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The Almighty Battlefield 3 flashlight. (NEW UNLOCK)

Submitted by Alik on Thu, 12/01/2011 - 02:13
You won't know this one unless you play Battlefield 3. Or Alan Wake for some reason. Our latest vid basically takes the idea that the battlefield 3 tactical light unlock is way over powered and we bring it to a new level. It was a lot of fun to shoot, and took forever to do the effects. Shot it on a new lens too, Canon's 70-200 f.2.8 IS II which is a lot of fun. Check it out. I heard it even made someone laugh once. 

Video Copilot Armageddon

Submitted by Alik on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 00:04
For those of you familiar with VideoCopilot.net we made this one for you. 
A little backstory. Video Copilot is an online tutorial website hosted by Andrew Kramer. He started I think back in around 2005 where I remember first seeing his tutorials on Creativecow. His tutorials were the best and always most well informed. He left out nothing unlike most guys. Now he's blown up with each tutorial getting around 2 million hits. 
What's interesting is we have starting to see a lot of youtube partners who do a lot of the video game action parodies or other videos, completely rip off his tutorials, following them step by step and apply them to their videos.  Usually without giving Video Copilot any credit.  I guess the magicians don't want to reveal their tricks. 
So this one's for you Andrew, and Sam.

Duck Hunt short.

Submitted by Alik on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 20:14
Latest video. It's a parody on duck hunt my buddy Xtian and I shot last week. 
We are very happy with the way it turned out and the response we are getting from everyone.

We shot it in a half a day and spent about 4 days working on it in post. 

It was shot on a Canon 5Dmkii with the 24-70mm f2.8L lens. I used a polarizer and ND filter to cut down the light to give me a more reasonable shutter speed of about 1/30 and a nice shallow depth of field.
VFX were done by Xtian, who mainly used Video Copilots Action Essentials for the gun flashes and explosions. The 8 bit duck hunt sprites were found on google somewhere.  
I'm still impressed by the CineStyle color profile by Technicolor. With just a little tweaking in After Effects you can really get the image looking like it was shot with a pro camera. 

-Alik

Apples to Apples on ddayhollywood

Submitted by Alik on Sat, 09/24/2011 - 17:18
Finished a short for the youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/ddayhollywood. 


Shot on the Canon 5Dmkii with the 24-70mm f2.8L lens. And mainly only two lights. An arri 650watt and a CFL. 
We'll have more coming soon. 

My 2011 Editor Reel

Submitted by Alik on Mon, 03/21/2011 - 05:28
 
My Latest Reel from the last three to four years of work. Includes work from Game Trailers, Game TV Spots, Network Promos and Interstitials. 

In my title card sequence I mentioned I use FCP, Avid and After Effects.  Although I am proficient with After Effects I chose not to showcase any of my work in this reel. I consider myself an editor that knows AE, not a motion graphics artist.  I did however design my titles.

More information on my work, and projects can be found here. 

 Hope you like it.

Compressor serial number invalid Issues

Submitted by Alik on Mon, 03/21/2011 - 03:42

If you ever have problems with compressor telling you your serial number is invalid make sure you completely uninstall it then reinstall it. It’s a little more complicated then just trashing the application and removing the preference files. Compressor is linked to Qmaster and hold it’s serial information in files you might not know about.

Apple has on their website some “Compressor: Troubleshooting Basics” that will tell you how to properly uninstall compressor here.

Of course doing everything they say on their site is a pain and can take awhile.  So I found this program the other day that does a great job or properly uninstalling all of the Final Cut Studio apps. So if you ever want to roll back your final cut version or change serial numbers for whatever reason check out this app here.

It will remove all preference files and delete whatever final cut app you want automatically.  Better then app zapper or any other program designed to remove apps that cost way too much.

NOTE: Make sure you repair your Disk Permissions in your Disk Utility after you do all this and before reinstalling FCP or Compressor. 

The Ultimate Indi Setup

Submitted by Alik on Sun, 02/27/2011 - 00:50

Over the last few months I've been using my gear for the youtube show "The Partners Project," hosted by Shira Lazar. If you haven't heard of the show check it out here. It's basically a talk show that interviews all the youtube successes and discussing how they've made it big on youtube along with some behind the scenes info on who these people are and what they do. Check it out, it's awesome. 

On the show we use a pretty basic DSLR setup that revolves around the 5D mkii. I've decided to take some time to list all the gear I use and that is used on the show for people who are interested.

So here it is. This should be everything you need to start your own show or shoot your own Films.

Rear Curtain Sync Flash Photography Test

Submitted by Alik on Wed, 02/16/2011 - 01:44

Test shot: Rear Curtain Sync with the Canon 580 exII.

Best Audio Recorder for the Canon 5D mkii

Submitted by Alik on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 00:05
Recently I was on the look out for the best audio recorder for the Canon 5d mkII or for any DSLR in general. After about a day of research, reading reviews, comments, and watching videos, it came down to the Zoom H4n

KassemG Venice Shoot

Submitted by Alik on Fri, 01/14/2011 - 22:50

Check out the latest KassemG Exclusive Interview on youtube here http://www.youtube.com/partnersproject
Kassem is a pretty funny and cool guy and in my opinion one of the more talented Youtubers out there. 
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