Feels like Narnia! - Journey Into The Ancient Forest - 300th Video Upload

[haveudonethis]

Love this video Rick,I do this all the time mate ,Up the hill in the snow (when we have it),But going out into the woods and just being there...I know exactly what you mean.

[CathyDirector]

great Video. Yeah looks really like Narnia. hehe

[rickvanman]

@Lifestoriesification I used the Neo settings on XSPro

[TK42138]

Awesome video, love the film look colour grading etc.

[pilot1115]

rick can u tell me what kind of canara you are using?

[rickvanman]

@pilot1115 Sure - it's a miniDV 3CCD Panasonic NV-GS500

[pilot1115]

@pilot1115 what would u recamend as a good camara with good quality at low price

[johnny102marvin]

I love the video effects you used in this video...starting out with a panoramic screen then shifting to a full screen. The Narnia type of music was great in the beginning. Rick, what type of back up microphone and sound recorder did you use for your audio for just in case your camera tape did not work. Did you actually have to use your back up sound source? Whatever sound source you did use....it is high quality.

[rickvanman]

@johnny102marvin Cheers John. I used a Zoom H1 as a recording device with a small lapel mic plugged into it and hidden in my scarf. Both the camera sound and the lapel mic sound turned out OK, but the lapel mic sound was the best, so I opted to use that.

[radge6]

Very nice rick, my mum thought that I was watching Narnia!

[rickvanman]

@radge6 LOL! Awesome - so there might be some hope for me as a filmmaker after all!

[mrTwoMeSo]

i like that color style

[lisaloolibell]

forests are such peaceful places to be I do wonder though how we would cope if we didnt have contact with another person for a prolonged period of time. I remember watching Alone in the wild on Channel 4 about a guy who was surviving off basic rations in the yukon for 3 months he went a bit stir crazy towards the end. Could this possibly be a bug out location.

[fabiocarvalho2105]

I loved this video. I´d love to be there at your private "Narnja" forest! Never touched the snow. nice job! cheers!

[LLMelvinL]

wow1

[evzeeland]

Hi Rick, nice video and HAT! Why did you put the shot of the van/lorry in it at the end of the video? That does not add something extra and has nothing to do with the silence of the forrest....

[rickvanman]

@evzeeland The end of the video - the van driving off into the distance.

[TheCreativeJournal]

The snow does look beautiful :)

[joecrx1]

great vid , sound trak suits it , well done

[DONLEOGON]

Its looks good Rick but I prefer my climate, 70 degrees and clear skies. Congrats on your 300 and merry Xmas.

[haileysthelimit]

it's -9c in Northern Ireland

[baconsoda]

Lovely video Rick. I'm kinda fed up with the problems -18C are causing but, with the snow, freezing fog and then bright sunshine the place looks magical. I actually used 'Narnia' to describe around here to my daughter on the phone. It was a bit sad when you were leaving at the end.

Best Wishes, Brendan.

[Brainiac1056]

Cheers Rick! You've got some really good footage going there... a little spooky, mystic feeling to them.

And to ad with this, the 16:9-format for that movie feeling. :)

As always, a great choice of music.

Up here (north of Sweden) it's now -30 celcius and this is not even our cold season, that will come at the end of january. :)

[007vauxhall]

Fantastic video Rick . Loved it :-)

[Synthetic1706]

Very nice. At least you don´t have -27C like we have now in western Finland. :) Every time I go outside I wish I would have some anti-freeze drops for my nose. :D

[rickvanman]

@NuggetsOfTruth lets hope it's just a temporary thing. If not, I'm blaming BP! and then sueing them :o)

[mowie1236]

NO RICK! YOU LEFT YOUR CAMERA BEHIND

[88Kieys]

I love the wilderness you are in. It is fantastic. The lowest it has ever got here in America that I can remember was -21 degrees Fahrenheit. Rick, in your country, do you use Celsius or Fahrenheit? Nice video by the way.

[rickvanman]

@88Kieys Hi Elliott, yes the wilderness is fabulous whern it looks like this. we work in Celsius (or Centigrade) here in the UK. Minus 21 F is nearly -30 C - yikes - that's cold!

[TheOldBladerunner]

Nice video Rick, have you read on the Net the stuff from the guy who studies sun-spot activity to forecast weather? He believes January will be the coldest for the last 400 years: you may get the opportunity to make some REAL survival shows :-) ....Happy Xmas, all the best for the New Year.

