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  • #3440443
    chris smead
    BPL Member

    @hamsterfish

    Locale: San Jose, CA

    Heya, I made a second trailer for my JMT movie.  (see below)  I expect to have it done in a week.   I’ll post here once complete.

    https://youtu.be/YvRLS0-gNP8

    #3440444
    chris smead
    BPL Member

    @hamsterfish

    Locale: San Jose, CA

    Oh, and I forgot to mention it will be free :)

    #3440447
    Rob P
    BPL Member

    @rpjr

    Looking forward to it!

    #3441808
    chris smead
    BPL Member

    @hamsterfish

    Locale: San Jose, CA

    Ok here’s the full length movie:  https://youtu.be/Masta9yxAUE

    Merry Christmas!

    #3441851
    Jonathon Self
    BPL Member

    @neist

    Locale: Oklahoma

    Thanks for sharing. Enjoyed the video. :)

    #3441859
    Matthew / BPL
    Moderator

    @matthewkphx

    Excellent video! I’ve enjoyed the creative license you’ve taken with lots of different treatments. I often limit myself, trying to everything very consistent but your video gains interest from different things you’ve done with your raw footage. Very enjoyable!

    #3441950
    David Noll
    BPL Member

    @dpnoll

    Locale: Maroon Bells

    Thanks Chris. I think that is the best video report on the JMT I have seen.

    #3441960
    chris smead
    BPL Member

    @hamsterfish

    Locale: San Jose, CA

    Thanks guys!  Hope you had a Merry Christmas.

    I learned a ton of lessons through this experience.  I’ll probably do another one soonish.  I’m thinking a short Yosemite winter trip video.  Then next summer I’ll do a longer one documenting something more offtrail and adventurous in Seki.

    #3441993
    Gunnar H
    BPL Member

    @qy

    Liked that one!

    #3442021
    Dena Kelley
    BPL Member

    @eagleriverdee

    Locale: Eagle River, Alaska

    That was outstanding. Thank you for sharing your trip with us.

    #3442027
    windsor ak
    BPL Member

    @windsor

    Locale: MN

    Great film, thanks for sharing.

    #3442205
    Tony Wong
    BPL Member

    @valshar

    Locale: San Francisco Bay Area

    Chris,

    Just watched your movie tonight.

    Thank you for sharing your journey that is uniquely you.

    I appreciate the honesty of your story and how you show yourself as you are…warts and all.

    Really refreshing to see something real and very personal.

    When I did the JMT in 2011, the last three days I was getting a little sick of the stench that was myself and I was missing my family too.

    So could relate to your experiences…thanks for sharing and reminding me of my own JMT trip.

    Really makes me want to do it all over again.

    Tony

    #3442289
    chris smead
    BPL Member

    @hamsterfish

    Locale: San Jose, CA

    Thanks!   Honesty was something I was going for.  I wanted my kids to see the reality and set expectations accordingly.  It’s smelly, dirty, and completely amazing and worth it.  :)  I think many here on BPL would concur.

    Funny story:  In an attempt to make the film honest to my experience, I spent dozens of hours color grading the footage to match my memory of each view.   The problem was that I had polarized sunglasses on most of the time while hiking.  So I matched the film colors accordingly.  I reduced midtones, increased contrast, and darkened the outer edges to simulate the feel of the sunglass frames.  The scenes where I’m not wearing sunglasses are much more color accurate.

    A real film professional would have used objective tools like vector scopes and stuff to color correct.  But I’m no professional.  ;)

    #3442292
    chris smead
    BPL Member

    @hamsterfish

    Locale: San Jose, CA

    Btw thank you all for being so forgiving of the vertigo inducing footage.  I learned a lot from this, including the importance of a slow steady hand while filming.  :)

    #3445665
    Larry De La Briandais
    BPL Member

    @hitech

    Locale: SF Bay Area

    “I often limit myself, trying to everything very consistent..”

    Yup, that a big problem of mine too.

     

    I just found this, and only watched a few minutes so far, but I can comment that the cinematography is outstanding.  I think the grading is great so far.  :)

     

    #3445930
    chris smead
    BPL Member

    @hamsterfish

    Locale: San Jose, CA

    Thanks Larry!  The truth is that I was learning during the editing process.  So everytime I learned something fun, I incorporated it into the film.  :)

    To retain focus, I tried to use reoccurring elements like the map sequences, clouds, fonts, voiceovers, etc to retain an overall theme.

    My next project will have lots of new elements, but hopefully retain focus as well.  I’m working on it now.  Wish me luck!

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