Steven Lambion
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I did feel the timing was a little off. There was very little narration during the show as if they had nothing really to say, they just wanted to show what they filmed. I did like voice they chose.
It was like an organized Guerilla Project, if that’s possible. Great Shots, but weak script.
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I did feel the timing was a little off. There was very little narration during the show as if they had nothing really to say, they just wanted to show what they filmed. I did like voice they chose.
It was like a organized Guerilla Project, if that’s possible. Great Shots, but weak script.
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That’s what I felt too. It really took me out of the show.
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They bought a lot of expensive equipment used in movies, like the HD Cam on the Helicopter. It looked like the had a camera that ran at 600 – 1200 fps. They had a 1 to 2 second shot of a shark and slowed it down to 45 seconds. They had some cool stuff for this project. I don’t think they had any real new technology, they just used stuff that the Film industry already used.
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I know the the difference of a movie and a documentary. I watch a lot of documentaries and very few talk much about how there shooting something or the technology that there using. It felt like a documentary of the adventure of filming Planet Earth and the final product rolled into one.
I do agree about the Great White White shark. Although it’s not appealing in most movies, a documentary can repeat footage over again, especially if there showing it again in more detail.
I do love the shots, and it doesn’t bother me when the say “this is the first time this animal was film”. I just got annoy when they continued by adding more specific and technical comments, like the HD Cam on the Helicopter.
I think they should of moved all the technical stuff to the end of show other wise it could take away attention to the main purpose of the Documentary, which is to tell people about hidden and interesting things about Earth.
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I said what I know from experience and what I’ve been told not my opinion. I personally like knowing about the technical side. I did like the little background part at the end of the show.
What I was talking about was lets say there’s a movie like lord of the rings, would you like it if in the middle of the movie the characters started talking about how there filming this or the technologies they’re using.
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It depends on the video card.
make sure the 256 mbs of ram is at least as fast as your old video card’s ram
Also make sure it has quartz extreme built in. This is one of the core reason why OS X has such great graphics and effects. with out quartz extreme you’ll notice the computer’s OS graphics running slower and some times not running at all. You need quartz extreme for good video and DVD playback as well.
Also make sure the GPU of the video card is fast enough as well. From my experience, the best looking video card may not be the best over all. Memory isn’t everything, the PS3 has 256 mbs of video memory and it can do tremendous graphics.
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Sometimes restarting everything helps, though you probably did this already.
Your timecode might be broken or offset badly, this can stop final cut from capturing.
Try doing a test capture with out timecode to see if this is the reason.
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I don’t think so. Maybe if you have some powerful hardware.
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It was pretty good, but I think they where a little technical. It was really annoying when every two minutes they would say “we’re using this new high tech camera to shoot stuff we never could before.” No person outside the Film industry really cares, they just want to watch a documentary about the Earth, not the Project. I do have to say though the shots were awesome. It was incredible that they filmed the ocean floor with all the huge crabs and stuff. I also like the slow motion frames, it really helped the visual appeal and showed more detail of what’s happening.
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