Videomaker - Sped-Up Background Effect

[Poodleinacan]

Don't do like the mister, kids...smoking kills.

[videomaker]

@Poodleinacan lol XD

Cheers,

The Videomaker Team

[crazyAlexander23]

or u can use green screen

[videomaker]

@crazyAlexander23 That's also a possibility.

[AlexFilma]

@videomaker i saw that at mystery guitar man

[hauntedfx]

This is the first video I'm watching of Videomaker's, looking forward to other, but just a suggestion- Show the effect you're explaining, at the beginning of the video, so people can see what effect you're talking about!

[imafurryhusky]

1.record scene

2.record subject in front of green screen

3.use sony vegas

4.you win.

[riot1ne]

You could get a better shot just green screening it. The actors slow mo sped up doesn't look natural.

[GeorgeMaier]

What must the people driving past think of a random guy drinking in slow motion :P

[bleah390]

lol at the sponsors

[bellographix]

love that you have a coffee cup, very pro!

[juanmanuelmiguezz]

Kodak m580 is a good camera for beginners ?

[LMovieProducties]

yeah or green screen #LOL

[EhMiles]

what does non linear editor mean?

[alexjit]

i have to agree u can pull off such a shot with greenscreen much more pro looking..

[livetsomhobbe]

just use a green screen!!!!!!

[catcatttt]

can i use green screeen

[ZmanZoo]

thats looks like shit just go green screen

[MrCouchpotato93]

you can film acouple of mins. of cars. speed it up. and put it on green screen

[FroeFilms]

Or you could use a green screen and do a background replacement...

[MAGICinyourface]

I use a green screen to this effect :P

[mbunds]

I think I'll stick with compositing...

[snosan]

Just use Greenscreen and it will be looking alot better. This look really bad, tbh, not wanting to insult you who made it, but just shooting the background then greenscreening yourself onto the place will look ALOT better.

[TheEditorGuy]

I always found it best to just split the screen and speed up one half of the screen.

[Otakuman29]

What editor do you guys use?

[jonathancantalk]

@Otakuman29 FInal Cut

[Chappa30329]

This is bad you can see him speed up as well.. not good.. I think its better with chroma..

[squ34ky]

An example of the effect I'm referring to is found in this video

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from 1:26 to 1:33

[squ34ky]

How to do this effect that I've seen used in many films, where the foreground seems to be rushing forward while the background recedes further into the distance/horizon?

[videomaker]

Usually referred to as a Zolly Shot, this technique is surprisingly easy to do (but takes some practice to master). Check out our video "Handheld Video Camera Shooting Tips" for an explanation on how to achieve it. Cheers.

[squ34ky]

Thanks! This was something, I was curious about for a long time. But since I didn't even know what the effect was called, I couldn't search for more information about it on the net. Your explanation helps a lot.

[answermachine]

@squ34ky It's called a contrazoom. All you need to do is film far away from the subject, but really zoomed in, mount your camera on some form of wheels, move the camera towards your subject and zoom out on your camera at the same time. Have a look at this - watch?v=fr2h9iCDevs

[FroeFilms]

@squ34ky You have to use a dolly, steadicam, or a really steady hand.

Move the dolly or go in closer start out zoomed in on the subject, then as you move in closer zoom out and it will create the illusion, do a few times to get it right.

[ribenawrath]

@squ34ky lol, you got a nice answer fro those guys didn't you? :P

Basically you have to move your camera in two ways, physically and through the lens. So whilst moving your camera forward, you need to change from a long zoom to a wide angle in one swift motion. It's very easy to do, but takes practice. Effect will work best if you use rails.

[alphonsovideo]

Thank you very very very very very ++ much for your videos. i'm a video maker in my beginings and your tips are so great, they will help me in my video making career. God Bless you.

[stalker10129]

what program did you use for this?

[Vlogable]

Yea this could easily done with a green screen but for those who don't have it... Well this is the way! I can't believe i didn't think of this! It's so simple!!! Thanks dude.

[blankskate1234]

if you know how to use chroma key correctly than that would of been a better solution

[FizzaSAP]

just use a green screen and make the background footage fast

[ItsCallum]

you could just have you standin there with an empty background then film like 30 mins without you there and mask it.