[rickvanman]

@TheOldBladerunner Is that the sme guy who says the gulfstream has stalled? - hope he's wrong or things could get very interesting around here.

Merry Christmas to you too - have a great one :o)

[gatler05]

What camera do you use now?

[rickvanman]

@gatler05 same old workhorse - Panasonic NV-GS500

[gatler05]

@rickvanman Heh, but does the job still rick! Great editing, have you considered upgrading yet to a HD camera.

[tylerfrankling]

Only some of Britain, on the Isle of Wight we haven't seen snow since it started a few weeks ago. Kinda annoyed - it would have been good to have a white christmas, instead its just an ice christmas :( Congrat's on your 300th video!

[rickvanman]

@tylerfrankling Snow can be very over-rated! getting fed up with it now, although a white hristmas would have been nice. cheers!

[tylerfrankling]

@rickvanman Last time it snowed last January it did get boring after a few days, but this time we only really had snow for 2 days, and this time the snow wasn't great (Couldn't make a snow ball at all!)

Merry christmas!

[stroked64nova]

Great video. We hope to have a similar amount of snow Christmas night.

[rickvanman]

@stroked64nova White Christmas's are always good wherever you live - except maybe in the Bahamas!

[attomtv]

Great video Rick we still beat you up north with the amount of snow! But it looks really good :) Merry Christmas!

[rickvanman]

@attomtv Cheers - yeah, you guys up north did well for snow! lets just hope it's not here for good as some are predicting! Merry Christmas!

[bryanncampbellca]

-7.5 is cold? XD

[rickvanman]

@bryanncampbellca LOL! I see you are from Canada!

[DragonSteadycam]

amazing! :o

[j3pfilms]

Great video Rick! Shame all the snow down here in the south east seems to have stopped just in time for Christmas! The one time we actually really need it and it goes! Merry Christmas!

[rickvanman]

@j3pfilms cheers Jack - yes all this ice but still no white christmas in over a decade!

Merry Christmas!

[kimaging1]

Hi Rick,

Merry Christmas to you, loved the vid, what type of microphone did you use when making the video, thought the sound was really good.

Keep up the good work.

[rickvanman]

@kimaging1 cheers - Merry Christmas! I used a small cheap lapel mic plugged into the zoom H1 and recorded sound independently of the camera. Seems to be a job well suited to the zoom H1.

[TheMusicMark]

Great video Rick and congratulations for your 300th video. It would be great to do a bit of film making in the snow. I have to agree with you, I'm getting tierd of the snow too, but it looks amazing in the countryside. Are we going to be seeing a Christmas video? If not Have a Happy Christmas!!

[rickvanman]

@TheMusicMark Cheers Mark. filming in the show is a pain - switching recording equipment on and off with gloves on is darn near impossible! Only a very simple merry Christmas video - I didnt get time to do anything fancy this year :o( Merry Christmas - have a good one!

[Gonso96]

Hi Rick! Great video and congratulations for your 300th video!

I want to go there! But 4 hours by plane is a little bit long to go to Narnia... Maybe someday I will go to the UK. If I go, I'll visit you! Hahaha :)

All right! Merry Christmas Rick and have a Happy New Year!

Jose S.J.D.

[MrSmallButBrave]

How did you collor correct that? Just increase the blues ?

+ where did you get your music from?

[rickvanman]

@MrSmallButBrave see the notes

[GateKommand]

Cool Video Rick mate, I share your passion for the white stuff. I'm sitting here now hoping for some tonight/tommorrow so we can have a white christmas:)

All the best for the season to you and yours, keep on churning out the videos in 2011 - especially the stuff re camper conversion!

Neil.....

[stinkymlinky]

at my house we recorded -11.8 :D near london

[rickvanman]

@stinkymlinky Brrr! that's cold!

[stinkymlinky]

@rickvanman warming up now though luckily lol :) hope there is still snow tomorrow for Christmas though!

Have a great Christmas everyone who reads this!

[theguymjp]

Isn't this how Britain's winters used to be like? :) I don't think it's any reason to stay inside, personally. But maybe that's because I live near Wales and have access to a 4x4! :P

[QuentinCallaghan]

So much for this so called "Global Warming" nonsense, when was the last time Britannia got this sort of weather? God Bless you Rick, and have a very Merry Christmas!

