Studio304 Still Motion – 5D mark 2 from Dj Frost on Vimeo.

Studio304 and it’s crew are featured in this short picture.  If your in the Vancouver area contact us at http://www.studio304.ca for more information on rates and availability.

Big thanks to Adam and Kev Photography for the raw conversions.

THE IDEA:

We had a regular shmegular studio meeting and decided to take a portrait of all the studio members.  Well, this turned into more than a portrait as you can see.

The camera was actually triggered by an iPhone passed around the group.  By tapping the shutter over wi-fi.

In the first scenes we are all standing around with the light setup from that days portrait shoot, then in the second scene, we each setup our own light.  Adam Schelle [softbox camera left], Kevin Holloway [umbrella] Adam Blasberg [beauty dish center pillar] Justin Frost [camera right].

A true colab, everyone here has a photographic background and what a great time we had at this meeting!

PRODUCTION NOTES:

Studio Courtesy:
Studio304 Vancouver

Director:
Justin Frost

Still Photography:
Adam and Kev Photography

Motion Graphics / VFX / Editing:
REALSTOCK Productions

Sound Design:
Dj Frost

SOFTWARE:
Lightroom
Bridge
Automator
Logic Pro
After Effects
Adobe Media Encoder
Illustrator
iPhone app to control mouse on mac
Canon EOS Utility [for the mouse to trigger the 5d]

I have to shout out Robert Rodriguez as he has been a huge inspiration in my recent filmmaking journey.
If you like this version PLEASE visit one of the following sites to download the proper 720p HD file.  The quality is amazing on this PHOTO-JPEG encoded version and will be available here for download in the next post..

Also, please play this on decent speakers[:

Cheers!

Warning: Music is a bit of a downer.  Skip to the motorcycle video if you want something a little more “upbeat”.

Nostalgia (flare-free version) from Edgar Maguyon on Vimeo.

My first shots with the camera would not even play on my MacbookPro 2.0Ghz.  The raw shots off this camera are 1920pix X 1080pix at about 40MB / second.  That is a ton of info just to play back.

Getting the footage to work in an editing program in real time is another thing all together.  Here’s my workflow.

The transcode into the AIC codec will bring the file size up quite a bit.  The 5d mkII uses the .h264 codec which saves file size but eats your computer power.

Once your files are all rendered into the AIC codec Premier Pro CS4 [or CS3 I guess] should scrub the files in real time.

NOTE: You can only encode to the AIC codec on the Mac,  It is  a free codec that comes with OS X.

There is a lossy compression going on in this process.  The alternative intermeidate codecs for editing are ProRes [Final Cut Studio] or Avid DNxHD.  Both of these are closer to a lossless compression but also require more power to decode and edit in real time.

Have fun!

UPDATE:

check the comments, I’ve moved to a proxie workflow, it’s not that hard I promise and it will save you countless headaches if your longing for real time renderless editing with a mobile workstation.  I am running a MBP with 2.0Ghz processor.

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The solution is Airfoil.

Airfoil allows you to send the audio of ANY program [including system audio] via your airport express remote speakers.

This is useful for countless projection environments, there are so many applications where having a wireless sound signal makes setup more flexible and enjoyable.  The software is well priced.

Airfoil seems to be the holy grail of this process, however it has one issue worth mentioning….  There is an audio lag created from using the Airfoil “hyjack” process.  This means that programs [such as safari] without the “Audio Delay” function cannot sync [align the audio and video perfectly].

VLC allows you to change the “Audio Delay” allowing you to sync pretty much anything!

The latency is -1950 ms on my macbook pro.  To do this in VLC:

- press “f” until the display reads Audio Delay = -1950

Rogue Amoeba is an amazing software company for multimedia production!  Keep checking back for great multimedia tips.

Peace,

frost