The Artificial Nemesis - Canon 550D T2i Action Scene

Short action scene filmed on Canon 550D. Video converted to Apple Intermediate Codec with MPEG Streamclip for editing in Final Cut and After Effects. Colour treated using Magic Bullet Looks & Mojo and composited with elements from Video Copilot Action Essentials 2. Audio created in Apple Soundtrack Pro. Score is a combination of Video Copilot Pro Scores elements (the percussion tracks are awesome!) and original music by Jamie Bathgate recorded in Logic Pro 9 with Toontrack EZDrummer and Musiclab RealLPC.

Thanks to Freddie Wong (freddiew) and Corridor Digital (CorridorDigital) for their excellent YouTube tutorials.

Directed by Jamie Bathgate
Starring Graham Johnston & Scott Murison

Category:

Entertainment

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• action
• movie
• canon
• 550d
• after
• effects
• magic
• bullet
• looks
• mojo
• video
• copilot
• essentials
• pro
• scores
• soundtrack
• final
• cut
• express
• logic
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• freddiew
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• michael
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• epic

[Olliedfox]

deserves more views... i just found this cos im thinkin bout getting a 550d. top work.

[jamiebathgate]

@Olliedfox I did that too! I went on a 550D video binge on YouTube and Vimeo.

[GrayWolfPictures]

this is awesome very creative! did he really jump????

[jamiebathgate]

@GrayWolfPictures Sorry, he didn't really jump out of that window. However, I say we pretend he did and that we are all awesome.

[GrayWolfPictures]

@jamiebathgate did you use a green screen?

[jamiebathgate]

@GrayWolfPictures Actually no; it was a cloudy day so the sky came out white, meaning we could film the jump against the same sky and use a rough mask. It turned out great considering how easy the weather made it for us.

[CreationHoe]

Did you use the standard lens 18-50mm lens?

[ActionEditsHD]

This is great!! really nice

[Olliedfox]

@jamiebathgate its coming up a winner for me. 18mp, 1080p, external mic input. job done.

[jamiebathgate]

@QuakerOatsRule Late reply here! Time remapping in AE is all we needed for that end shot. I completely forget what camera settings I used and I didn't keep the source footage. I can tell you though that the background shot (of the building) is not retimed or anything, just a handheld shot. I also made sure to record the jump at 50fps, conforming to 25fps to get good slomo before using time remapping.