, 11:44

That is pretty good!

Performa636CD · 2005-03-10, 16:05

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Originally Posted by nato64

thank you! my teacher likes it but she lives under a rock and wants us to add like 3d text, maybe show the real people and not silhouettes, and other very un-apple stuff. sigh. but the rest of the class ignores me and my partner cuz we've been doing film for three years now

Apparently she missed the whole point as if she never saw the original Apple iPod ads.

anyhoo, great job

and i thought all these guys here were just being polite with their comments...

nomorewindows · 2005-03-10, 16:10

NICE! I give you an A+

Franz Josef · 2005-03-10, 16:11

First Rate

as is rest of site

torifile · 2005-03-10, 16:20

It was well-done, no doubt, but not very original.

But it did look like a real iPod ad, if that was the goal.

709 · 2005-03-10, 16:26

Well done, Nate! There's some other really nice stuff there as well.

Out of curiousity, what software were you using to do the key? Commotion? After Effects? Something else?

Welcome to AN.

709 · 2005-03-10, 16:29

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Originally Posted by torifile

It was well-done, no doubt, but not very original.

True, but I guess I was looking at it more as a homage. He's definitely got a good eye for when to cut, and had some pretty fun 'head bobbing' and such you'd never see in a 'real' iPod ad.

nato64 · 2005-03-10, 21:12

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Originally Posted by torifile

It was well-done, no doubt, but not very original.

But it did look like a real iPod ad, if that was the goal.

haha yeah it wasn't supposed to be an original. just a fun project on the side. thank you!

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Originally Posted by 709

Well done, Nate! There's some other really nice stuff there as well.

Out of curiousity, what software were you using to do the key? Commotion? After Effects? Something else?

Welcome to AN.

I used Final Cut Pro 3 for everything but the camera was a Canon XL-1 (god bless school funds). I would have used FCP4 but I only have it on my home computer.

nato64 · 2005-03-10, 21:14

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Originally Posted by Franz Josef

First Rate

as is rest of site

thanks for checking out some of my other work! but you might want to start off by going to my real website, Orloffilm.com

torifile · 2005-03-10, 21:17

nato64, I realize I may have come off a bit harsh in my first post. I thought it was VERY well done. Professional and with the exception of the lack of an iPod, it could have been done by Apple. (You should have made it an ad for the invisiblePod.

)

709 · 2005-03-10, 21:18

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Originally Posted by nato64

I used Final Cut Pro 3 for everything but the camera was a Canon XL-1 (god bless school funds). I would have used FCP4 but I only have it on my home computer.

Ah. I didn't realize FCP had that kind of keyer. I only use FCP for capture/layoff from/to Digi and such. Commotion's keyer is really quite nice (although it's languished under the thumb of Pinnacle) and now that After Effects has incorporated Keylight it's becoming more and more useful for that sort of thing.

Anyways, nice work.

nato64 · 2005-03-10, 21:21

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Originally Posted by torifile

nato64, I realize I may have come off a bit harsh in my first post. I thought it was VERY well done. Professional and with the exception of the lack of an iPod, it could have been done by Apple. (You should have made it an ad for the invisiblePod.

)

i didn't think you came off harsh. it's all good. yeah, i tried to key out the iPod but it was just too close to the dancers' skin tone. thank you!

nato64 · 2005-03-10, 21:23

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Originally Posted by 709

Ah. I didn't realize FCP had that kind of keyer. I only use FCP for capture/layoff from/to Digi and such. Commotion's keyer is really quite nice (although it's languished under the thumb of Pinnacle) and now that After Effects has incorporated Keylight it's becoming more and more useful for that sort of thing.

Anyways, nice work.

hmm. yeah, i love FCP. never worked with any effects programs like After Effects or Commotion but sounds cool. But I hate Pinnacle... eww. Or at least i think thats the one i hated. or maybe avid... i don't remember

709 · 2005-03-10, 21:25

It was Avid. Trust me.

Wrao · 2005-03-10, 21:51

Very nice, some of the dancers are a little bit lame(not so much in what they are doing but it looks like they weren't really putting that much into it), but in general it's very solid.

Luca · 2005-03-10, 22:02

My main suggestion would be to replace the "Let's Get It Started" song with the original one, "Let's Get Retarded." Because come on, the BEP obviously tweaked the lyrics because Apple didn't want to have a song called "Let's Get Retarded" in their promo videos.

I loved the breakdancing moves. Some of the dancing was a bit slow, yeah, but mostly it was very good.

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nato64 Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Orange, CA	2005-03-09, 16:15 As a project in my film class we had to make a comercial. So guess what I chose? Hehe. I think it's O.K. for two weeks worth of work. The biggest downfall is that the iPod our dancers were holding on to was impossible to key out thus it is just dancing people. It's advertising a Wireless iPod. Enjoy. http://homepage.mac.com/nato64/film/...Theater64.html
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alcimedes I shot the sherrif. administrator Join Date: May 2004	2005-03-09, 16:21 wow. that was actually really good. excellent work, and tell your dancers they did a wonderful job. how was your movie received in class? (oh, and welcome!)
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zman2005 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005	2005-03-09, 16:27 wow that was awsome, yes I am too interested and seeing what the grade you recieved on it?
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SonOfSylvanus Fro Productions(tm) Join Date: May 2004 Location: London Town	2005-03-09, 17:24 Great! Maybe you could have ended with the end of that BEP song�you know, with the fade out�rather than a dead stop? But yeah, dancing, production�very slick. bouncy bouncy
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Paul Veteran Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: New York City	2005-03-10, 11:36 WOW... very nicely done. This one was pretty good also. Messiatosh should take some notes. (Damn I wish I could create video like that...)
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sildani Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Northern Virginia	2005-03-10, 11:44 That is pretty good!
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nomorewindows Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Rockie Mountains	2005-03-10, 16:10 NICE! I give you an A+
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Franz Josef Passing by Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: London, Europe	2005-03-10, 16:11 First Rate as is rest of site Last edited by Franz Josef : 2005-03-10 at 16:22.
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torifile Less than Stellar Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Durham, NC	2005-03-10, 16:20 It was well-done, no doubt, but not very original. But it did look like a real iPod ad, if that was the goal.
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709 ¡Damned! Join Date: May 2004 Location: Purgatory.	2005-03-10, 16:26 Well done, Nate! There's some other really nice stuff there as well. Out of curiousity, what software were you using to do the key? Commotion? After Effects? Something else? Welcome to AN. So it goes.
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torifile Less than Stellar Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Durham, NC	2005-03-10, 21:17 nato64, I realize I may have come off a bit harsh in my first post. I thought it was VERY well done. Professional and with the exception of the lack of an iPod, it could have been done by Apple. (You should have made it an ad for the invisiblePod. )
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709 ¡Damned! Join Date: May 2004 Location: Purgatory.	2005-03-10, 21:25 It was Avid. Trust me.
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Wrao Yarp Join Date: May 2004 Location: Road Warrior	2005-03-10, 21:51 Very nice, some of the dancers are a little bit lame(not so much in what they are doing but it looks like they weren't really putting that much into it), but in general it's very solid.
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Luca ಠ_ರೃ Join Date: May 2004 Location: Minnesota	2005-03-10, 22:02 My main suggestion would be to replace the "Let's Get It Started" song with the original one, "Let's Get Retarded." Because come on, the BEP obviously tweaked the lyrics because Apple didn't want to have a song called "Let's Get Retarded" in their promo videos. I loved the breakdancing moves. Some of the dancing was a bit slow, yeah, but mostly it was very good.
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