Why do Ian Provo Gopro Edits Look so Damn GOOD?

IAN PROVO is so fucking sick. I love his edits, they just make me wanna SKIII!!!! especially this one

but for your question, im sure you could get that quality, its all about the settings, lighting, and how you export. i know some of his edits he recorded with a helmet mounted 5d which is crazy.

but heres one of his most recent with a gopro.

this seriously is one of my favorite edits

Deep snow at The Canyons P.O.V from Ian Provo on Vimeo.
 
I'm pretty sure it's because he's usually filming with a Canon 5DMarkII. He attaches it to a monopod and films.
 
the man actually knows what skiing is all about and knows damn well how to express it....
just my opinion tough, don't take it as an offense on your or anyone else's point of view....
here's one of his illest !Ian Provo / Coast Edit 2009 from Ian Provo on Vimeo./static/images/flash_video_placeholder.png

+the man has great taste in music !
 
sweet my threads.
i looked him up on facebook and just sent him a message asking about how he filmed that edit at the top and he was more then willing to tell me how and where he mounted the gopro and other cameras. i think he told me the program but i cant recall it off the top of my head. but he was super nice and told me about it, which i thought was cool.
 
um im pretty sure he just actually knows how to compress and export go pro video to use it to its full potential. uploading to vimeo can be a bitch unless you know how to do it correctly
 
Can anyone explain in one post how it's done though? I'm talking about the quality. I just got a Go-Pro, and want to get as much out of it as possible.

Like from step one of choosing the setting and quality on the Go-Pro, to putting the SD card in my MBP, editing with Final Cut, and then exporting to Vimeo. How can I get the best possible picture in the end?
 
I have those Dragon Rouges now... /Claim haha

but yeah, Ian Provo's POVs are amazing....I seriously cannot wait to see what he produces this season..sure to be epic
 
That summer edit was all done in final cut and colored with the 3-color corrector. I posted a start to finish workflow for final cut on the gopro support page, check that oot. gopro.com/support

Wrote it up a while ago before I really knew a whole bunch so I'll probably re-write it soon, but that should get you going with a good workflow.
 
this thread is awesome so much good stuff I gotta show all this info to my roommates theyre loosing all their hd once they export.
 
yeah, i know, was one of the first full HD pov cam edits i ever saw, but his latest one is almost as ill and that one was shot with a Gopro HD ...
+the fact he skis around with so much money on his head makers him even more badass :)
 
I met Ian this winter here in Chile when he was here with the Evolve Chile crew, really chill and nice dude. I saw him filming on a little camera, nothing to fancy but that was when filming the kids at camp. I bought his helmet and goggles and all i can say it that he does have the GoPro stand on the helmet. So i think most (if not all) his POVs are done with the GoPro.
 
I'm sure he will chime in here, but

1) Very strong skiier and he includes lines with good flow in them, lots of people post shitty POV's with every line they skiied that day, stop and go, choppy etc.

2) Uses lighting settings well

3) Colour correction

4) Exported/compressed/uploaded properly, not in Windows Movie Maker

5) 720p/60fps so the slow-mo looks decent (30fps is too slow if you are going to use slowmo)
 
Thanks for all the positive feedback! Im glad that most of you enjoy the videos as its something I really enjoy doing for myself but it makes it even better when folks like yourselves can also appreciate it. So again, thanks for the support, and look out for a new video dropping next week. Should be the best one yet.
As far as video quality, the guy above me said it pretty well. When dealing with the gopro, I almost exclusively shoot in "r3" mode so I can get the 170 degree field of view, and the 60 frame per second frame rate. This setting is the best in my opinion. After you choose the setting, the next important things are making sure the camera is mounted properly, and aimed in the right direction, as well as making sure the light is not too harsh. Whenever you have full blown sun, your footage will most likely get blown out by the harsh light. Shadows are your friend. The most important step is after you have captured your footage and it is on your computer. Depending on what software you are using, the workflow for the gopro clips might be different. I use final cut studio, so I'll give an example. I first compress the raw gopro clips to a different codec, which is Apple ProRes (HQ) 422. Then, in cinema tools, I conform the clips to play at 30 frames per second. BAM! you have epic slow motion. After editing the clips in a timeline, you are ready to compress the video to a format that will play on the net. This step is important for quality because it will determine if your video is HD or not. When compressing 720p gopro clips, make sure the size is correctly set to 1280x720, make sure the bit rate is set to something between 5000-8000 kb/s, the finished file should also be the "h.264" codec. If you choose just those three settings, you're video will be high quality. There are some more things you can do to increase the quality but these are the basics.
If anybody has specific questions don't hesitate to shoot me a message.
thanks again!
 
that's why newschoolers is still worth coming onto.. i cant think of many sports where you can ask about a certain pro (? am? whatever) 's video settings and he'll come on a couple days later and fill you in. that's pretty cool
 
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