FCPX + Glidecam + 5D Mk III in Italy

I'm a travel videographer and am absolutely in love with this combination.
I can work so quickly in FCPX. I'm really happy I made the switch from 7, so much undeserved hate for an incredible piece of software.

I shot this film on a PressTrip in a hidden part of Italy called Basilicata. Let me know what you think!

Very creative, cute, loved it.

Cool beans! Yeah Italy another reason why I am stuck her in the old world.

Very nice!

Thanks Guys!

Lovely work KTG, thanks for sharing. The glidecam brings some gorgeous silky movement, the camera did you well, the focus work Bellisima!

Technically it’s a very polished piece, you’ve got the skills & combined with quality gear & a top choice location, all the necessary ingredients have come together delightfully. Some of the rich colorful textures in the old walls, the weathered smiling faces, beautiful. The girl hiding in the grass was joyous, & happy to see someone else shares my fascination with old world doors.

There are a couple of questions you might want to ask. It looks as if the project is for a client, so I’m not certain of their parameters, but I’m wondering if the narration & text really adds that much value. Perhaps the power of your amazing images, music & editing alone could be more emotive?

In the early section before the music picks up, there is one image that is so striking, I would have loved to have seen it in slow motion. This being the perspective view down the corridor of hanging red peppers.

The hand in front of the lens doesn’t do that much for me, if you want to do a wipe reveal transition like that I’d prefer it was a branch or something natural in the foreground. When I’m experiencing the place & the people, I don’t want to be reminded that it’s not actually me experiencing it, my 4th wall is broken when I’m reminded of cameramen or related interruptions to the flow. Ever seen those movies where the reflection of the crew shows up in the shot? Benny Hill used to have fun with that idea, but here I want to really feel I’m there in such a wonderful place.

This other piece connected with you guys is also beautiful. In some ways I like it better, even though we see all the photographers & gear, the music starting slow, building then fading again, really works beautifully with what you’ve shot & how you show it. The speed ramping is particularly effective here (warbling harp-strings appear as water), also I finally get my fill of peppers.

thanks again for sharing

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TrixTrax9000 wrote: Lovely work KTG, thanks for sharing. The glidecam brings some gorgeous silky movement, the camera did you well, the focus work Bellisima!

Technically it’s a very polished piece, you’ve got the skills & combined with quality gear & a top choice location, all the necessary ingredients have come together delightfully. Some of the rich colorful textures in the old walls, the weathered smiling faces, beautiful. The girl hiding in the grass was joyous, & happy to see someone else shares my fascination with old world doors.

There are a couple of questions you might want to ask. It looks as if the project is for a client, so I’m not certain of their parameters, but I’m wondering if the narration & text really adds that much value. Perhaps the power of your amazing images, music & editing alone could be more emotive?

In the early section before the music picks up, there is one image that is so striking, I would have loved to have seen it in slow motion. This being the perspective view down the corridor of hanging red peppers.

The hand in front of the lens doesn’t do that much for me, if you want to do a wipe reveal transition like that I’d prefer it was a branch or something natural in the foreground. When I’m experiencing the place & the people, I don’t want to be reminded that it’s not actually me experiencing it, my 4th wall is broken when I’m reminded of cameramen or related interruptions to the flow. Ever seen those movies where the reflection of the crew shows up in the shot? Benny Hill used to have fun with that idea, but here I want to really feel I’m there in such a wonderful place.

This other piece connected with you guys is also beautiful. In some ways I like it better, even though we see all the photographers & gear, the music starting slow, building then fading again, really works beautifully with what you’ve shot & how you show it. The speed ramping is particularly effective here (warbling harp-strings appear as water), also I finally get my fill of peppers.

Great dissection TrixTrax! Thank you so much for that, it's exactly what I needed to hear. "breaking the 4th wall" is a concept I've never heard of before, but will be in my mind from this point forward.

The video you embedded is a compilation of the raw footage from all 7 of us, and editing by a very talented filmmaker named Matty Brown: vimeo.com/matthewbrown

He always does a killer job

Again, thanks so much! Anyone else have any constructive criticism?

Happy to hear you received it in the spirit it was intended, KTG. In this other thread we get into a bit more of an in depth discussion on the "4th wall."

www.fcp.co/forum/2-off-topic/15639-check...my-new-blog-one-shot


Right now I'm in the frozen North, so your footage of sunny Italy is more than attractive.

When you have time, please share more with us here...

congratulazioni, il video è stupendo...sopratutto la parte finale!

Definitely will be Thanks again for the help!

I'm a fan too, I particularly loved the edit sequence with the split screen and the doors.

Love the creativity, superb!

Great job!

Great videos! It really captures that style that you see these days on travel adverts - and this is where the DSLR really shines for capturing this kind of movement, and public spaces, people acting naturally without being intimidated by a large camera, etc. It looks fantastic and you really captured the essence of that part of Italy (in the food culture, the sense of history and so on).

What kind of Glidecam were you using? Just the sled (or did you also have a support arm and vest)?

If you don't mind me asking; how do you normally set up your camera for the Glidecam when working outdoors? Which lens do you use, and do you use ND filters? Do you just set the focus wide and then focus by walking closer or further to objects? Do you use an external monitor for framing?

Thanks for sharing, and congrats!