New video - A cold and wet Christmas

Downtofilm

Downtofilm

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Hey M&A,

I got bored around the house today and decided to install the new Magic Lantern firmware.

I made a little video out of it, check it out!

Feedback is always appreciated!

Thanks

-Downtofilm
 
I've been wondering what format this is on vimeo? its so weird but looks nice for cinematic stuff
 
Vimeo automatically scales to whatever dimensions your video file is. This is a 2.35:1 aspect ratio, a.k.a "Cinemascope." My personal favorite.
 
At what point in the production process do you put it into that ratio? In camera/post/ or render?
 
I shoot with magic lantern crop marks, then edit the 16:9 footage and in compressor crop to 2.35:1.
 
i hear its their best update to date, fuck them for holding out the 5d's release. IT BETTER COME OUT TOMORROW OR IMA BE PISSED
 
really....idk what to say haha. Good song, and edit, should have color graded with the cinemascope ratio and less shaky shots (I know you were trying to go for that a bit) but like a smoother shake would be nice.
 
loving the new update. i can actually record videos at full bitrate without it stopping constantly. everything else is nice too.
 
cool little edit you shot there, i like the composition and aspect ratio! i really should put magic lantern on my t2i already
 
Is it even worth bumping up the bitrate of a low end codec? h.264 is made to be very compressed.
 
i meant in the last version i had to halve my bitrate so it wouldn't randomly stop recording with sandisk extreme cards, or any others for that matter. i meant now i can properly shoot at 1.0
 
There's a filter in FCP called widescreen, then you crop in export by changing dimensions (1920x816 I think).
 
I don't know what you guys mean by 1.5 and 1.0 could you explain? ive never used ML before.
 
From what I've read on dvxuser, it's best to not tamper with it. Higher bitrate doesn't necessarily mean better quality, it just means larger files.
 
That's exactly what I was thinking, the h264 codec is a highly compressed codec. DVCPROHD for example is not a compressed codec and runs a much higher bitrate because of that, making it a "higher quality" codec. Curious to hear more about the HDR.
 
File formats that contain a lot of data (p2) need a higher bitrate in order to operate smoothly. People by nature like being able to quantify things in the form of one convenient number (bitrate) rather than the numerous factors that are really at play, and people sometimes associate high bitrate with high quality. Thus, you see people boasting how high the bitrate is on their 5d when all it does is make the files bigger. Why? Because the h.264 codec doesn't contain any information that justifies the high bit rate. All you're doing is taking a thin, fragile codec and making it bigger. You're watering it down instead of adding more ingredients.
 
Yes. Raising the bit rate won't add something that isn't there. However, lowering it will take away from what little you have.
 
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