[shizazzz]

subject be retarted and speed up video

[bouchandre]

1:23 lol police

[Scotty2DopeMB]

good idea, unless you have dialog...simple concept...like jumping down from an elevated plane, play it backwards, and it seems like a leap up....same concept...... for beginners

[y2ksrap]

is it possible to change the background of a video? exp, i shoot a video in my messed up room,so i wanted to change the background of my video to some other color. please help

[CheesefaceGaming]

Voice over, just make sure that you're great at voice over.

[kellgallaher]

I have seen some wild videos where people catch footballs being thrown from a person behind them.. they dont even turn to catch the ball! Just put up a hand and BANG! they have it? Any idea how this is edited?

Thanks!

[MoJoTaylor37]

this seems easy. i wouldve put the character in front of a green screen, shot the footage of the cars moving, then combined the shots. then i wouilve sped up the moving cars. but this is a good way too!

[mistareg]

yeah or you could just do the shot in normal motion exactly where he was standing, then make a garbage matte around just him, then speed up the background only

[DinaxD]

But this will look more authentically. :)

[moordavid]

green screen+ AE. Much easyer.

[akdk95]

if yor are a psyco with to much time, you also just rotoscope the guy out..

[DarkFilmproductions]

me too! :D

[MaxOfS2D]

Or you can just use bluescreening.

[chaserdr]

why not just do a wireframe and film 2 separate shots and put them in together. one fast and one slow

[hakerboi5994]

this way is retarded

[Camo4x4s]

Yeah, if your going to go through that much trouble. Just use a green screen!

[RockrFilms]

no it isn't.

its basic filmmaking!

[HDv1de0]

@hakerboi5994 Yea and In 30's they had green screening.

[JesseGilbertFiIms]

I got a better way of doing this,

you could shoot just a video of the backgroud,

then another video of you doing an action. (in normal speed)

then in the editor just split screen or mask them together, with the BG layer at a faster speed/

[philipbobsled]

that is probably way better.

[videomaker]

It depends on the effect you're going for. Check out the movie "Accepted." This technique was used in that film to great effect and couldn't have been achieved using a greenscreen (he's standing in the hall with the students rushing around him). Cheers.

[philupmybucket]

@videomaker you have no imagination. i assume your saying it wouldn't be possible to do it that way because they could walk right through him. but say i placed an object such as a pole which forces their movement to avoid where his position will be. also think about the fact that they are extras being directed to perform a task. there could be just some tape on the ground that they are supposed to avoid contact with. i'm just trying to point out that your way doesn't have a natural feel to it.

[theslickmexican]

@videomaker This technique wont work b/c your character will look like he's shivering. What they do is rotoscope the person into the crowd. This allows you to maintaing a good DOF and good movement. It was also used in the music video for "DJ got us falling in love"

[sandalinalang13]

@videomaker yes! i love accepted!

[Ultranerdguy]

@JesseGilbertFiIms or you could film the background, then at the location (to get the lighting right) film the subject doing the action infront of a green screen. Then speed up the background and chroma key out the green screen.

[GTremper]

I think using a green screen would somewhat diminish this effect. I think the subtle imperfections make it look a lot better if used in the right setting Chromakey would make it look very superimposed and perfect which might be more effective is some circumstances.

[BloodXHawk]

This effect would have been a lot easier and better if they just recorded the guy doing his actions normaly. Than record the passing trafic (2 Diffrent clips) Cut a mask around that guy (Colour correct the diffrences between the two clips) and than slow down the guy, but speed up the backround.

[smartarse001]

Not the best way, what if the presenter was talking?

Best option, tripod the cam, take some film of the background scene without the presenter, then take some of the presenter doing his/her work either using green-screen and composite back at studio or trace-edit using chroma-key of no green-screen available.

[Hedemo]

I think they did it so you dont need a good editing program that can do a green screen effect

[RockN311]

That looks like crap!

For a good effect you should just use a green screen or masking.

[UsefullTutorials]

I mean "chromakey"

[UsefullTutorials]

Its mutch easier with Kromakey.

[TRU3Disciple]

HA Proabably the worst way to do this effect!!!! One if you guys at video maker do some RESEARCH!!! what you need to do is shoot the the background for awhile without your subject then, With the camera still in its exact position, shoot the scene with the subject once you enter the PP phase mask out your subject and keep him in real time then once the subject and the background are seperated speed up the background, once you run out of backdrop footage import the preshot footage. or 3DSANs way

[sonicballer8888]

that was exactly what i was thinking.

[F4MovieFilms]

me as well. it would look a lot smoother. with this method the guy was all shaky and it looked horrible.

