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Go Pro Footage

rtz - 17-12-2016 at 09:12 PM

I've got hours and gigs of riding footage. But it's so arduous to edit it. Is there even any interest in seeing a highlight video?

The riding is just riding. How about the kite flying? Or a sample showing different riding areas and terrain?

I watched video playback of a 30mph run and it just didn't look fast on film even though the ride felt out of control.

skimtwashington - 18-12-2016 at 07:41 AM

Well... to make the best film to watch it starts with good direction.... then good editing( cutting out most of it).

Kober has made some of the best ones. I think he starts with really good direction (who, where, what to shoot, camera angles. Drone footage(!!)....). If you have all crap footage, editing only helps so much.

Then the editing to keep it on pace, present the best, and keep it interesting.... perhaps making it into a 'story' form of sorts.

Ask him how much work it takes...

Cheddarhead - 22-12-2016 at 08:53 PM

I feel your pain. Often I bring a Gopro with me, record a bunch of footage, only to review it and think that it's pretty darn boring, so then it gets deleted. Most times I simply capture a certain frame that's interesting and that's as far as it goes. It happens all the time, I feel like I'm going mach 10 but when I review the footage, it looks more like slow motion.

WELDNGOD - 23-12-2016 at 03:41 PM

I just go through it ,pick out interesting parts or scenes. Get a lot of them and then try to piece something together paired with some music. Or ,just one run downwind with or without music. But you always have a ton of unusable stuff.

TEDWESLEY - 21-3-2017 at 08:01 AM

Kind of a metaphor on life...

carltb - 21-3-2017 at 01:08 PM

I usually edit down an hr to about 3 mins