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Thought on Web Video

by Ted
September 23rd, 2010

When the Lumiere Brothers first introduced motion pictures to the public in
the late 1800s, all the people cared to see was movement. Then they began to
want narrative. Then more quality editing. Then better film stock. Better
lighting. etc.

When web video got introduced in the late 1900s, all people cared to see was
movement. Then they began to want narrative. Then….

Do you see where I’m going with this?

While YouTube will always have it’s place as the 24/7 version of America’s
Funniest Home Videos, at some point or another (I would argue the time
has come) people will want quality over crappity.

So… get prepared to produce quality stuff.

Done ranting.

- Ted

Categories Advice, On a whim, Videography, Web
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New iThemes.TV Intro

by Ted
August 2nd, 2010

Created for iThemes.TV in Motion 4 and Final Cut Pro 7.
Sound effects from the Soundtrack Pro 3 Library.

As many of you know, I’m the video guy over at iThemes and we’ve been working on bringing the weekly show up a level. It took most of the summer for all of the changes to come together but nevertheless we’re getting closer to where we want to be!

Let me know what you think of our new intro.

Ted

Categories Motionography, VFX, WordPress, video
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Typography is.

by Ted
July 26th, 2010

Skip to the third paragraph if typography bores you

I have come to recently understand how important type is not only in design, but in video. As a consequence, I am currently reading The Elements of Typographic Style. I have heard it is a “must read” for anyone seeking good type in their creations.

I have already made a couple adjustments to tedvid.com based on what I have been reading. Unfortunately I have not read the entire thing, which means I’m certain that though I may have corrected myself in one or two areas, it probably has created other issues elsewhere. Nevertheless, I hope to eventually have a solid enough grasp on typography that I can hold a decently intelligent conversation over the matter.

Now for the life-type connection

This new interest in typography is more of a life transition than anything. All of high school up through your general education courses in college, you are hit over the head repeatedly with a broad base of potential life skills. Yes, you begin to formulate what you are going to do as early as the day you could say a combination of the words “fire” and “man” but you are at such risk of changing your mind five or six hundred times that the educators and purveyors (I just wanted to say purveyors) of our world find it necessary that you simply learn a little about a lot until you figure things out.

However, I am done with the bulk of my general education courses, I only have a year and a half of school left and life is coming at me fast. And to be honest, I’m excited. Now that I have been doing what I love for some time and realize that video and the web are (to use a very early 2000s buzz word) converging, I can begin to hone my skills in all of the unnoticeably noticeable aspects of videography and motionography. To clarify: those parts of a video that make it excellent, reputable and set apart but are not readily apparent to the average viewer.

Also, just as I have begun to focus on these “unnoticeably noticeable” aspects of video-making, I have also began to work on these things in my personal life. As most of you know, I am a Christian. And for those of you who didn’t know – I’m not afraid of your initial reaction to that statement. Everyone has a different response to that word based on their experiences with people – good or bad. I have grown up in the church (I’m even the son of a minister), seen absolutely ridiculous things happen and while I think most people see this as a way to discredit Christianity, I have had just the opposite reaction. I believe it affirms Christianity. And if you want to ask more about why I believe this, you can email me: ted@tedvid.com or comment. I can promise an honest, gentle response.

So as I work on letting God correct my imperfections by being made more fully aware that the imperfections of man are only made complete in Christ, I will also be letting Robert Bringhurst bring to light my typographic mistakes. *Note: these two things are in the same sentence, but no on the same plane of importance ; ) haha!

Thanks for reading.

Ted

Categories Christianity, Life, Typography, video
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Recreating the Kodak XL55 Movie Camera’s Viewfinder in Final Cut Pro

by Ted
July 7th, 2010

I’ll start with this 5 second clip of the end result and you can check out the tutorial and commentary below that:

End Result

Tutorial

After sitting in the office mesmerized by Brad’s old Kodak Super 8mm camera (and it spawning discussion of JJ Abrams latest endeavors), I eventually I got the idea to recreate the old camera’s viewfinder look in Final Cut Pro (FCP) because I just thought it looked awesome using some footage I already had of Matt Danner. Since I took the time to make it, I figured I would share how I did it with the world so that you too can recreate this look without having to spend forever tinkering with it yourself. If you find a use for it and work it into a clip I would love to see how you’ve used it! – so put a link in the comments if you ever do!

Click here to download the .ZIP file with some of the pieces I used so that you don’t have to do all of this from scratch.

(I included the 8mm clip from Video Copilot in the .zip file)

- Ted

Categories Tutorial, VFX, Videography
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Movie Posters

by Ted
June 26th, 2010

Well, suffice it to say.. I have failed epically on posting two videos a day for you all. So, I owe you guys at least an explanation as to what I have been doing before I get back to doing that again this next week because judging by the traffic bump on the site, you all enjoyed it.

Besides doing lots of work for iThemes this summer (Yeah, every word to this point is a link to something I’ve made, so pick a word and check it out), I’ve been gorging on movies and music. Also, I’ve found some time to do some reading and audiobook listening which is always a bonus.

To help break it down more for you and to make sure you’re spared the boring details here’s a simple list of things that apply to my life currently based off some inspiration from a blog post by my friend, Nathan Reynolds.

Movie Posters
Passion Pit
Titus
New MacBook Pro : )
Dwelling
Commutes
Future
Positively Overwhelmed
Compassion
When does football season get here?
Friendship
EmperorZurg.com

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If you want more detail you’ll have to ask below, otherwise – why give you information you don’t want/need?

Last thing – I was messing with GarageBand and my brother’s musical ability, and have put together a pretty catchy 45 second audio clip you can download/listen to here.

See ya this week!

- Ted

Categories Life, Random
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Modern Glitch

by Ted
June 3rd, 2010

Everything I’ve seen from people who are attending/have attended the Vancouver Film School Foundation has been intriguing. I told you yesterday that I’d feature another Ryan Smith video today so here you have it. My friend, Brad Ulrich, pointed out to me when I showed this to him yesterday that it has some semblance of this piece and I definitely agree that there is some inspiration drawn from it.

Digging the old billboards in this one a ton.

- Ted

Categories Motionography, Typography, VFX, Videography
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