[SNUGandSESOR]

another cool thing you can do with stuff like that is for example, shoot a video of a car window rolled up for a few seconds, then shoot another video with someone sticking their hand through the window when its rolled down. combine the two, add some special effects, and there you go. a video of someone sticking their hand through a rolled up window!

[3DSAN]

why not shoot the background video sepertely and shoot forground seperately on green screen add both them in a com program and edit it. to shot this effect.

[SNUGandSESOR]

thats exactly what i would do.

[mountainboys123]

thank for the help

[skating49]

would pinnacle work?

[SchoobaSteve]

chroma key would work too

[lucky13studios]

wouldn't it be easy just to film your actor in front of a green screen and then speed up background footage you filmed previously. this process seems really time consuming and one mistake and the effect is ruined

[damien1989ster]

thats retarded!

[blinkie3103]

don't watch it then!

[lin2log]

Sorry, but this is ridiculous advice, *especially* for the shot used here! If you just use the same shot TWICE and simply split the sped up background from the normal foreground using a simple, unanimated, soft-edged WIPE TRANSITION at around 60% completion, then the result would be 2000% better and you wouldn't have to do the silly, senseless SLOMO acting crap, which looks stupid EITHER WAY. There no fooling ANYONE with this. Subject looks like he's suffering a CAFFEIN SHOCK, no matter what!

[MonkeyGiraffe1114]

That makes no sense at all (lin2log)!!!

[temporalrant]

There's a difference to not making any sense, and just plain being TOO DAMN STUPID TO GET IT...

[MonkeyGiraffe1114]

Shut your jaw.

And some people don't have fancy video editing software, so how could they know all of the language used in it? It makes no sense to ME.

[temporalrant]

Hmmm... then maybe just plain IGNORE IT??!! If you don't GET IT, then it probably wasn't even FOR YOU, so YOU quite obviously are the one that needs to be "shutting your jaw", huh??!

Pfff... moron.

[BilboBoxRoxMySox]

I never said I don't get it. I just said it makes no sense to me. So you quite obviously are a "Pfff... moron".

[temporalrant]

LOL! Do you actually READ the completely contradictory bullshit you write here?? "I just said it makes no sense to me"... oh well gee EINSTEIN, guess what else you can call that?? I'd say "NOT GETTING IT", so now just STFU, stop bothering the grown-ups and piss off.

[foodlover12]

i don't have a fancy editing program(i use windows movie maker) and i got it just fine...the second time i read it

[madcowan]

while I hate to agree with know-it-alls, lin2log is right. It's theoretically possible to pull off this effect in the manner explained in this video, but Masking (or possibly some clever greenscreening) is the only way to really pull this off convincingly. Plus, it makes it so that wind and smoke aren't really an issue.

[goat60804]

How about filming a plate first, filming the subject in the frame second, then using after effects composite them together using a mask.

[Jomo018]

what editing software do u use?

[MMSMSJ]

you can do this with Windows Movie Maker

[RDJBcinemas]

I hear Jerry Seinfeld at the end.

[MMSMSJ]

I see (i mean hear) what you mean

[georgianbayshores]

I smoke that slowly all the time. I think it makes me look mysterious and medicated.

[halzark]

0_o Huh?

[matherman]

videomaker's VLOG is for mindless amatures,

I've had enough. I'm un subscribing.

Just act in Slow motion????!!!!

who the hell is this for?

[AntiKira1]

people who dont have fancy editing software. this is all someone with a $70 camera can do.

[butters0239]

omg it's so easy!! u can even do it with windows movie maker!! lol

[OpdavisO]

hmm...not bad...but not that impressive of a tutorial. I would much rather do a green screen.

[dtmheat]

i agree with independent30, if u have the resources, just shoot the actor in green screen & time-lapse your background, then chroma key in your editor.

[lidhy]

even though, it seems so obvious, I didn't know that... :S Thanks!

[Olphus]

this so obvious

[knoose]

I agree,

i think more needs to be said about

the subjects at hand.

also, theres an overly long intro

and exit with such short vids for

it to be appropriate.

[independent30m]

Why not just green screen the actor then speed up the background

[mariomguy]

problem is, it's hard to move in slow motion as you would in real life. i'm not sure if there are motion blur effects in the more common video editing programs, but it's definatelly the best way to both cover up any movement mistakes and make the fast backround look faster.

[soysauce357]

Great tips! Very simple.

[brainblink]

Thanks for the tips!

[chaosmage9]

yeah! ima gonaa try this out now!