[rickvanman]

@QuentinCallaghan indeed - it's interesting how it's no longer politically correct to say 'global warming' these days - it was quietly dropped and changed to "climate change" so the false mantra could be perpetuated.

Thanks - have a great Christmas too :o)

[pawel134679]

Beautiful place and awesome movie :O Cheers and Merry Christmas Rick

[rickvanman]

@pawel134679 Cheers - Merry Christmas

[ghough12]

Excellent vid Rick, just loved the toning and letterboxing effects - truly cinematic. Just how many cameras have you left on location now as you drive away LOL! Have a great Christmas, look forward to mork Rickvanman greats. Graham

[rickvanman]

@ghough12 Cheers. LOL! the forest is peppered with abandoned cameras! A Merry Christmas to you and yours!

[FenderGibsonWashburn]

Thanks for the mention in the description box Rick. :) Wonderful footage, I swear you could make any location seem dramatic. Good to see you have a rare opportunity to give your cold weather gear a real test. Now you know it will work for you even in extreme conditions. I imagine having the gear has already put you in a better position than most of your neighbors as far as dressing appropriately for the unusually cold temperatures. Congrats on the 300th video on this channel.

[rickvanman]

@FenderGibsonWashburn No worries Paul. Glad you liked the video. It's surprising what a colour grade and a letterbox template can do to a bit of footage. Definitely happy I chose to invest in the cold weather gear - now its paying off in dividends. Cheers - 300 vids - I really need to get a life! LOL!

Merry Christmas to you and the family!

[Rinderart]

Brilliant!!!

[flyingfisbeefilms]

Rick please put some links to the music that you used - David Arnold or royalty free ?

[rickvanman]

@flyingfisbeefilms There you go, all done - take a look in the notes area ;o)

[joesphx19]

Rick this is absolutely beautiful. I have only seen real snow maybe three times in my life(it does snow every decade or so in Florida). Isn't ironic that one of the centers of the global warming farce is in England. Of course, we gave the world the global warming village idiot, AlGore. Btw, truly great photography. Merry Christmas.

[rickvanman]

@joesphx19 Thanks - yes snow can be fun for a while, but you can quickly tire of it. It's just a shame so many people are still falling for Al Gore's BS. Glad you like dthe video though - Merry Christmas!

[UTubeMartyr]

Another beautiful video. That scenery is incredible. Merry Christmas Rick!

[rickvanman]

@UTubeMartyr Thanks :o) Merry Christmas!

[BG213121]

WHAT IS UP WITH THE FREAKING CAT LITTER ADS WTF

[238raymo]

That little critter looks tasty. maybe a little farver beans on the side . Just kidding man.

[rickvanman]

@238raymo LOL - They're very illusive, but you can't hunt them here anyway, or the Queen will have you fed to the swans :o)

[BehindBen]

I so know what you mean! I feel so locked up.. there's only like 5cm of snow... But it feels like I can't go anywhere.

Nice intro, really cinematic :D

[rickvanman]

@BehindBen Cheers, yes you can only stay indoors for so long before you go crazy!

[westmids11]

excellent dramatic footage rick very nice video great work loved it great editing

congradulations on the 300th video have added this one to my fav,s wow.

10/10 5 star work

[rickvanman]

@westmids11 Thanks Brian, glad you liked it.

[OrginalKork]

Damn. Amazing camera use. What camera and color correction is used? PLEASE make a tutorial. Cheers.

[rickvanman]

@OrginalKork Its done with Adobe After effects, using colour grading software called XSPro - which I believe is now obselete and you can't get anymore. I'm afraid it's no good making a tutorial that other people can't follow because they can't get hold of the software :o( It's a shame because XSPro is excellent.

[OrginalKork]

@rickvanman Ok thanks man :) Couldn't you just upload the folder then?^^ Since I can't get it anywhere else.

[Olphus]

What software did you use to colour correct the footage?

[rickvanman]

@Olphus I used After Effects and XS Pro for the colour grading

[chrisw443]

Rick you gotta tell me how you did the color correction, and nothing like a hike up in the woods =)

[rickvanman]

@chrisw443 I used After Effects and XS Pro for the colour grading. The woods are great in the snow - wouldn't want to camp there though Brrr!