Just noticed this thread and thought I could maybe help and contribute to it a little, but it seems that everyone has covered what I was thinking of saying haha
But what I can do, since no one has given you tips for your 2 clips at the end, I'll give it a go and tell you what I think.
For the Fisheye line:
You have the right idea for fisheye filming, but maybe try to bring the camera a little closer to the ground/skater's board and feet, but still trying to show the entire skater if you can, while trying to keep the filming as smooth as possible. Try to imitate real life filming, at least that's what I do lol (ie. filming close, either right next to the skater, behind or in front, and use a combination of filming "positions", if you want, when filming a line). For the beginning of the clip, try to leave maybe 1 or 2 seconds before the first trick so the transition between clips will be smoother. Once the line is done, try not to pan back it too much, although in your clip it was alright, but maybe try to keep the skater's roll-away a little longer as well, because in your clip, when your skater lands, you almost go immediately towards the pole.
For the Long lens follow up clip:
Nothing to say here, because personally I thought it was perfect.
My intention isn't to bash your filming or anything, just trying to give you tips on what I personally think looks good, but everyone has different opinions. If you want, I can TRY to get clips of what I do, how I film my stuff, etc... But a lot has to do with experimenting. My filming has changed drastically from when I started to now lol I used to film fisheye lines in like 13 mm, and now I'm always using 18mm.
But it all boils down to what you like and how you like to film! Have fun experimenting dude!
Boxer my man thank you for this, I need criticism.
I agree 100% on my fisheye. It needs work, and I feel I have gotten better since this post. I hate the way I started it, and the pan to the post was terribad haha. I like 15 mm myself, but I am now using anywhere from 12 - 20 mm. Sometimes I find it hard to keep things fresh, like angles and positions and whatnot.
I find long lens pretty simple, and really fun. I am not sure how I feel on this one, it was decent enough for a beginner I guess. Thanks for the compliment!
I will prob ask you for some guidance later when my schedule eases up. Haha
Haha no problem, glad you liked the criticism, you film how you want to film though. But you get better at it after lots of trial and error, and from other people's tips as well.
Honestly, my filming improved a lot because of VirtualParadise. A while back, I tried to get on Conspiracy, and he sent me this huge message on stuff I should try to improve/focus on, from the tricks to the filming. Because of this, I've more or less changed how I play and film, but I like my stuff more than I did initially. It's from everyone's criticism that you'll get better at filming. Sure it's always good to get comments like "really sick" but it's also good to get comments like "that was garbage", but only if they back up their negative comment and not be a troll haha
I actually find lines are easier to film, partially because I find that filming for lines is more or less straight forward while for long lines, you have to find a nice looking angle, and half the time I try I can't really find an amazing angle for the trick. But again, probably trial and error, I should try to film more long lens I guess and experiment with it haha.
Whenever your schedule loosens up, I'll be glad to help out if I can dude!
Sorry to kinda hijack this thread, but I didn't wanna start a New one and my question is kinda related to filming.
Not played Skate in a while. Got the urge to skate and film the other day but found that I couldn't upload my stuff and I was constantly getting the 'cannot connect to EA server' message.
It happens from time to time.. EA servers are very unpredictable.. some times it works.. some it doesn't. Just keep on trying or save your replays and try another day.
Filming is one interesting topic, maybe what makes the Skate games even more entertaining. Most of us (some of you skate, I particularly ride bmx) get the ideas from real life videos and that's what helps the most I think.
Of course watching other skate game videos helps too.
Now that I think about it, I think I've never saw a skate game video filmed like this:
A bmx park video filmed from a RC Helicam. (7D attached to a RC heli, I'll post the pic below).
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