Music Videos II

  • Thread starter Thread starter Rainstorm Jenny
  • Start date Start date
Thank you for posting the rules Shrr! :glow:

UnsilentMajorty - I personally use DGIndex (which I hear is just another name for DVD2AVI) to index the VOBs into .d2v/.avs files, and then I just load the .avs scripts straight into Premiere. While it indexes, it analyses your footage and tells you the framerate, interlacing and all that, so it's helpful when you start up your vid project to make sure all your parameters match the source footage.

Apparently this method is quite sluggish, but I have a fast processor so it's been working fine for me. Although I use Premiere 6.5 and don't know if that option will work for Pro 2.0.

There's a huge and comprehensive guide to all things audio/video. When it gets to the editing stage it's mainly geared toward Premiere, but also has some pointers for Ulead, Vegas and WMM. :)
 
I have opened up my own awards site. Although Round 1 just closed faster than I expected (it opened yesterday and got entries literally overnight), I can reserve people spots for round 2 if they wish to enter their videos (and website). I accept all movie and tv fandoms with the exception of porn. I also give out website awards if you to nominate your website. So, come visit my awards site:

http://www.freewebs.com/creativecreationsawards

I would love to get some movie fandom submissions. :)
 
1168-0-1272220649.jpg


[YT]oZKpx8m_evg[/YT]

edited by Dmitri "MMd" Lomonosov

video:
X-Men (2,3)
X-Men Origins
The Incredible Hulk

Music:
Three Days Grace - Animal I Have Become
 
Great vids people :)

I'm trying to find an Anna/Declan video from Leap Year

Any idea if there is one out there?
 
Yup, sure was.
Redlands1.gif
Redlands2.gif
:lol:

Cool vid, btw. ;)

I've been good, just jumping around from board to board. Hope you're doing good. :D

Sasha
1062.gif
 
Since you now have a professional level program at your disposal...

I am going to go through the basic steps you should become familiar with to make videos like SilverSun and myself do (using theatrical movie footage) if you want to do a "The Truth About Cats & Dogs Video" for example.

1) Rip your DVD footage to your hard drive.
2) Index OR convert --- One or the other -- The footage into a useable format Sony Vegas can use to edit that is FRAME ACCURATE.
3) Edit your video.
4) Export your video using a lossless codec like HuffYUV
5) Compress the video for distribution using Divx or Xvid

If you want in-depth tutorials for this go here:

Anime DVD Guide

This is for Anime (Japanes Animation) music videos, but the same principles apply.

It can be overwhelming at first, which is why I am going to list the areas you need to read first and you can skip the rest because most of it is just background stuff for techies and or only applies to animated videos and not film footage:

A) Setting up a Video Editing Project ----->Look at the Sony Vegas Section
B) Getting Your Video ------->Ripping DVDs / Using AviSynth for direct VOB editing
C) Exporting Your AMV for Compression ------> Look at the Sony Vegas Section
D) Online Video Distribution

Things to keep in mind:

-You want to use 24 FPS Progressive footage (use this when setting up your project and when editing as Sony Vegas will edit 23.97 frames much easier than Adobe Premiere which is one advantage of Vegas over Premiere).

-You CAN use MP3's for your music sources. The guide says don't and that it will crash the editing programs. This is false as I used an MP3 for my "Success" video and it works just fine (also, how many people actually own CDs these days?)

................

I think the hardest part may be when it comes to deciding what to do with the files (VOB files) you rip from the DVD to your hard drive.

You can convert the VOBs to large .avi files and load those into Vegas and edit those much easier if you have a slow processor...

...OR...

You can do what SilverSun and myself do and that is use AviSynth and use the VOB files directly. This is a better way as you aren't converting the VOBs to another format which not only saves space, but this also doesn't loose any video quality because you aren't converting from one format to another and are using the original VOB files to make (render) your final video.

I recommend the later option ONLY if you have a very fast processor (3.0 GHz or more; Pentium IV or Athalon XP 64-bit processor) as this method depends heavily on being able to render "on the fly" by accessing the actual compressed VOB files and decompress the images.

Regardless of what method you choose, you are going to need a lot of hard drive space. I would suggest at least 30 GBs or more of free space to be on the safe side... Especially, if you do the first method which will involve making HUGE .avi files -- 3 to 4 GBs (gigabytes) in size -- you can load into Sony Vegas (this is why the second method is preferred if you have a fast processor as you are only using the VOB files which are only 1.5 GBs a piece depending on the movie).

Let me and SilverSun know if you have any problems as I've spent a week straight sotring through the process and want to make yours and others first-time a much more simple and straight-forward process than I had because I had to literally figure things out for myself and as it turns out, 90% of what you need to know how to do is VERY simple in a lot of respects, but there are a lot of little steps and complications that you must learn that make the bigger picture very easy to follow.
 
SilverSun:

I just want to say your videos are by far the best I have personally seen in a long time, hands down.

Not to take anything away from all the other music video authors here, but your videos are how the majority of music videos should be done in my opinion. You have mastered the art of movement, pacing and editing the way professionals are trained.

In fact, I was in a technical program long ago that trained students to work in the entertainment and TV industry and some of the subtle techniques (editing choices) you use are what make your videos stand out above the majority of fan made videos -- Which are just clips set to music 99% of the time with no real rhyme or reason.

Keep up the great work!

:)

P.S. - What programs do you use to edit and then compile your videos?
 
I created a hybrid music video of James Cameron's Avatar with featured band
Sevendust. The song is called "Better Place".

[YT]OBPwjUWVjbE[/YT]
 
Okay, here's my two videos about Jack/Rose from Titanic. I'll probably do some more too. In my opinion, I think the second's one better but I love them both.

Jack & Rose - Goodbye My Lover

Jack & Rose - Hanging By A Moment
 
ShrrShrr

Thanks for posting the rules :)

Rainstorm

Glad you liked the video. I just thought "Silent Lucidity" was screaming "Ghost" every time I would listen to it... So I decided to do the video to it to quite the creative demons.

......

SilverSun and Fellow Video Authors:

What is the best method for converting your DVD footage to an editable format (I am using Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0)?

I have the .vob files on my HD and I know you have to convert them to an avi/mpg for FRAME ACCURACY... So what method and programs are the best?

I am probably going to go with the DVD2AVI/AviSynth method because this is the method most guides on the net suggest for doing Digital editing for things like music videos because of the frame accuracy and limitations NLE programs like APP inherently have in them.

Recommendations? Warnings? Suggestions?
 
It was? That's so cool. Let me know what you think of it. :) And I haven't seen you around in a while, dear! :hug: (Mostly because I haven't been around.) How have you been?
 
could you please repost this video, i love that movie and i love those two characters. :)
 
Hey :wave:

Two new Anakin and Padme Video's

Who Knew: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gcjg1aUmi98

Collide: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jknbpS9nsMo

Hope you enjoy them :)
 
Back
Top